Singing Darwin
Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 12:00-5:00
Saturday 9:00-2:00
Sunday Closed
Singing Darwin is a new media installation and a performance art event
about Darwin and natural history, with changing music and sound,
imagery, and movement; including specimens from the collections of the
Virginia Museum of Natural History and the College of Science at
Virginia Tech.
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of
Species Singing Darwin will culminate in a 24-hour live performance
event, beginning at 7:00 PM Nov. 23 (Nov. 24th Greenwich Meridian
Time) and ending at 7:00 PM Nov. 24. The entire text of Origin will be
included in a structured artistic improvisation that includes original
music, audience-participants, imagery, dance, and reading.
Guest Artists include Elise Witt, Celeste Miller, and Virginia Schenck
from Atlanta, GA and many faculty artists at Virginia Tech.
The event will be live and open to the public. It will be webcast
from the Armory Gallery, with a link at www.sova.vt.edu/singingdarwin.html
.
A wide network of visual artists, musicians, digital artists,
performers, scientists, and scholars are participating in creating
this unique event.
For more information, a list of artists, or questions about what to
bring if you plan to attend or want to participate in the 24-hour
event contact Carol Burch-Brown atcbb@vt.edu and visit the website at www.sova.vt.edu/singingdarwin.html
. A schedule of events during the performance will be posted on Nov. 23.