Starts tonight at 6 p.m. in iMOCA
A moving piece of ambient public art, composer Phil Kline's Unsilent Night can be compared to a holiday caroling party, except that participants don't sing. Instead, each carries a boombox playing a separate cassette, CD, or MP3 that becomes part of the piece. In effect, the "performers" become single elements in a huge, mobile sound system. Performed within the confines of the city streets, Unsilent Night reverberates off the cars and buildings, resulting in a magnificent, drifting cloud of shimmering, echoing sound. The 43-minute piece includes chiming bells, choral voices, and various electronic effects.Organized by Robin Cox, Phil Kline's "Unsilent Night" will fill the streets of Indianapolis as participants slowly parade through the streets playing recorded harmonies and bells, enveloping first Fountain Square and then Mass. Ave in a gentle swirl of ever-evolving sound.ROUND ONE: At 6pm we begins at the opening reception at iMOCA in Fountain Square (1043 Virginia Ave). From 6:30pm to 7:15pm the music will wind around Fountain Square eventually proceeding to a conclusion at Grove Haus (1001 Hosbrook St.)Videos