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Bruce Odland

Bruce Odland

Sonic Thinker · Artist · Composer

  • ABOUT
    • Bio
    • CV
      • Sound Installation
      • Sonic Architecture
      • Performance
      • Theater
      • Film
  • PROJECTS
    • Sound Installation
    • Sonic Architecture
    • Performance
    • Theater
    • Film
    • The Tank
    • Odland & Auinger (O+A)
      Bruce Odland (O) New York + Sam Auinger (A) Berlin, have been working together for over 30 years, developing a Hearing Perspective of the world we live in. They make installations in public space to encourage people to “think with their ears”.
    • Early Works
  • SOUND THINKING
    • Interviews & Podcasts
    • Seminars & Presentations
    • Writing
  • PRESS
  • CONTACT

Early Works

Harmonic Bridge: 1998-present

Harmonic Bridge: 1998-present

In 1997, before MASSMoCA opened, Director Joe Thompson decided to activate the town of North Adams with sound art.

O+A noticed that the town and museum were divided by Highway 2 overpass, and the resulting road noise coming from the … continue reading

Posted on July 7, 2017February 26, 2019Categories Early Works, Installation, Odland & Auinger (O+A)
The Earth Center, 2000

The Earth Center, 2000

For the year 2000, UK’s Millennium Commission’s Earth Center included a large exhibit by Bruce Odland. Odland led a team of artists creating an interactive Planet Earth Gallery.

Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger (O+A) created the music and sound design. … continue reading

Posted on September 1, 2000February 24, 2019Categories Early Works, Installation, Sonic Architecture
City Ears, 1996, O+A

City Ears, 1996, O+A

For the MANCA Festival in Nice, France, Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger (O+A) created an architectural sound performance.

Custom parabolic speakers beamed sound which bounced off the iconic Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art building. Sonic reflections were distinctly perceptible … continue reading

Posted on February 20, 1996February 24, 2019Categories Early Works, Odland & Auinger (O+A), Performance, Sonic Architecture
StadTraum, 1991, O+A

StadTraum, 1991, O+A

For the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s death, Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger created a performance installation, StadTraum. It was a composition in four movements performed at the heart of Salzburg. An audience of 20,000 attended. Sound came from mountaintops, … continue reading

Posted on June 29, 1991February 25, 2019Categories Early Works, Odland & Auinger (O+A), Performance
Garden of Time-Dreaming, 1990, O+A

Garden of Time-Dreaming, 1990, O+A

In honor of astronomer Johannes Kepler, O+A created a sound cosmology, Garden of Time Dreaming. On the 400th anniversary of the city of Linz in Austria, this cosmology played throughout the gardens of the Castle of Linz. 400,000 visitors … continue reading

Posted on May 20, 1990February 24, 2019Categories Early Works, Installation, Odland & Auinger (O+A)
Rippleworks, 1985

Rippleworks, 1985

New Music America

Rippleworks gave visitors of the Japan-American Cultural and Community Center in LA an opportunity to listen to nature’s rhythms more deeply.

With underwater microphones, water probes, and vibrating strings, Odland tapped the fractal music of water. The … continue reading

Posted on November 20, 1985February 27, 2019Categories Early Works, Installation
Sun Song, 1977

Sun Song, 1977

In 1977, Bruce Odland created a four-channel sound installation in the East High bell tower. He sent a cloud of resonance and music over the Spree Festival of the Arts in Denver, Colorado.

The sounds were recorded at The TANK … continue reading

Posted on July 8, 1977February 22, 2019Categories Early Works, InstallationTags colorado, installation, sound art, spree, the tank
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