Previous Basilica SoundScape visual artists

Laleh Khorramian / Marianne Vitale / Sterling Ruby / Matthew Barney / Jungil Hong / Austin Ballard / Alexander Heir / Emma Kohlmann / Jesse Draxler / Taeyoon Choi / Cal Lane / Lisa Laratta / Heather Benjamin / Dan Colen / Michael St. John / Tyler Moore / Javier Magri / Carol McCranie / David Aron / Jonathan Bepler / Sam Ryser

2019

Austin Ballard / Sam Ryser

For 2019, sculptor Austin Ballard pleated, draped and piled lampshades into cascading totemic forms suspended from the rafters in Basilica Hudson’s Main Hall – pictured above. With thanks to River Valley Arts Collective. In the West Wing and entry, artist, musician and DIY underground veteran Sam Ryser presented his unmistakable visual aesthetic through a selection of his work crafted both within and outside of the music world, from custom wearable pieces to show posters and album artwork. Presented by Sacred Bones.

2018

Laleh Khorramian / Jungil Hong / Alexander Heir

Laleh Khorramian‘s installation filled the Basilica Main Hall, including the background of the performance stage. In one of her largest immersive works to date, the installation showcased Laleh’s over-size anaglyphic kimono series, each hand-painted, lit, and moveable. Throughout the evening, Khorramian’s army of suspended forms rotated via a mechanical motor, filling the open air of the hall with ghost-like forms acting in a moveable play of space and time. Also featured on the back wall of the space were Khorramian’s sculptural light boxes, each layered and mono-printed to create the effect of futuristic stained glass.

2017

Emma Kohlmann / Marianne Vitale / Jesse Draxler / protest sign-making workshops with Taeyoon Choi

Acclaimed sculptor Marianne Vitale transformed Basilica Hudson’s Main Hall rafters with a fleet of large-scale aluminium sculptures inspired by the classic paper airplane form and installed a ready-made stage backdrop crafted from vintage parachutes. 

2016

Cal Lane presented by September Gallery / Lisa Laratta / Heather Benjamin

Working with the raw architecture of the factory’s steel beams and industrial artifacts, Cal Lane installed her rusted and cut i-beams, oil barrels, and steel drums. Cal’s sculptures were installed both inside and and outside Basilica, and the oculus window in the North Hall was aglow with a looping video of Cal’s welding, shot from the inside of one of her oil barrel sculptures as she welded it into shape.

2015

Dan Colen / The Now Forever curated by Michael St. John with Tyler Moore, Javier Magri + Carol McCranie / David Aron

The Now Forever curated by Michael St. John with Tyler Moore, Carol McCranie and Javier Magri group exhibition brought together thirteen inventive artists whose work looks towards the new and progresses into the future.

2014

Sterling Ruby

One of the art world’s most controversial and successful artists, Sterling Ruby‘s stage was the ultimate backdrop to a weekend of music featuring the likes of Swans, Deafheaven, and White Lung. Possessed of a profound material sensibility, Sterling Ruby’s art speaks in a language inspired by sub-cultural phenomena ranging from graffiti, urban gangs, and prison systems, to craft and the history of quilt-making.

2013

Soundpiece by Jonathan Bepler, Matthew Barney + Brandon Stosuy