THE PIER PROJECT
GIIIVENS x Eli Kahn (2021)
"A soundscape of music & natural sounds, crafted by local musician Eli Kahn, come from four speakers. Guitar, strings, & vocals blend with environmental sounds, plus recordings of engines from the era of water power that once functioned here at the dam."
The Pier Park Project is a collaborative luminasonic project by the visual artist GIIIVENS & composer Eli Kahn.
The two artists have created a permanent outdoor installation at Pier Park (located in Downtown South Bend, IN) in which GIIIVENS’ lights/mirrors, paired with Kahn’s quadraphonic soundscape of music & natural sounds, produce a one-of-a-kind experience.
GIIIVENS' piece "Aether's Requiem" provides the spectator with a visual encounter with self & light, which lies beyond, while Eli Kahn's soundscape "Portal to a Better Dimension" encompasses the listener through a quadraphonic speaker system mixed in immersive surround sound.
The piece features Hannah Laine (vocals) & Jordan Hamilton (strings/arranging), as well as a quadrophonic mix by Eric Friedlander (Tower 21 - Los Angeles, CA)
From Eli…
My portion of the installation is essentially a soundtrack to GIIIVENS’ visual piece. I wanted to create something that felt like you are being transported through a portal that leads to infinite realms better than the one in which we reside, free of hate, racism, pain, & sickness. I spent a lot of time this past year contemplating what it means to “be” in our world as it is now & this piece is meant to represent a relinquishing of attachment to our thinking about our current world as we hopefully move towards a better one.