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Title:	Nicole Miller: A Sound, a Signal, the Circus
Date:	3/25/2022 - 7/25/2022
Address:	Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130
Location:	Saint Louis, MO
Hours:	Monday, Wednesday – Sunday: 11 am–5 pm
Cost/Cover:	free
Web Page:	https://www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/exhibitions/nicolemill ...
Contact Info:	314.935.4523

Details:

Known for her evocative videos and multimedia installations, California-based artist and filmmaker Nicole Miller frequently addresses themes such as race, translation, and the politics of representation. At the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, she is creating a major new commissioned project that explores and expands an understanding of synesthesia as it relates to the Black experience in the United States through an intricate choreography of sound, moving image, and laser-light animation. Titled A Sound, a Signal, the Circus, this immersive installation engages with the sonic, the somatic, and aspects of spectacle to enact what the artist describes as a kind of “ecstatic translation.” Miller’s 24-channel soundscape will direct viewers through the gallery. It is composed of recorded and appropriated sounds and music, along with edited excerpts from interviews that she conducted in St. Louis in the summer and fall of 2021. In these interviews, poets, dancers, educators, and teenagers of color share a range of perspectives—personal, political, philosophical, and creative—often drawing connections to their own bodies. Punctuating this sonic tapestry will be choreographed laser light and video footage of performers rehearsing, many of whom are preparing for roles in various circuses.