An installation of 4 of Phill’s films from the series “The Movement of People Working” will be played in a loop simultaneously with 4 of his music compositions as part of the “Taking Shape: Contemporary Art in 3D” exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
See https://www.thewadsworth.org/explore/upcoming-exhibitions/taking-shape/
Films:
Sur Dos (Peru), Trabajando Una (Mexico), Sur Una (Mexico), Trabajando Dos (Mexico), all 1973-4.
Music:
… Every Tune (Clarinet – Daniel Goode, 1977) – AKA: Who can think of good, cute titles for every tune, Summing II (Cello – David Gibson, 1981), Four Arthurs (Bassoon – Arthur Stidfole, 1978), E For Gibson (Cello – David Gibson, 1978)
Phill was an early participant in the Wadsworth’s MATRIX contemporary art program in the 1970s. He was the artist for the Matrix 4 exhibition in 1975, which included presentation of the Sur Dos (Peru) film. The Wadsworth then obtained a 16 MM copy of the film for their permanent collection. See https://www.thewadsworth.org/explore/matrix-exhibitions/1970s/ for the brochure of Phill’s 1975 exhibit.
Museum is open:
Wednesday–Friday: noon – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 5pm (last entry at 4:30pm)
Tickets are available at www.thewadsworth.org/visit/
