Spring Open House/Restless Corners art installation opening

The Percy Grainger Home and Studio is pleased to announce the 5th annual Spring Open House featuring the opening reception for Restless Corners, a site-specific art installation. The event, free to the public, will take place on Sunday April 6, from 2-4 pm at the historic house located at 7 Cromwell Place in White Plains. At 2:30 pm there will be a moderated Q&A with the artists about their process.

Due to space limitations, registration is necessary. Please register: https://percygrainger.org/event-5874611

Restless Corners, created by Joel Sherry, is a series of sculptural video objects placed throughout the house. Inspired by both the building and Grainger’s life, the works incorporate performance, sound, photography, drawing, found objects and Percy Grainger's own musical compositions. The sculptures integrate reclaimed monitors and projectors using video played in an atmosphere of looping movement, light and sound.

In creating Restless Corners, Joel Sherry and members of the dance performance group Teatolocal (Joel Sherry, Cynthia Bueschel Svigals, Michelle Kelly Wurf) collaborated to connects diverse audiences fusing visual art, performance, and music in surprising combinations.

About the Percy Grainger Home and Studio

Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961), an internationally renowned pianist and composer, stands as a seminal figure in 20th century music history. His compositions and arrangements for wind ensembles helped transform bands into instruments for serious concert music and his arrangements are still widely performed today. Innovative and multi-talented, Grainger was additionally, a pioneer in the collection of folk songs, a watercolorist, essayist, and inventor of experimental music-making machines. The 1893 house remains largely furnished today as it was during Grainger’s lifetime .

Each spring, the Percy Grainger Society invites the local community to visit the Percy Grainger Home and Studio. From the music room and beyond, the house quietly illustrates how each Grainger family member made this space an echo of their individual interests, talents and unique personalities.

For more information, please go to https://percygrainger.org