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Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art co-present the California debut of Janet Cardiff鈥檚 immersive sound installation The Forty Part Motet. The Forty Part Motet is a 40-part choral performance of English composer, Thomas Tallis鈥檚 16th-century composition Spem in Alium, sung by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir. The performance is played in a 14-minute loop that includes 11 minutes of singing and 3 minutes of intermission.
Individually recorded parts are projected through 40 speakers arranged inward in an oval formation, allowing visitors to walk throughout the installation, listening to individual voices along with the whole. Cardiff鈥檚 layering of voices creates an emotionally evocative sound sculpture that feels intimate, even within a public space.
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Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art co-present the California debut of Janet Cardiff鈥檚 immersive sound installation The Forty Part Motet. The Forty Part Motet is a 40-part choral performance of English composer, Thomas Tallis鈥檚 16th-century composition Spem in Alium, sung by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir. The performance is played in a 14-minute loop that includes 11 minutes of singing and 3 minutes of intermission.
Individually recorded parts are projected through 40 speakers arranged inward in an oval formation, allowing visitors to walk throughout the installation, listening to individual voices along with the whole. Cardiff鈥檚 layering of voices creates an emotionally evocative sound sculpture that feels intimate, even within a public space.
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