Dorit Chrysler
Calder Plays Theramin
March 09 – March 23, 2022
Fridman Gallery is pleased to present Calder Plays Theremin, a film installation featuring the multi-movement orchestra for the theremin “performed” by Alexander Calder’s artworks and composed by Dorit Chrysler, a Berlin-based composer and sound artist. Chrysler was commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art to make a sound piece by having two of Alexander Calder’s sculptures, Snow Flurry, I (1948) and Man-Eater with Pennants (1945), interact with and “play” the theremin. Read more about Chrysler and the composition here.
Exhibition Programming
Opening Reception • February 19, 2022
Dorit Chrysler is a Berlin-based composer and sound artist, as well as co-founder of the NY Theremin Society. Her work explores the application of the theremin instrument in
various mediums. She earned her Master’s Degree in Musicology in Vienna and has
performed her compositions worldwide.