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Toshio Shibata Interview

Do you dream in color or black & white?

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Turner & the Sea

California Design, 1930–1965: Living in a Modern Way

1964 Studebaker Avanti

Richard Vaux is the owner of the 1964 Studebaker Avanti parked in the Liberty Street Atrium at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. The Avanti, designed by Raymond Loewy, is the first of many artworks featured in the exhibition California Design 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way.

The Avanti and the show will be on view at PEM through July 6, 2014.

FreePort [No. 007]: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot produces music in surprising and unexpected ways through large-scale acoustic environments. Boursier-Mougenot's immersive sonic installation, from here to ear, introduces a flock of 70 brightly plumed Zebra Finches to a PEM's own gallery-turned-aviary. The birds live among iconic Gibson Les Paul and Thunderbird bass guitars. At turns ambient and melodic, a constantly changing soundscape emerges as the finches explore their environment, eating, nesting and perching on the amplified instruments. This boundary-breaking exhibition asks us to consider the way we perceive, create and interact with music while challenging traditional notions of artistic collaboration.

A Quick Glance at FreePort [No. 007]

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Toshio Shibata: Constructed Landscapes

One of Japan's preeminent landscape photographers, Toshio Shibata is known for exploring the delicate balance between human-made structures and nature. Photographing erosion control barriers, water catchments, roads, dams and bridges, he examines the unique appearance of such structures in his native land. Through his lens, riverbeds can look like origami, and waterfalls resemble kimono.

This exhibition of 28 large-format works will be the artist's first solo show in an American museum since 1995 and the first time his color pictures will be shown in America.

Shibata was recently featured in a two-person show at the National Arts Center, Tokyo, and in a solo retrospective at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum.

Made possible by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

FreePort [No. 006]: Nick Cave

A massive video wall glows with colorful creatures dancing in a white void. "Drive-By", a video by artist Nick Cave, is featured as part of PEM's FreePort [No. 006]. In a sit down interview at PEM, Cave discusses the transformation that occurs when performing in these costume creations, known as "Soundsuits."

FreePort [No. 006]: Nick Cave is on view at PEM through May 27, 2013. Check out Nick Cave's Soundsuits in action during a live performance on April 18, 2013 at PEM/PM, PEM's evening party series. For more info, visit www.pem.org/pempm

Generous support provided by Fay Chandler. Additional support provided by donors to the 2013 FreePort Fund including Terry and Dick Albright and Jeffrey P. Beale and by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

FreePort [No. 006]: Nick Cave's Inspiration and Process

What compels Nick Cave to make art? How does he build his magnificent creations? In this video, PEM visits Cave's Chicago studio to talk with the artist and to watch Soundsuits being built for the museum's FreePort [No. 006]. These Soundsuits will be on view at PEM through May 27, 2013.

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Generous support provided by Fay Chandler. Additional support provided by donors to the 2013 FreePort Fund including Terry and Dick Albright and Jeffrey P. Beale and by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

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