Leafcutter John plays Piero Golia or viceversa

Piero Golia

Info: Improvisationalist and composer Leafcutter John can make music from almost anything. The strikers move along a conveyor belt beneath which Piero has gathered what was nearly sculpture from other artists for Leafcutter John to turn into a tune. This creates a trail of objects with seemingly no connections, except for the fact that we know all the objects were discarded by his friends. Don’t underestimate when we call them friends; you might not have heard his name, and you certainly haven’t seen his work at major auctions, but Piero is definitely an artist for artists. In response to the call to provide materials for his new creation, some of the most significant living artists have contributed: a stone leftover from an aquarium by Pierre Huyghe, flowers from Paul McCarthy’s White Snow, fan blades remaining from a Kathryn Andrews sculpture, emptied film canisters from Tacita Dean, and from Eric Wesley, a vodka bottle along with a metal pipe and a rug (something in between a Molotov cocktail and a bong).