Enjoy an evening-length performance featuring some of the world’s most innovative video and sound artists who will interact with the architecture and landscape of the Parrish. Curated specifically for the Museum’s Platform series by OptoSonic Tea founders Ursula Scherrer and Katherine Liberovskaya, the durational and site-specific group improvisation will feature visual artists performing live in different areas inside and outside of the Museum building, while live musicians and sound artists perform coordinated and spatialized works by composer and Diapason Gallery founder/director Michael J. Schumacher. Presented in collaboration with New York City-based Harvestworks.

Drinks and snacks are available for purchase from the Golden Pear Café throughout the evening. The Museum galleries will close at 8 pm, so arrive early if you would like to explore the galleries before OptoSonic Tea.

VISUAL ARTISTS: Benton C Bainbridge, Bradley Eros, Andy Guhl, Kit Fitzgerald, Asi Föcker, CHiKA, Chris Jordan (cj), Katherine Liberovskaya, LoVid (Kyle Lapidus and Tali Hinkis), and Ursula Scherrer.
SOUND ARTISTS: Marcia Bassett, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Shelley Hirsch, Laura Ortman, Emma Souharce, Michael J. Schumacher, Keiko Uenishi, and Shane Weeks.

To view the artists’ bios click HERE

Platform is the Parrish’s annual, open-ended invitation to a single artist or artist collective to consider and respond to the entire Museum as a potential site for works that transcend disciplinary boundaries, encouraging new ways to experience art, architecture, landscape, and community. An innovative, artist-driven approach to programming that activates the myriad spaces and grounds of the Parrish, Platform has featured time-based art, performance, sound installation, and participatory programs.

For Platform 2019, the New York City-based artist collective OptoSonic Tea is presenting a two-part project that includes OptoSonic Echoes, a multi-channel sound installation at the Museum’s outdoor space from August 15 to October 31 and the September 27 performance at the Museum.

The project is organized by Corinne Erni, Senior Curator of ArtsReach and Special Projects. Presented in collaboration with New York City-based Harvestworks.

Founded in 2006 by intermedia artist Katherine Liberovskaya and video/performance artist Ursula Scherrer, OptoSonic Tea was conceived as a series of salon-style meetings that explore various forms of live visuals and their interaction with live audio, followed by an informal discussion about the artists’ practices over a cup of green tea.

Friday Nights are made possible, in part, by Presenting Sponsor:
Additional support provided by The Corcoran Group and Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder.

Platform: OptoSonic Tea @ the Parrish is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, mediaThe foundation inc.,
and Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder.