The show was kind of special. It was presenting the work of Becky's former UB dept chair boss Millie Chen and a former Turkish born UB grad student Arzu Ozkal who is now a professor of graphic design at San Diego State University. They worked together on this project for many years.
The project was the Silk Road Songbook which was a multi-screen projection of images and sound of landscapes from Turkey, Iraq, Iran and many other countries along the traditional Silk Road through Eurasia. It was all very fascinating. The opening was crowded and it would be nice to go again sometime to be able to listen to the sounds more carefully.
The artists gave a presentation of their work in the auditorium earlier in the evening while we were at the restaurant. It appeared to be very well attended.
We did get to see and talk with many people at the show including the artists. Many other friends from the art community too.
There was a funny aside... there were promotion flyers of another artist talk and presentation taking place the following night featuring Nick Cave at Asbury Hall. For a moment I thought they were talking about the rock musician Nick Cave but very soon realized they were referring to the artist Nick Cave. Oh well, I've always wanted to get to a Nick Cave concert.
So it was another night of heavy socializing.
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