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Bill Fontana
Sonic Shadows, 2010

Artwork Info

Artwork title
Sonic Shadows
Artist name
Bill Fontana
Date created
2010
Classification
installation
Medium
sound sculpture [twelve-channel live sound installation with ten accelerometers, eight loudspeakers, four ultrasonic emitters on pan-tilt heads]
Dimensions
dimensions variable
Date acquired
2011
Credit
Collection SFMOMA
Commissioned by the San Francsico Museum of Modern Art Purchase through a gift of Nancy and Steven Oliver, Wendy Webster and Stuart Davidson, and the Accessions Committee Fund
Copyright
© Bill Fontana
Permanent URL
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2011.227
Artwork status
Not on view at this time.

As he creates his unique sound sculptures, artist Bill Fontana finds inspiration in his physical setting and the philosophies of musical composition and found art.

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