Score: Field Work by Ayanna Jolivet McCloud

Art League Houston (ALH) is excited to present Score: Field Work, a site-specific installation by Houston-based artist Ayanna Jolivet McCloud.

Incorporating elements of sound, performance, writing and installation, the exhibition includes work by the artist, together with a selection of women artists, musicians, and performers, which question women’s role in sound art, and explore the materiality of sound through a feminist perspective.

Transforming the gallery into a multi-sensory environment, the works in the exhibition include an installation by the artist of reverberating bells that suspend from the ceiling in the center of the gallery, along with a series of scores and writings by women musicians and sound artists, which span across the gallery walls.

Additionally, the exhibition includes an on-going “radio broadcast” featuring audio performances and interviews by women musicians/sound artists, along with a micro library featuring texts by women in sound.

During the run of the exhibition, the artist will present two nights of live performances, readings and workshops by local women artist/ musicians.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud is an artist and writer based in Houston, Texas. While minimal, her work is driven by explorations in materiality, physicality, and sensation.

She has participated in exhibitions throughout the Caribbean, Latin America and in the U.S. including Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Brooklyn Arts Council and Chashama Project Studio in New York; and Diaspora Vibe Gallery and Art Center/ South Florida in Miami.

She has participated in artist residencies in Morelia, Michoacán, México as part of Identidades; Art in Public Spaces International Encounter organized by 5célula and International Cultural Exchanges in the Bahamas and St. Maarten organized by Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator.

Her creative practice takes on many forms including studio-based art, sound performances, community/ land/ site-specific installations, and writing/publications. http://ayannannaya.com/