Bruce Nauman : Days

19 Jun-16 Sep 2012

Overview

DAYS is a “sound sculpture” consisting of a continuous stream of seven voices reciting the days of the week in random order. Fourteen suspended speakers are installed in two rows with one voice emanating from each pair of speakers as the visitor passes between them. The work invokes both the banality and the profundity of the passing of each day, and invites reflection on how we measure, differentiate, and commemorate time. Sound Works 100 artists from a variety of sources including the ICA and major institutions and galleries worldwide will be invited to submit sound works in response to DAYS. Broadcast online via a dedicated website, the ICA will become a platform for sound-based artworks that engage with the passing of time, and humanity’s attempts to quantify it.