ANIMAL [a listening gym]

Ash Fure's immersive sonic installation transforms gym equipment into sound sculptures that activate perception through the body's direct engagement with amplified frequencies and synchronized light.

Why go

Fure's decade-long practice foregrounds sound as a visceral physical force rather than passive backdrop; here, steel structures invite tactile interaction (pressing, leaning, lifting) while shifting light and spatialized audio exercise perception to its limits, creating collective experience through shared sensation rather than speech.

What to expect

An interactive installation of steel-clad sonic sculptures designed with architect Xavi L. Aguirre; visitors press, lean, and move through structures while amplified frequencies and synchronized light fields shift from total saturation to near darkness, from seismic bass to silence.

Things to know

• Ash Fure is Professor of Sonic Arts at Dartmouth College and 2025 Creative Capital Grant winner.
• First commissioned by Yale Schwarzman Center in 2023; expanding to The Industry in Los Angeles in late 2026.
• Xavi L. Aguirre designed the architecture as a scalable, reconfigurable kit-of-parts for movement across contexts.
• Fure has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize in Music Composition, and Fulbright Fellowship to France.
• Opening reception Saturday, June 20, 2026, 6–8 pm.
• Supported by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Andy Warhol Foundation, and New York State Council on the Arts.