Installation and performance artist Naama Tsabar’s ongoing sculpture series Work on Felt defies the traditional place of felt in instruments as a silencer and transforms it into the instrument itself. As Tsabar describes how form, touch, and sound empower these works, watch a performance composed by local musicians Dylan Edrich and Jenna Flohr that brings the felt sculptures to life in SFMOMA's galleries.
Credits:
This interview was filmed on the occasion of Naama Tsabar: Work on Felt (Variation 2) and (Variation 11) Black, a performance presented in partnership with KADIST.
Interview by Lindsay Albert & Jo-ey Tang
Produced by KADIST, Bearfish Productions, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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