Presented in partnership with Fulcrum Arts and Chapman University, this pair of performances by artists William Basinski and Bethan Kellough sparks a powerful conversation between art and science.

In On Time, Out of Time, Basinki creates a one-of-a-kind sonic bed with recordings from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) that captured billion year old sonic impressions made by two colliding black holes. Kellough’s Still the Fragments Move is a new composition that follows the journey of ocean waves from sea to shore.

Both pieces explore the profound connection between sound, vibrations, and waveforms with the human body.

Please join us after the performances for a brief panel discussion with artists William Basinski, Evelina Domnitch, Dmitry Gelfand, and experimental physicist Rana Adhikari about their time together at LIGO at Caltech in 2016 and the artwork that resulted from this fruitful collaboration.

Co-organized by Fulcrum Arts, Chapman University, and CAP UCLA, Wiliam Basinski and Bethan Kellough is presented as part of Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific as well as the 2024 Fulcrum Festival: Waves Upon Waves.

Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, visit pst.art.