Transonic Communities Public Performance

Image courtesy of Guillermo Galindo. Photo credit: Albert Braun/Novia students.

Join Mexican composer, sound artist, visual artist, and performer Guillermo Galindo and a Philadelphia-based ensemble of fellow performers as they explore the Reading Viaduct as a sonic space and their own bodies as components of song. This groundbreaking performance is the culmination of a three-part workshop with the participants in which they'll explore resonance and reverberation, listening, chanting, and the healing properties of sound.

Organized in conjunction with Sonic Presence (or Absence): Sound in Contemporary Art. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.


Image courtesy of Guillermo Galindo

Guillermo Galindo is a pioneering post-Mexican composer and artist known for his groundbreaking fusion of experimental music, visual arts, and socio-political consciousness. His multifaceted body of work encompasses orchestral compositions commissioned by prominent ensembles, operas, instrument crafting, and immersive installations. Galindo's innovative graphic scores and sonic sculptures have graced international museums and biennials, including documenta14 and Pacific Standard Time. His creations are housed in esteemed permanent collections including the Crystal Bridges Museum, LACMA and the National Gallery, among many others.

Guillermo Galindo presently teaches at the California College of Arts in San Francisco, CA. He has also been invited as a Mohr Visiting Artist at Stanford University (2018), as a resident artist at Vanderbilt University and a Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Rollins Cornell Arts Museum (2019). Galindo has also been a recipient of the Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Grant.