MOMA presents ‘Carlito Carvalhosa: Sum of Days’

Carlito Carvalhosa (Brazilian, born 1961).
Sum of Days (installation view at The Museum of Modern Art). 2010.
Photograph by Jeffrey Gray Brandsted
© 2011 Carlito Carvalhosa

MOMA presents ‘Carlito Carvalhosa: Sum of Days’ Carlito Carvalhosa, one of Brazil’s most celebrated contemporary artists, makes his debut at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOMA) with ‘Sum of Days’, a large-scale environmental and participatory sound installation.

August 24–November 14, 2011

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On view at MoMA’s Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, ‘Sum of Days’ is a monumental installation of translucent material hanging 60 feet from the ceiling to the floor, inviting visitors to walk around this elliptical labyrinth.

In a press note, the Museum explains that “the structure of Sum of Days interrupts the defined limits of the surrounding architectural space, allowing an experience of total immersion while suspending the usual parameters of spatial reference known to visitors“, adding that the installation includes a series of microphones that record the day’s ambient noise. “Each day -the press note continues- a new recording will gradually superimpose the one from the previous day, thus creating a unique sound installation each day of the exhibition”.

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1961, Carlito Carvalhosa studied at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo. He has exhibited at various Brazilian museums, including the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro; and the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. ‘Sum of Days’ was previously exhibited at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo from July 31 to November 7, 2010.

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