Frogpond Creative presents the 2nd Annual
Phil Kline's
UNSILENT NIGHT in North Adams, MA
Join us in creating a festive, participatory soundscape throughout downtown North Adams. Unsilent Night kicks off at 5:15 pm at MASS MoCA (meet by the upside down Maples) & winds through downtown ending at MCLA Gallery 51's opening of the Annual Affordable Art Exhibit, Spectacle 99
Please reserve a ticket so we know how much hot chocolate to have on hand. Boomboxes are limited and first come/first serve. Bring a boombox, iphone, or crazy portable speaker setup of your own making.
ABOUT UNSILENT NIGHT
Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or Mp3. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. The fact that the participants play different "parts" simultaneously helps create the special sound of the piece. Participants carry boomboxes, or anything that amplifies music, and simultaneously start playing the music. They then walk a carefully chosen route through their city’s streets, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture which is different from every listener's perspective.