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\n<\/span>40 B&W Loudspeakers Underpin Interactiv Exhibit on Loan from MOMAN.<\/h3>\nReading, MA<\/strong> \u2014 June 2013<\/strong> \u2014 (Tel que re\u00e7u) An \u201caudio-based installation\u201d by renowned Canadian multimedia artist Janet Cardiff<\/strong>, currently featured at Toronto\u2019s Art Gallery of Ontario<\/em>, depends on 40 classic Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong> loudspeakers for its involving, enveloping experience. \u201cThe Forty-Part Motet\u201d<\/em> (2001), a past winner of The Millennium Prize of the National Gallery of Canada<\/em> on loan from the permanent collection of New York\u2019s Museum of Modern Art<\/em> until August 18 of this year, is an interactive soundscape that invites listener\/viewers to enter into and explore the matchless musical complexity and timeless beauty of a work by 16th-century British composer Thomas Tallis<\/strong>.<\/p>\nDelivering this rich sonic tapestry, originally recorded to 40 channels at Salisbury Cathedral<\/em> in Salisbury, England, are no fewer than 40 B&W<\/strong> model DM 303<\/em> two-way speakers, selected by the artist for their industry-standard musical accuracy and human-scale size. Cardiff\u2019s work is a spatial re-imagining Tallis\u2019 famous motet \u201cSpem in Alium\u201d (\u201cHope in Other\u201d)<\/em>, composed around 1573, for eight choirs of five voices each. In Cardiff\u2019<\/strong>s realization each B&W<\/strong> speaker carries a single singing voice, permitting viewer \/ listeners to move about the installation, choosing any depth in which to immerse themselves in Tallis\u2019 always-twining, complex, yet transcendently lucid musical counterpoint.
\n\u201cI wanted to be able to climb inside the music,\u201d artist Janet Cardiff<\/strong> has said. \u201cEach individual vocalist\u2019s harmony is very clear and full<\/em>.\u00a0 We use B&W<\/strong> speakers in most of our works because of the quality of sound they deliver.\u201d B&W<\/strong> North America\u2019s President Doug Henderson<\/strong> adds, \u201cCardiff<\/strong>\u2019s work presents an altogether transcendent way to experience music.\u00a0 The aim of our speaker development has always been to take the listener beyond the artificial to the soul of the performance, so we are thrilled with what she has created.\u00a0 And though the DM 303s<\/em> are long since retired\u2014Forty-Part Motet<\/em> dates from 2001,\u2014they retain impressive detail, depth, and tonal accuracy, even when you highlight a single voice by standing right next to a single speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"_The_Forty_Part_Motet_The_Great-Hall_Wincheste\"](\"http:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The_Forty_Part_Motet_The_Great-Hall_Wincheste.jpg\")
<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nHenderson<\/strong> concludes, \u201cBowers & Wilkins<\/strong> is honored that Janet Cardiff<\/strong> selected DM 303s<\/strong> to present Forty-Part Motet<\/em>; that it springs from the work of a British composer is just icing on the cake. Yet the fact that both the work and the speakers it employs have stood the test of time speaks volumes for Cardiff<\/strong>\u2019s artistic legacy, and for Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong>\u2019 position in the audio field.\u201d<\/p>\nIn addition to The Forty-Part Motet<\/em> exhibit Janet Cardiff<\/strong> and George Bures Miller<\/strong> make their return to Toronto\u2019s Art Gallery of Ontari<\/em>o with \u201cLost in the Memory Palace\u201d<\/em>, a selection of seven installations incorporating soundtracks, videos, objects and images being exhibited together for the very first time in Canada.<\/p>\nAbout Janet Cardiff<\/strong>
\nJanet Cardiff<\/strong> was born in 1957 in Brussels, Ontario, Canada and currently lives and works in the Okanagan Vallery in BC.\u00a0 She is a graduate of Queen\u2019s University in Kingston<\/em>, Ontario, and received her M.V.A. from the University of Alberta<\/em> in Edmonton.\u00a0 Her audio-based installations and walking pieces have been presented in major international exhibitions and biennials worldwide.<\/p>\nAbout Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong>
