Doorbells | Jeff Kolar

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Doorbells, Jeff Kolar, Chicago, IL

Doorbell and recorded album of original organ compositions. After playing Elsewhere’s vintage Yamaha organ over the course of two weeks, Jeff Kolar created an album of 12 songs that represent a deep exploration of the instrument. Visitors to the museum can play and listen to tracks on the album through a retrofitted doorbell system that Kolar installed at the front of the museum as part of the console for the Urban Gray Ballroom.This project was created as part of the Museum as Instrument curatorial initiative and funded in part by the North Carolina Arts Council.  

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Jeff Kolar
Jeff Kolar

Jeff Kolar is a sound artist and curator working in Chicago, USA. His work, described as "speaker-shredding," "wonderfully strange," and characteristically curious," includes cross-platform collaboration, low-powered radio, and live performance. His work activates sound in unconventional, temporary, and ephemeral ways using appropriation and remix as a critical practice. His solo and collaborative projects, installations, and public performances often investigate the mundane sonic nuances of everyday electronic devices. Jeff is the Founder and Artistic Director of Radius, an experimental radio broadcast platform, which participated in the Museum as Instrument residency. Since 2011, Radius has commissioned over 50 original works by artists from over 20 countries.

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