RIFT: A Sonic Environment for Multi-Timescale Listening

Name: RIFT: A Sonic Environment for Multi-Timescale Listening
Start: 2026-06-10T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-10T21:00:00-04:00
Location: WaterFire Arts Center

Schedule

Wed Jun 10 2026 at 10:00 am to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

WaterFire Arts Center | Providence, RI

RIFT: A Sonic Environment for Multi-Timescale Listening
WaterFire Arts Center | June 9–12, 2026
Main Hall | 475 Valley Street, Providence RI
The WaterFire Arts Center presents RIFT, a four-day immersive installation by Yuval Gur that transforms the 15,000-square-foot Main Hall into a navigable environment of sound, vibration, resonance, and light.
Built from environmental recordings made in Iceland — glacial movement, geothermal activity, underwater tectonic vibration, and atmospheric systems — RIFT is experienced spatially rather than as a traditional composition. Visitors move through shifting layers of sound that change in relation to architecture, proximity, and duration. Low-frequency vibrations embedded in sculptural elements extend the listening experience into the body, allowing geological movement to be physically felt as well as heard.
No two visitors will experience RIFT the same way. No single position contains the entire work.
Opening Night: Tuesday, June 9 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Exhibit Hours: Wednesday, June 10 | 10:00 AM–9:00 PM
Thursday, June 11 | 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Friday, June 12 | 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Join us for a series of live musical performances unfolding within the installation throughout the evening.
Free & open to the public.
For more information, check out:
waterfire.org/rift