Tyler Adams

Interstitial

June 1 – June 29, 2013

Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery
Tyler Adams - Steve Turner Contemporary - Gallery

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Interstitial, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, June 2013

Pop!, 2013. Video with surround sound, 1 hour 22 minutes (still)

Pop!, 2013. Video with surround sound, 1 hour 22 minutes (still)

Untitled, 2013. Speakers, aluminum foil, lights and amplifiers, 45 x 48 inches

Rumble, 2013. Speakers, amplifiers and sheet metal, 80 x 36 x 36 inches

Cardioid Caustic, 2013. Stainless steel, 24 x 24 x 4 inches

Cardioid Caustic, 2013. Stainless steel, 24 x 24 x 4 inches

Study (concrete), 2013. Speaker and concrete, 15 x 15 x 4 inches

Study (balls with lines), 2013. Speaker, amplifier, glass, striped ping pong balls and bolts, 15 x 15 x 6 inches

Study (circles), 2013. Speaker, amplifier and paint, 15 x 15 x 4 inches

Study (paper), 2013. Speaker, amplifier and wood, 15 x 15 x 4 inches

Study (paper), 2013. Speaker, amplifier, paper, embroidery hoop and bolt, 15 x 15 x 6 inches

Pump, 2013. Speakers, OSB, acrylic tubes, amplifier and styrofoam, Dimensions variable

Rumble, 2013. Speakers, amplifiers and sheet metal, 80 x 36 x 36 inches

Study (string), 2012. Speaker, amplifier and wood, 144 x 8 x 8 inches

Study (string), 2012. Speaker, amplifier and wood, 144 x 8 x 8 inches (detail)

Study (pipe), 2013. Speaker, amplifier and aluminum pipe, 144 x 15 x 15 inches

Descending, 2013. Sonotube, aluminum, speaker, amplifier and LED lights, 144 x 48 x 48 inches

Descending, 2013. Sonotube, aluminum, speaker, amplifier and LED lights, 144 x 48 x 48 inches (detail)

Descending, 2013. Sonotube, aluminum, speaker, amplifier and LED lights, 144 x 48 x 48 inches (detail)

Untitled, 2013. Speakers and amplifier, 8 x 8 x 8 inches

Beams, 2013. Satellite dish speakers, conduit and amplifiers, Dimensions variable

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Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present Interstitial, a debut solo exhibition by Los Angeles artist Tyler Adams in which the artist explores the spatial, material and visual nature of sound. Interstitial draws extensively from the everyday environment by utilizing commonplace building materials and familiar sonic textures that reference the interstitial architectural spaces that function as transitions between inside and outside. The title piece of the show uses various lengths of spiral ductwork that resonate like organ pipes, excited by slowly swinging speaker pendulums propelled by fans. The result is a meditative and seductive drone that is both foreground and background to the entire exhibition. Other works include speakers that beat like hearts, breathe puffs of air, shake, rumble, or generate visual imagery.

The upstairs gallery features a debut of Adams’ ongoing work Pop!, a series of short videos with surround-sound that have been created over the course of several years. Each video uses the brief moment of a balloon pop to explore and document the acoustic identity of a variety of environments, examining the subtle ways in which a simple pop reveals the volume, material, and formal features of a space.

Tyler Adams (born Los Angeles, 1980) graduated with a BFA from California Institute of the Arts, an MFA from University of California, Los Angeles, and an MS in Architectual Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 2012 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work in Vienna, Austria. His work has recently been exhibited at the The New World Symphony Miami, Taubman Museum of Art, MuseumsQuartier Wien, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Prague, and ZKM Karlsruhe. In July 2013 his work will be featured in Art Baja Tijuana.

Tyler Adams (born Los Angeles, 1980) graduated with a BFA from California Institute of the Arts, an MFA from University of California, Los Angeles, and an MS in Architectual Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 2012 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work in Vienna, Austria. His work has recently been exhibited at the The New World Symphony Miami, Taubman Museum of Art, MuseumsQuartier Wien, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Prague, and ZKM Karlsruhe. In July 2013 his work will be featured in Art Baja Tijuana.

Born 1980
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

2010            Master of Science – Architectural Acoustics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2007            Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
2002            Bachelor of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2013
Interstitial, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles

2012
Silence, LA Projects, Landshut, Germany

2011
Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe

2007
Colour Organ, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
New Works, New Worlds Symphony, Miami
The Sight of Silence, Taubman Museum, Roanoke

2012
Listen to Your City, Copenhagen Art Festival, Copenhagen
Sound Art. Sound as Medium of Art, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Membra Disjecta for John Cage, Gallery of Fine Arts, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Membra Disjecta for John Cage, Tonspur / Museums Quartier, Vienna
Membra Disjecta for John Cage, DOX Centre For Contemporary Art, Prague
John Cage und…, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg

2010
Der Lautsprecher, Tonspur / Museums Quartier, Vienna
Sheppard Fine Arts, Reno

2008
SoniTrek, Pasadena

2007
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, London
Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, CSU, Long Beach
MFA Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles

2006
CLOSED, UCLA, Los Angeles
CTRL, Los Angeles

2005
Short, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles

Awards and Residencies

2012
Fulbright Scholarship, Museums Quartier, Vienna
Artist-in-residence, Quartier21, Vienna
Artist-in-residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hamphire

2010
Artist-in-residence, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado

Press and Reviews

2011
Wilsonpowell, M. “Light and Sound – Installations ‘use of technology captures viewers’ imaginations”, Albaquerque Journal, July 22
Müller, A. “Tonspur Expaded: Der Lautsprecher”, Eikon 73, February
Khazam, R. “Ein Brückenschlag – Vom Elektronischen Fernsehen zur unsichtbaren Architektur”, Springerin, April

2007
Knight, C. “See it, Hear it, Experience it”, Los Angeles Times, March 23

2006
Hou, J. “Exhibit mixes disciplines, uses technology”, Daily Bruin, October
Pool, B. “Downtown Exhibits its Eclecticism”, Los Angeles Times,  April 23