The Studio Museum in Harlem

Photo: Joshua Okrent

StudioSound invites musicians, producers and musical innovators to create original compositions inspired by the works on view. For this season’s installment of StudioSound, Guillermo E. Brown has created crack unicorns, an original piece in direct dialogue with the Museum-wide exhibition Collected. Mimicking the exhibition’s organization and collective curatorial vision, Brown’s piece is divided into twelve sections, each addressing a different era or aspect of the presented works. Interested in both illuminating and tapping into the works themselves, he is also engaged in assisting viewers in making the (literal and figurative) switch from street to gallery. Sonically filling the museum’s lobby, crack unicorns ushers viewers into the Museum and prepares them for the diversity and breadth of the permanent collection. Adding another layer to his “wild sounds that activate pictures inside other humans,” crack unicorns is a unique and distinctive aural experience.

Hear free new music by Guillermo E. Brown!

Visit studiomuseum.org/studiosound-guillermo-e-brown to download “Shuffle Mode”, the title track off his latest album.