\nBowers & Wilkins<\/strong> is Britain\u2019s leading exporter of loudspeakers and the number one imported brand in North America. Since 1966, Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong>\u2019 \u00ab\u00a0Quest for Perfection\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> has resulted in a succession of technical loudspeaker innovations that have satisfied the world\u2019s most demanding listeners. Its products\u2019 rave reviews and universal acceptance as monitors for classical music recording have helped Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong> become the dominant premium loudspeaker company throughout the world.<\/p>\n
Delivering this rich sonic tapestry, originally recorded to 40 channels at Salisbury Cathedral<\/em> in Salisbury, England, are no fewer than 40 B&W<\/strong> model DM 303<\/em> two-way speakers, selected by the artist for their industry-standard musical accuracy and human-scale size. Cardiff\u2019s work is a spatial re-imagining Tallis\u2019 famous motet \u201cSpem in Alium\u201d (\u201cHope in Other\u201d)<\/em>, composed around 1573, for eight choirs of five voices each. In Cardiff\u2019<\/strong>s realization each B&W<\/strong> speaker carries a single singing voice, permitting viewer \/ listeners to move about the installation, choosing any depth in which to immerse themselves in Tallis\u2019 always-twining, complex, yet transcendently lucid musical counterpoint. Henderson<\/strong> concludes, \u201cBowers & Wilkins<\/strong> is honored that Janet Cardiff<\/strong> selected DM 303s<\/strong> to present Forty-Part Motet<\/em>; that it springs from the work of a British composer is just icing on the cake. Yet the fact that both the work and the speakers it employs have stood the test of time speaks volumes for Cardiff<\/strong>\u2019s artistic legacy, and for Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong>\u2019 position in the audio field.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to The Forty-Part Motet<\/em> exhibit Janet Cardiff<\/strong> and George Bures Miller<\/strong> make their return to Toronto\u2019s Art Gallery of Ontari<\/em>o with \u201cLost in the Memory Palace\u201d<\/em>, a selection of seven installations incorporating soundtracks, videos, objects and images being exhibited together for the very first time in Canada.<\/p>\n About Janet Cardiff<\/strong> About Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong>
\n\u201cI wanted to be able to climb inside the music,\u201d artist Janet Cardiff<\/strong> has said. \u201cEach individual vocalist\u2019s harmony is very clear and full<\/em>.\u00a0 We use B&W<\/strong> speakers in most of our works because of the quality of sound they deliver.\u201d B&W<\/strong> North America\u2019s President Doug Henderson<\/strong> adds, \u201cCardiff<\/strong>\u2019s work presents an altogether transcendent way to experience music.\u00a0 The aim of our speaker development has always been to take the listener beyond the artificial to the soul of the performance, so we are thrilled with what she has created.\u00a0 And though the DM 303s<\/em> are long since retired\u2014Forty-Part Motet<\/em> dates from 2001,\u2014they retain impressive detail, depth, and tonal accuracy, even when you highlight a single voice by standing right next to a single speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nJanet Cardiff<\/strong> was born in 1957 in Brussels, Ontario, Canada and currently lives and works in the Okanagan Vallery in BC.\u00a0 She is a graduate of Queen\u2019s University in Kingston<\/em>, Ontario, and received her M.V.A. from the University of Alberta<\/em> in Edmonton.\u00a0 Her audio-based installations and walking pieces have been presented in major international exhibitions and biennials worldwide.<\/p>\n
\nBowers & Wilkins<\/strong> is Britain\u2019s leading exporter of loudspeakers and the number one imported brand in North America. Since 1966, Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong>\u2019 \u00ab\u00a0Quest for Perfection\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> has resulted in a succession of technical loudspeaker innovations that have satisfied the world\u2019s most demanding listeners. Its products\u2019 rave reviews and universal acceptance as monitors for classical music recording have helped Bowers & Wilkins<\/strong> become the dominant premium loudspeaker company throughout the world.<\/p>\n