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A Sound Test with Susan Philipsz

[gallery columns=“2” type=“square” ids=“7209,7208”] Above, Susan Philip­sz is lis­ten­ing near and far dur­ing a sound test of her piece Day is Done.” The piece is the first per­ma­nent pub­lic art com­mis­sion for Gov­er­nors Island. The sound test coin­cid­ed with the open­ing of MoMA’s first major exhi­bi­tion of sound art, which fea­tures Susan Philip­sz’s work, among oth­er artists. You can read a great arti­cle in the New York Times about her work on Gov­er­nors Island, the MoMA exhi­bi­tion, and sound art more broad­ly, here.