The Kitchen at Westbeth
163B Bank Street
4th Floor Loft
New York, NY 10014

“Instrument Object,” an exhibition by artist Josiah McElheny pays homage to visionary musicians and composers from across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In works of sculpture, painting, installation, and drawing, ranging from 2014 to 2026 and never before exhibited in New York City, McElheny translates the work of ten musical artists into visual form. The exhibition is an experiment in animating the inanimate through sound and movement: transforming The Kitchen’s loft space into an installation of image, sound, motion, and light, where works unpredictably activate, hum with the sound of motor gears, or encourage visitors to imagine an invisible music.

The culminating event of “Instrument Object” is a two-day symposium, “Improvisation, Archive and Homage” featuring musicians and composers on November 7 and 8 with MacArthur Fellows Claire Chase, Mary Halvorson, Ikue Mori, Tomeka Reid, Jason Moran, and Craig Taborn, moderated by music historian and gallerist, John Corbett.

The first performance is on November 7 at 2pm and the second performance is on November 7 at 2pm. Admission is FREE but tickets are required.