CUSP PRESENTS: RE:SOUND FESTIVAL Sound Installation at Pivot Center

Join us for Re:Sound 2023, June 8-11. Re:Sound is an annual new and experimental music festival that brings together and showcases pioneers in the arts with diverse programming of music and sound installations at venues across Cleveland. By connecting local and visiting artists, the festival further propels the innovation and artistry flourishing in Northeast Ohio.

Sound Installation at Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression features work by Bob Drake

About the artist:

Bob Drake is an improvising musician, composer, and electro-acoustic luthier from Cleveland Ohio. He designs, builds, and plays electronic instruments in the tradition of Don Buchla and David Tudor, performing on these electroniums plus electro-acoustic and extended-technique traditional instruments. His performances span free and structured improvisation, new music composition, noise, and minimalist “lowercase” musics. He is an adjunct professor at Cleveland Institute of Art, teaching classes in sound art, media installation, and electronics. In the past few years, he has been working as a pipe organ technician, repairing and tuning pipe organs at various northern Ohio churches – work that inspires and informs the proposed installation.

“Dröhnen” is the German word for ‘to roar’, “Dröna” is Swedish for ‘to drowse’. Dröhnen/Dröna is a drone-based installation using pipe organ pipes, electronic synthesis, and durational performance. Listeners are invited to visit the installation at any time [insert scheduled hours here]. Sounding will be continuous, with ongoing interventions by the artist throughout.