‘ANIMAL: A Listening Gym’ brings sonic experience to Schwarzman Center

11.6.23
Lukas Nel, Yale Daily News

Photo: Lukas Nel

Sonic artist Ash Fure brought their work, “ANIMAL: A Listening Gym,” to the Schwarzman Center, capturing audience members in an underworld of sound. 

The installation, commissioned by the Schwarzman Center and curated by artist-in-residence Bryce Dessner, offered an immersive experience that blurred the boundaries between sound art, physical engagement and live musical performance. From Oct. 21 to Oct. 28, visitors had the opportunity to “work out” in the listening gym and immerse themselves in the visceral sounds of Fure’s ANIMAL performance. The installation was open to the public, with specific live performance times requiring prior registration.

It’s definitely not a normal show. There’s a lot of sound happening — you walk around and you fight with the machines to manipulate the sound.
James Egelhofer, audience member

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...like a well-oiled gear in a palace of perception. It was a psychoacoustic blur.
Ted Lucas, audience member