Proposal for Museo de Arte, Sacramento, Mexico.
The project I would like to propose is informed by the unique conditions you have created for the Museum as an abstract entity. It is inspired by ’The Idea of the North’ by the pianist and composer Glenn Gould. In this work he interviews several different representatives from various fields of study about the North. He then composes and conducts a piece as if it were a musical piece, but by using the spoken sentences from the interviews as representative of the various instruments in the composition. My proposal would involve four people visiting the Museum in Sacramento, if such a location exists at present. If not, they will make the visit based on locational guidance from you and on their own individual research. The four invitations will be issued according to the interests of those invited.. One of them must have an interest in architecture, one in urban planning, one in story-telling and one in moving images/film. It is not a requirement that the invitees have either a formal education in these fields or work in them professionally; the only essential ability of these people is that they should be able to whistle. At a stipulated place, agreed between myself and the members of the Museum’s board, the four guests will be invited to meet and whistle to and between one another as if exchanging points in a conversation or performing an ‘improvisational musical composition’. The whistling should be related to the experiences they have in encountering the Museum, including perhaps their feelings about the area in which it is situated, their journey to it, or other ways of envisioning it. No further requirements should be made of the performers. This performative whistling will be the only evidence of this project. One recording of the encounter will be made and will be given to the Museum to be placed in its collection alongside this proposal. I look forward to hearing from you. With kind regards Ursula Nistrup, 2010
Proposal for Museo de Arte, Sacramento, Mexico.
The project I would like to propose is informed by the unique conditions you have created for the Museum as an abstract entity. It is inspired by ’The Idea of the North’ by the pianist and composer Glenn Gould. In this work he interviews several different representatives from various fields of study about the North. He then composes and conducts a piece as if it were a musical piece, but by using the spoken sentences from the interviews as representative of the various instruments in the composition. My proposal would involve four people visiting the Museum in Sacramento, if such a location exists at present. If not, they will make the visit based on locational guidance from you and on their own individual research. The four invitations will be issued according to the interests of those invited.. One of them must have an interest in architecture, one in urban planning, one in story-telling and one in moving images/film. It is not a requirement that the invitees have either a formal education in these fields or work in them professionally; the only essential ability of these people is that they should be able to whistle. At a stipulated place, agreed between myself and the members of the Museum’s board, the four guests will be invited to meet and whistle to and between one another as if exchanging points in a conversation or performing an ‘improvisational musical composition’. The whistling should be related to the experiences they have in encountering the Museum, including perhaps their feelings about the area in which it is situated, their journey to it, or other ways of envisioning it. No further requirements should be made of the performers. This performative whistling will be the only evidence of this project. One recording of the encounter will be made and will be given to the Museum to be placed in its collection alongside this proposal. I look forward to hearing from you. With kind regards Ursula Nistrup, 2010