Enjoy a Free Concert Inside James Turrell’s Skyspace & Learn How UT Austin Pairs Music + Art Across Campus
The Landmarks program invites you to explore modern art on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin while listening to a diverse mix of music
The University of Texas at Austin’s public art program, Landmarks, has revealed another year of signature music programming that invites visitors to explore modern and contemporary art while listening to works by local musicians. Listening with Landmarks, sponsored by KUT/KUTX, features playlists by prominent Austin musicians and music personalities, curated and inspired by works from the public art collection. Songs in the Skyspace, sponsored by KMFA, showcases a mix of voices and instruments, with monthly live performances inside James Turrell’s Skyspace, The Color Inside which is located on the UT Austin campus.
Songs in the Skyspace
The Color Inside is James Turrell’s eighty-fourth Skyspace and sits in the center of the UT Austin campus atop the Student Activity Center. Each sunrise and sunset, a pre-programmed light sequence fills the space with brilliant washes of color. Through James Turrell’s masterful manipulation of light, the sequence causes the sky to appear in unimaginable hues. Overhead is the oculus, which, when you look up, captures the changing sky as it morphs with the setting sun.
A visit to The Color Inside is a fascinating experience any time of year, but a viewing paired with live music during a Songs in the Skyspace session makes for an even more captivating atmosphere. Songs in the Skyspace resumes September 22 with a performance by Highway Lights. Featuring cellist Sara Nelson and synthesist/composer Justin Sherburn, the duo performs meditative and sweeping melodies.
Additionally, the season includes the following performances. These are free and open to the public with reservations required.
- September 22, 2024: Highway Lights
- October 20, 2024: To Be Announced
- November 17, 2024: Travis Weller
- December 8, 2024: SKLOSS
- January 19, 2025: Austin Ukestra
- February 16, 2025: Lila and Sofia
- March 9, 2025: Austin Soundwaves
- April 13, 2025: Conspirare
- May 4, 2025: Elaine Barber
Listening with Landmarks
The new season of Listening with Landmarks features playlists by prominent Austin musicians and music personalities curated in response to works from the public art collection. The playlists’ musical genres include rock, Classical, Tejano, R&B, reggae, country and more. One playlist is released each month on Landmarks’ website, social media channels, and on Spotify.
This season kicks off with a playlist curated by Pedal Steel Noah in response to Eamon Ore-Giron’s Tras los ojos (Behind the Eyes) and includes tracks by Charlie Sexton, Tracy Byrd, Austin Upchurch, and others. In the following months, more playlists will be released featuring a diversity of musical genres.
Find more info about Songs in the Skyspace and UT Austin’s engaging art and music programming at landmarks.utexas.edu.
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