THEATER GALLERY
Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland: Sound Forest / Between Worlds
8 Mar. – 18 May 2025
Sound Forest / Between Worlds is an immersive installation by artist duo Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland consisting of interactive wooden sound sculptures and a meticulously orchestrated audio environment in which every element was constructed with the architecture and acoustics of KinoSaito’s 1500 square foot gallery in mind.
For this exhibition, Pierce and Odland have estranged the simplest of concepts – the act of walking through the woods. Inverted trees hover above the viewer, while carved sculptures and found driftwood roots reach upwards from the gallery floor below. These sculptures, however, are not only to be seen and heard, but to be explored with all the senses. Wooden concave forms reflect sound like a speaker while bark elements muffle. Leaves whisper, logs moan, and in one case the gentle caress of human touch is amplified to an attention-grabbing, ominous creak.
For the artists, the act of creation and one’s relationship with nature is a solemn and spiritual experience. Sound Forest / Between Worlds is an exercise in slowing down, reflecting, and listening to your environment and inner self.
This exhibition is accompanied by a robust selection of public programs organized by the artists including performances, film screenings, workshops, and wellness practices - all of which invite the participant to expand the ways in which they experience their surroundings.
–Megan Meadowlark
Workshop
Ear Yoga
Instructor: Bruce Odland
Free | RSVP Required
29 Mar. 2025 | 4-5pm
Our capacity to truly listen and absorb everyday sound is often dampened—if not entirely ignored—by the pressures of the modern urban soundscape. In this unusual, intimate workshop, you’ll re-tune your ears to the primal sense of acute hearing. Sound artist Bruce Odland, who has spent his career highlighting the complex and vibrant sonic landscapes that make up our world, will facilitate a series of exercises designed to stimulate the hunter‑gatherer precision of hearing. Participants will be encouraged to stretch underused auditory muscles, expand their reach and potential, and think with their ears.
Film
32 Sounds
$10 | RSVP required
4 Apr. 2025 | 6pm
32 Sounds (2023)
A film by Sam Green
With music by JD Samson and sound design by Mark Mangini
Immerse yourself in the world of sound with 32 Sounds, a profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground, A Thousand Thoughts). This documentary explores the elemental power of sound to shape our perceptions, bend time, and transcend boundaries. Featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN), 32 Sounds weaves together 32 distinct sonic explorations into a cinematic meditation.
Film will be introduced by Composer Annea Lockwood
Music Performance
Between Worlds
Lin Esser
Annea Lockwood
Bruce Odland
Steve White
6 Apr. 2025 | 3pm
$20 | RSVP required
From the four corners of the Sound Forest / Between Worlds installation, four musicians will create spatial music in response to the installation. Human voices join the voices of nature in a call and response. Lin Esser (cello), Annea Lockwood (prepared piano), and Steve White (percussion) will join Bruce Odland with a series of quartets, duets, solos that entwine with and comment on the ongoing voices of the sound installation.
Workshop
Nature Reimagined: Tabletop Sculpture Workshop
Instructor: Soli Pierce and Kurt Steger
$25 | RSVP Required
19 Apr. 2025 | 1-3pm
Bring together repurposed and reimagined elements from nature, and build from a variety of cut wood shapes to create your own sculpture.
Shapes and materials provided, or bring your own inspired element to build from.
For ages 7+ and adult
Film
Eno.
$20 | RSVP required
9 May 2025 | 6pm
Eno. (2024)
A film by Gary Hustwit
Brian Eno known for his influential work producing iconic artists like David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, and Talking Heads, as well as pioneering the ambient music genre and releasing over 40 solo and collaborative albums, Eno opens his creative process in this innovative film with 52 quintillion possible iterations, so that no viewing is the same twice. The film utilizes Brain One software (an anagram of Brian Eno), designed by Brendan Dawes, to dynamically select and edit footage from 30 hours of interviews with Eno and 500 hours of archival material. This generative technology ensures that no two viewings are ever the same. For live screenings, Teenage Engineering developed B-1, a hardware version of the generative software, further enhancing the unique cinematic experience.
Moderated Artist Talk and Panel Discussion
Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland
Free | RSVP Recommended
10 May 2025 | 4pm
Join us for a deep dive into the world of Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland as we discuss their immersive installation Sound Forest / Between Worlds consisting of interactive wooden sound sculptures and a meticulously orchestrated audio environment.
Moderated by KinoSaito Gallery Director Megan Meadowlark.
Light Refreshments provided.
Sam Auinger and Bruce Odland making Four Ears recording in NYC ca. 2011
Audio
The World We Hear
A Journey Through Sound
$20 | RSVP required
16 May 2025 | 7:30pm
Sonic Alchemists Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger (O+A) have been making extraordinary hyper-real recordings of environments for over 20 years as part of their Hearing Perspective of the world. These rare Four Ears recordings will be shared with the KinoSaito Audience through a special sound system in a relaxed evening listening session. A Rainstorm in the ruins of a Brazilian Cathedral, Evensong on the shores of the Hudson, a pedestrian street stroll through the old city of Seoul Korea, construction of the Hudson Yards — all provide different and interesting examples of what we can learn about the world if we Think with Our Ears.
Workshop
Sun Print Workshop
Instructor: Soli Pierce and Asya Reznikov
$25 | RSVP Required
18 May 2025 | 1-3pm
A fusion of science and art! Participants will learn the basics of this early photographic process and how contemporary artists have taken this technique to new heights using various objects and materials to make unique works of art.
Join us for this Between Worlds workshop harnessing the sun to celebrate nature.
This project is made possible with funds from Arts Alive, a regrant program of ArtsWestchester with support from the Office of the Governer, the New York State Legislature, and the New York State Council on the Arts.