Listening to Great Salt Lake

Ahead of the debut of Olafur Eliasson's , Wake the Great Salt Lake will host a conversation between internationally renowned artist Olafur Eliasson, Dr. Bonnie Baxter (Director, Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster University), and Emily Lewis (water lawyer and Ripple Effect podcast host), moderated by Chris Ingraham (University of Utah, Environmental Humanities Program).

This conversation will consider how art and culture can respond to environmental crisis, ground the discussion in the scientific realities facing the Great Salt Lake, and acknowledge the practical constraints and lived experiences of those who depend on it.

"Listening to Great Salt Lake" will build context for A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake—a striking new artwork by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson that will activate in Salt Lake City's Memory Grove every evening from Thursday, March 26, through Saturday, April 4. The artwork comprises a musical composition and a colorful light projection that unfurls after dark upon the surface of a large, elevated sphere. Broadcast within the city these seldom heard sounds make explicit the relationships that connect Salt Lake City to the lake and its surrounding environment. A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake is a sound and light installation, Olafur Eliasson's first artwork in Utah and the Intermountain West region. More details and RSVP here.

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