Call of the Naxos moon
Sound installation
Bazeos Tower 2018
Call of the Naxos Moon is an invitation to listen.
Set in a former monastery, the room is constructed of found and created totems. The voice calls to the seven cosmic sounds which hold all the key frequencies of our inner and outer nature. This is a unique process by which one can experience the absolute “unstruck sound,” which we understand as "silence."
Visitors are encouraged to accept the sounds as they are. There is nothing to do. Just listen.
Call of the Naxos moon is a sound installation created in residence at the Bazeos Tower. It is an invitation to sit, rest, listen in the context of the art/gallery environment.
The vocal meditation is an original composition, designed in collaboration with musician/composer/vocalist Prassanna Vishwanathan. Recordings were made in the early mornings at the Bazeos Tower, a former monastery in Naxos, Greece. It is at this time of day that the air moving through the space is most perceptible. It is also the time of birds.
The vocal meditation gains its power through its lineage. Meditated upon by many sages and wisdom mothers, the seven notes of the Indian music scale–Sa, Re , Ga , Ma , Pa , Dha , Ni–are the sonic structure of each of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and ether) merging into one other.
This is a unique process by which one can experience the absolute “unstruck sound,” which we understand as "silence."
Bazeos Tower
The Bazeos Tower is a creative residency and cultural center located in the heart of Naxos, Greece (in the area leading to the coast of Agiassos). Each year, a select number of international artists are invited to participate and fill the space with site-responsive works.
Curator: Mario Vazaios Vice curator: Klaus Pfeiffer
Technical curator: Katerina Zourari
Huge thanks to Prassanna Vishwanathan @prassv for the collaboration and kindred spirit across India, New York, and Greece, and to the Bazeos Tower team: Curator: Mario Vazaios; Vice curator: Klaus Pfeiffer; Technical curator: Katerina Zourari.