Tonight's concert will present original compositions from Cliff Baldwin in this premier performance! Each piece was composed using astronomical sounds, then modified and layered using electronics. This multi-media performance will be accompanied by a video installation produced by Mr. Baldwin, and held outdoors under the stars (bring a blanket or chair). This will truly be a sensory experience you don't want to miss! Due to the outdoor nature of the concert, there is a rain date scheduled for July 25 at 8:00pm.
Music Program:
ASTRI Music and images from the Solar Dynamic Observatory.
SOL BLUSTER The blowing winds on Mars.
LIGO Gravitational waves and the sounds they form.
Cliff Baldwin is a composer, sculptor and filmmaker. He lives and works in Aquebogue, New York.
Cliff is the founder of the Aquebogue Contemporary Music Ensemble [ACME], a group devoted to contemporary electronic music, who was featured in the Rites of Spring Music Festival from 2016-2019 on the North Fork of Long Island. Some of his compositions include "The Kepler Music" which was performed at Custer Observatory during the first series of The Rites Music Festival in 2016 and "Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Tierkreis, the Music of the Zodiac" which was performed in the 2019 Festival series.
As an artist, Cliff founded the large format artist publication AQUI! in the early nineteen eighties working with artists like Barbara Kruger, Gilbert & George, Les Levine and General Idea. For 17 years he orchestrated large scale installations and created multiples with Fluxus artist Davi Det Hompson as the artist duo Baldwin+Hompson.
Cliff's work has been exhibited in Tokyo, Cologne, Berlin, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and New York, and is in several major museum collections around the world including collections at the The Museum of Modern Art, The Walker Art Center, The Museum of The Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Canada and The Museum of Rhode Island School of Design.
His giant urban video installation "I Love Richmond and Richmond Loves Me" premiered at Richmond’s InLight Festival in 2010. He created "The Language of Light", a live urban projection exhibited at InLight Festival/Richmond in 2012 and performed it at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY in 2015. His pavillion, House of FUBB was shown at The Center for New Art at William Paterson College in 2017 along with his suite The Kepler Music.
Stargazing (weather permitting) through Custer Observatory's telescopes and guided by expert staff will follow the concert.
Adults $20, Observatory Members $15, Children Under 16 FREE. Attendance will be limited to 50 people while COVID-19 precautions are in place. Face masks and social distancing will be required. Please bring your own blanket or chair to enjoy the show.