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how fragile, we bloom: Soundwalk Launch Event with Chromic Duo
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Glyndor Terrace Garden and Herbert & Hyonja Abrons Woodland
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Join Chromic Duo (musicians-composers Dorothy Chan and Lucy Yao) for the launch of how fragile, we bloom, an immersive soundwalk created for Wave Hill in collaboration with its Art, Community, Education and Science (ACES) youth interns using Augmented Reality (AR).
Alongside Chromic Duo's sound design, narration and composition, stories from the ACES have been incorporated into a site-specific, meditative soundwalk that invites audiences to reflect upon this current moment in history. The ACES stories speak to individual and collective experiences, creating a storytelling capsule. Through communal creation and connection, Chromic Duo provides a platform for Wave Hill visitors to contemplate the ways that seasons bring change, their own relationships to nature and the larger community, and ultimately, how to support one another through times of uncertainty.
The launch event begins in the newly renovated Glyndor Terrace Garden with an introduction to the soundwalk and live musical performance by Chromic Duo. The artists then lead participants on a guided tour of the soundwalk through Wave Hill’s Herbert & Hyonja Abrons Woodland. The event culminates with a group reflection with the artists.
how fragile, we bloom unfolds through AR audio accessed with Gesso, a free app available via iOS and Android.
Registration encouraged but not required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251.
The Glyndor Terrace Garden is accessible via a bluestone path that begins south of the Glyndor House entrance and continues along its western perimeter towards an ADA-compliant ramp located at the Glyndor Terrace Garden’s north entrance.
The Herbert & Hyonja Abrons Woodland features varied, unpaved walking trails traversing eight acres. The trails include rustic steps, steep changes in grade and uneven terrain. A trail map at the north and south entrances indicates the length and character of each trail.
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Chromic Duo
Chromic Duo
Chromic Duo is composed of Lucy Yao and Dorothy Chan. Blending toy piano, electronics and multimedia into genre-fluid performances and installations, Chromic Duo cultivates spaces to share stories inspired by Yao and Chan’s experiences as third-culture kids within the Asian-American diaspora. They believe that by slowing down and looking at the smallest objects of the everyday they can uncover truths and reimagine how people connect with each other. Recent highlights include partnering with Purdue University as Innovators-in-Residence to address mental health in students via an interactive sculpture installation that explores the intersection of art, tech, and wellness, collaborating with Welcome to Chinatown to amplify the stories of AAPI business owners and artists in an immersive soundwalk in NYC’s Chinatown, and commissions from the Smithsonian National Asian Art Museum and the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Concert highlights include the New York Philharmonic, Celebrity Series, Wave Hill’s Armor Hall, and various appointments across the country as Visiting Artists. Chromic Duo are grand prize-winners at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Concert Artists Guild (CAG).
Photo: Adrianna Tan