Indira Allegra : May the hope of my heart be woven into the waters
Co-commissioned
by
the
Blaffer
Art
Museum,
Cynthia
Woods
Mitchell
Center
for
the
Arts,
and
KADIST
This
new
site-specific
work
by
Indira
Allegra
(b.
1980,
Detroit,
MI,
USA.
Lives
and
works
in
New
York,
NY,
USA)
is
created
in
collaboration
with
Houston-based
musicians,
soprano
Alexandra
Smither,
cellist
Austin
Lewellen,
artist
and
engineer
Corey
De’Juan
Sherrard
Jr.,
with
fabrication
by
MoonPapas.
The
artists
transform
the
museum
stairwell
and
turn
various
architectural
features
into
instruments:
the
open
space
as
a
site
of
ascension
as
the
stairs
are
transformed
into
a
theremin.
Through
activating
the
work
and
scheduled
live
sound
sessions,
Allegra
and
collaborators
weave
the
senses
of
touch
and
hearing,
into
collective
intimacy,
memory,
and
grief.
