SONDHEIM PRIZE 2009 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART | MD

2009 Sondheim Prize Finalist



This body of work was included in the first of two exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

As our culture moves further from the natural world we continue to pull certain elements of it along with us. The more we pull these elements along, the more bizarre their manifestation. Nature relaxation CD’s, potted plants, and captive animals provide a few eerily soothing examples of how we attempt to remain connected to nature while further embedding ourselves in synthetic environments.

In much of my current work I take elements found in both natural and artificial environments and fuse them together in various multimedia scenarios. The sounds, objects, and images that emerge in my work serve as a reflection on our increasing desire for manicured natural experience.- Ryan Hackett 2009

Listen to Tiger with Sunlight Pads



Listen to Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations: Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment



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Video
<em>Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound</em><br />Ryan Hackett, 2009
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound (detail), by Ryan Hackett
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound (detail)
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound (overview), by Ryan Hackett
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound
(overview)
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound (overview), by Ryan Hackett
Synthetic Tiger Skull with Artificial Sunlight Pads and Sound
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Sondheim Prize 2009 Overview, by Ryan Hackett
Exhibition Overview
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations:  Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment Ryan Hackett, 2009
Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations: Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations:  Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment Ryan Hackett, 2009
Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations: Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations:  Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment (detail), Ryan Hackett, 2009
Reconstructed Cicada Vocalizations: Controlled Communication for the Indoor Environment
Ryan Hackett, 2009
Polar Subwoofer, Ryan Hackett, 2007
Polar Subwoofer
Ryan Hackett, 2007
Captive Habitation, by Ryan Hackett
Captive Habitation
Ryan Hackett, 2009