Essential Arts: Immerse yourself in a Griffith Park 'Soundwalk,' and cry along with us

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A composer's much-needed pandemic release, Judy Chicago in Desert X, 'Immersive Van Gogh,' the Met and John Waters in our weekly arts newsletter.

, the duration of the pandemic and sheer number of hours spent alone — I was having a harder time now than in the beginning. Hope hadn’t penetrated the emotional callous that had formed, the numbness.gets tossed around a lot these days to describe a vast range of experiences, often the “art” part obscured by the “immersive.” But thoughtful, nuanced experiential art

has the power to truly transport us — or at least momentarily distract us — which is so useful right now. Hikers in Griffith Park can now download “Ellen Reid Soundwalk,” a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment.I stopped at the overhang, sat on the ground nestled between pine trees and took in the sweeping view of the city several switchbacks below. Reid’s orchestral melody swelled, cinematically; then it faded, replaced by quivering viola and cello strings that hung in the air.

Then a sort of steadiness and calm washed over me. And the tears came, unexpectedly. Reid’s music had unlocked something in me. It wasn’t hope. It wasn’t quite relief, but something adjacent to it. Release. I’ll take it.the art experience my Times colleague

 

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