Overview
Artist and musician Marla Goodman invites participants to explore different ways to transform sound into imagery and back again. Using one of the world’s rarest and most fascinating electronic instruments, the Theremin, Goodman will illustrate the connection between lines drawn on paper and sounds “drawn” in the air. Participants will have the chance to create and interpret their own visual soundscape collages using provided art materials, taking turns playing the Theremin, and experimenting with the Virtual ANS Synthesizer (which makes drawings into sound). The workshop culminates with a multimedia art performance where participants respond to what they see and hear, a common improvisation technique in jazz and other genres. No musical or art experience is required.
Marla Goodman – Virtual ANS Remix with Koto and Theramin Improv
About the Instructor
Bozeman, Montana-based artist Marla Goodman has had a 15-year obsession with an amazing electronic instrument invented in the early 1900s: the Theremin. One of the most challenging instruments to master, the Theremin is played by making precise hand gestures in the air. Its two antennae allow the player to control pitch and volume to produce everything from weird science fiction sounds to haunting melodies without ever actually touching anything. A fifth-generation Montanan, grandmother and self-ascribed community art activist, Goodman coaxes music from the air as she highlights the history of this incredible instrument.