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focus on the arts Sarasota Art Museum Engages the Senses with Celestial Spring Exhibition ‘The Truth of the Night Sky’ is a collaboration between multimedia artist Anne Patterson and composer Patrick Harlin Imagine an intergalactic voyage. Waves of vibrant color and obscure darkness surround you. Music and ambient sound envelop you. Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design will take visitors on a journey through space and time with The Truth of the Night Sky: Anne Patterson and Patrick Harlin, on view April 21- Sept. 29. Organized in collaboration with the Hermitage Artist Retreat, the immersive installation conveys possibility, wonderment and unity with Harlin’s orchestral composition and Patterson’s paintings, sculpture, and signature ribbon installations. Patterson, a multimedia artist, is a synesthete who visualizes color and shape when she hears music, especially classical music. Harlin, a composer, combines classical, jazz, and electronic traditions to produce music that displays his respect for the great outdoors. When the two met and began collaborating in 2014 while in residence at the Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key, Florida, they discovered their shared affinity for drawing inspiration from nature. Their collaboration in The Truth of the Night Sky at Sarasota Art Museum expands upon the iconic photograph of Earth taken from Apollo 8 in 1968. Harlin’s Earthrise serves as the processional, the sound that sets the mood and guides visitors through the exhibition. In 2021, Harlin applied to be among eight artists who would join SpaceX’s inaugural tourist flight around the moon. He imagined the trip would prompt him to compose a new soundtrack for space travel. When he wasn’t chosen, he turned his attention instead to the Apollo 8 photograph. With the revered image from space in mind, he composed Earthrise, which he coincidentally completed on Earth Day in 2022. “There is a sense of awe in looking at the night sky, the vastness of the universe, and the improbability of reaching the moon, let alone our closest stars,” said Harlin. “To date, 24 humans have taken the 240,000- mile trip and experienced the excitement of skyward travel accompanied by the violence of exiting Earth’s atmosphere and gravitational pull. I hope visitors to Sara- Anne Patterson. Celestial Orbs, 2024. Steel piano wire, resin and gold leaf, dimensions variable. sota Art Museum might vicariously experience the feeling that astronauts who have taken the trip beyond the moon have.” The Truth of the Night Sky will offer immersive encounters with both artists’ works. The exhibition will open with ambient sounds, such as those of a trumpet or string instrument. These excerpts from Harlin’s 20-minute orchestral composition will be paired with Patterson’s drawings and sculptural pieces that conjure celestial bodies, stars, and birds in flight. Featured are several series by Patterson, including Stars Spinning Through Spring (2018-19), The Truth of the Night Sky (2018- 19), and We Are All Stardust (2019-23). A majestic tree assembled from driftwood will be suspended from the ceiling, anchoring the dimly lit gallery and providing a grounding image of nature in contrast to the world of outer space. Harlin’s full composition will then play as visitors enter the adjacent gallery and walk through a kaleidoscope of colorful satin ribbons cascading from the ceiling Artist Anne Patterson in her studio. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Kat Choe Composer Patrick Harlin recording in the Amazon Rainforest. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Audrey Kelley to the floor. Projected onto the ribbons will be abstract black-and-white video images moving in sync with the cadence and rhythm of Harlin’s music. “Patrick Harlin and I will challenge perceptions and transform the space with celestial sculptural forms, vivid hues, dazzling light, and a mesmerizing, inviting musical score to create an air of transcendence and uplift,” said Patterson. “The viewer will witness the wonderment of the universe and nature that surrounds us and be reminded that only when it is dark can we see the stars.” The exhibition will offer a tactile sensory experience with a galactic space that instills a sense of hope and resilience—qualities from nature that both Patterson and Harlin find as sources of their creative inspiration. Patterson, a New York-based artist, holds a graduate degree in theater design from the Slade School of Art in London and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Yale University. Her work has been widely exhibited and collected in museums and cultural institutions including exhibitions at The Ringling Museum in Sarasota and Trapholt Museum in Denmark. Patterson’s theatrical and symphonic partnerships have included Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center. Harlin holds a doctorate in music composition from the University of Michigan and currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works have been performed by the St. Louis Symphony and the Rochester and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestras, among others. He was the inaugural recipient of the Hermitage Prize in Composition at the Aspen Music Festival. Exhibit Details: SARASOTA ART MUSEUM is located at 1001 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota On view April 21-September 29. 12 WEST COAST WOMAN APRIL 2024
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