The Resonant Lung
- Exhibitions
- Friday, March 3 at 7 PM - 10 PM
The Resonant Lung is the full realization of the historic pipe organ project by gallery co-founder Colin McIntyre. The Resonant Lung will be an experiential sound environment. Built inside of a climate controlled shipping container, the 7 octave pipe organ will be controlled electronically, allowing composers to design soundscapes to be featured on the pipes. Visitors will get to have intimate encounters in small groups with the compositions inside the sculpted space. The opening will initially feature compositions by McIntyre and by his first guest in what will become a revolving sound residency with The Resonant Lung.
Since establishing his full time professional studio practice in 2001, McIntyre has received three public art commissions. McIntyre’s most notable accomplishments of large-scale site specific sculpture include Arboreal Passage at the Austin Nature and Science Center and Emergence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. He was awarded a grant from the Texas Biennial in 2009 and three COA Cultural Arts grants for local exibtions. His work has been featured in the Museum of Vordingborg, Denmark, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Sloan Miyasato Gallery in San Francisco, among many others. He co-founded Dimension Gallery in March of 2016, Austin’s only gallery dedicated to exhibiting and promoting sculpture and three-dimensional art.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division. For more info on McIntyre’s work, see www.sculptureforge.com.