{"id":2227689,"global_id":"www.visartscenter.org?id=2227689","global_id_lineage":["www.visartscenter.org?id=2227689"],"author":"2002091","status":"publish","date":"2017-10-30 11:14:24","date_utc":"2017-10-30 15:14:24","modified":"2019-12-06 15:43:53","modified_utc":"2019-12-06 20:43:53","url":"https:\/\/www.visartscenter.org\/event\/alex-braden-visarts-studio-fellow\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.visartscenter.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/2227689","title":"Alex Braden: A Lesser Light","description":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: x-large;\">Related<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, January 19, 7 \u2013 9 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Party (Closing Reception): Sunday, February 11, 3 &#8211; 5 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-fixed lightbox-enabled fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"5\" data-itemmargin=\"13\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"fixed\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" href=\"\/x\/lc-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7506.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visartscenter.org\/x\/lc-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7506-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" href=\"\/x\/lc-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7476.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visartscenter.org\/x\/lc-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7476-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" href=\"\/x\/lc-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7484.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visartscenter.org\/x\/lc-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7484-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-carousel-nav\"><span class=\"fusion-nav-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"fusion-nav-next\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>January 12 &#8211; February 11, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gibbs Street\u00a0Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alex Braden, the first VisArts Studio Fellow, presents a series of new sonic works in the Gibbs Street Gallery.\u00a0Braden uses sound and sculpture to create interactive installations and immersive experiences. He\u00a0believes that the medium through which listeners engage with sound should bear as much\u00a0aesthetic weight as the content of the sound itself. He often employs antiquated technology for his\u00a0sound-making, asking listeners to answer a rotary telephone, navigate rebuilt tape machines, or\u00a0step into a phone booth to engage with his work. He also uses scale and distance to immerse\u00a0listeners in audio\u2014often splitting a single composition among multiple speakers in an\u00a0installation to create theatrical, spacious, and lush soundscapes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the artist:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Alex Braden is a sound artist, sculptor, and multi-instrumentalist residing in Washington, D.C. He began his study of Classical Piano at age 4, and migrated to Jazz Guitar at 11 years old. After teaching private music lessons to his own instructor\u2019s beginner and intermediate students all throughout high school, Alex abandoned a music scholarship in pursuit of a B.F.A. in Sound Art &amp; Independent Study.\u00a0Braden has earned fellowships from the Ballston BID (Virginia), Arlington (Virginia) Commission for the Arts, D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities, Rockland Residency Program (Seattle, Washington), and Vermont Studio Center. He\u2019s toured nationally with three bands, installs prolifically in myriad galleries along the East coast, and his work is in the permanent collection of the U.S. Department of State.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderbraden.com\/\">www.alexanderbraden.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Learn about Alex Braden\u2019s upcoming Inside Art workshop\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/event\/sound-art-workshop\/?_sf_s=sound+art\">Sound Art<\/a>\u00a0on February 8, 2018.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Party:<\/strong> Join Alex Braden for a closing reception of his sound installation A Lesser Light featuring samples of his sound pieces, a discussion with Dr. Thomas Stanley, and a performance by Stephanie Mercedes.<\/p>\n<\/div><div 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