Interpreted Landscapes
Music Installation | Modern West Fine Art
The Interpreted Landscapes exhibition at Modern West Fine Art in Salt Lake City, Utah features works inspired by artists who create unique and varied approaches to the long-standing tradition of landscape.
Modern West Fine Art collaborated with guest artist and experimental musician Adam Michael Terry who has scored a soundscape for this exhibition. Terry's soundtrack creates an atmospheric experience scored for Modern West Fine Art's virtual exhibition.
The Life in a Day Exhibition | CUAC Art Gallery
Following the completion of the “Life in a Day” video series for City Weekly, Adam curated a multi-media art exhibition for CUAC Art Gallery in Salt Lake City, Utah showcasing the short films, photographers, and artists involved in the creation of and inspired by the series. The exhibition included collaborative works with visual artist and sculptor Jared Steffenson and photographer Sam Millianta, among others.
"The Life in a Day" video series is designed as a creative challenge for local skaters to put together an interesting video in one day. By working within a limited 24-hour framework, the skater is forced to rely on intuition, experience, natural abilities, and creativity. The ultimate goal is to illustrate an honest portrait of the skater and their surroundings--to capture how they skate, how they think, how they interpret public space and architecture, and, most importantly, what skating means to their life. Instead of sitting down and having the skater express to us in words what all of this means to them, I'm encouraging them to show us their skating.
Original Compositions + Live Scores
Guerrilla Girls retrospective | UMOCA
February 4, 2020, Adam Michael Terry composed and performed a live score with Bassist Chelsea Pearl Laterza for the opening of the exhibition at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. The composition’s intent was to enhance the Guerrilla Girls’ work by avoiding the same audio range of women’s voices to keep the conversational nature of the work at the forefront of the exhibition. The speaker placement on the ground helped to keep the ear/mouth air space uncongested by the score.
The ambient moods of the score include elements of suspense, sorrow, power, anger, and contemplation.
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of activist artists. They use facts, humor and outrageous visuals to expose bias and corruption in politics, art, film, and pop culture. They have done hundreds of projects (posters, actions, books, videos, stickers) all over the world, as well as interventions and exhibitions inside museums, blasting them on their own walls for their discriminatory practices.
Thomas Campbell's Ye Olde Destruction | UMOCA
Adam Michael Terry composed and performed a live film score to Thomas Campbell's Ye Olde Destruction screening at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art on November 7, 2019. Adam created an ensemble of experimental musicians Ian Camp, David Payne, and Josh Stippich to perform the live score. The compositional framework was based on melodic themes, various modes, and improvisation. The live score was a combination of predetermined ideas and matching action to what was happening on the screen. The soundtrack revealed elements of Minimalism, Free Jazz, Hardcore Punk, Ambient, and various World music inspirations.
Ye Olde Destruction, features some of skateboarding’s most legendary riders and most creative artists and photographers – all caught through the distinguished lens of some of skate and surf’s most prolific filmmakers. The movie is really about capturing sessions and the movement of life and happenings in these situations. The Film is presented in brutal but somehow dreamscape - ish editing style.
DJ + Music Curation For Live events
Adam elevates events by DJing expertly curating an atmosphere of any type through music and multimedia performances, under the moniker DJ Finale Grand. Adam DJs with a traditional turntable technique, curating all his sets with vinyl records and a hands-on approach.
In addition to DJing, Adam also can help curate live soundscapes and scoring for your bar, art gallery, event or any other application.
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