Songs On Conceptual Art is a social practice project by Crystal Baxley and Stefan Ransom. Sol Lewitt knocked around the NY art world in his 20's, including doing graphic design for work. That allowed him in his early '30's to lay down many of the early roads in minimalism and conceptual art. One of his strategies was to create algorithmic instructions for wall drawings to be executed by others. The exhibitor or collector would have the right to execute the piece, a revolutionary abstraction of art, making and ownership. It's also a forerunner to social practice tactics.
Inspired by Baldessari Sings LeWitt, Baxley and Ransom selected musicians to create compositions on the 35 units of Lewitt's koan-like manifesto Sentences on Conceptual Art.
The result, a collection, Songs on Conceptual Art, drops tonight. The musicians contributing are Lucky Dragons, Brendan Fowler, Dragging an Ox Through Water, White Rainbow, Jib Kidder, Crazy Band, Bobby Birdman, Karl Blau, Dunes, SAFE, Jackie O Motherfucker, Jordan Dysktra, ARP, Deer or the Doe, Caspar Sonnet, Secret Circuit, White Fang, Larry Yes, Spencer Moody, Sun Foot, Crystal, Stefan, The Polyps, Rob Walmart, DAVIS HOOKER, Wanda and Wonder, Jake Ransom, Megazord, John Rau, Art Husband, Giggles, Boron, 90 Billion Raindrops, LA Ladies Choir, Deep Fried Boogie Band, and Cross Country Club.
Tonight in celebration many perform, including Dragging an Ox Through Water, White Rainbow, Sun Foot, Spencer Moody, Rob Walmart, Caspar Sonnet, John Rau, Jordan Dysktra and Jake Ransom.
The musics will be released in edition of 350, a double 12 inch, for $35. Also released as a download free.
Songs on Conceptual Art www.songsonconceptualart.com at Holocene www.holocene.org 1001 SE Morrison 8PM $5
