HELP ARCHIVE HARRY BERTOIA'S COMPLETE SONAMBIENT RECORDINGS
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You can help purchase the equiptment necessary to save Harry Bertoia's massive archive of Sonambient tape reels + release unheard works
Backers: 236
Average Pledge Per Backer: $83
Funded: $19,581 of $15,000
Dates: Feb 13th -> Mar 10th (26 days)
Project By: Important Records
Backers: 236
Average Pledge Per Backer: $83
Funded: $19,581 of $15,000
Dates: Feb 13th -> Mar 10th (26 days)
Project By: Important Records
$19,581
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 10 @ 20:01 -0400 GMT
130%
of goal
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Latest News
Happy 100th Birthday Harry Bertoia 
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Today is Bertoia's 100th birthday and thanks to you his full archive will be preserved. Thank you! It seems fitting to close this fundraiser with some quotes from Harry himself. Life and work: "I did not start with a written credo or manifesto.... (Read More)
Bertoia Photos Past & Present
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Harry and friends listen closely Giant tonal sculpture behind the Bally, PA studio Harry Allentown Art Museum, Allentown PA. Late seventies show Barn during Sonambient era with hanging monitors Bertoia vibrations Harry's clamps Inside the barn, 2014... (Read More)
Bertoia's barn and studio today
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Bertoia's Sonambient barn in late 2014. Harry is buried beneath the giant gong behind the barn. Inside the Sonambient barn Hanging gong Bertoia's welding tips Archival slides from the late fifties/early sixties One of Harry's tanks Bertoia chairs in... (Read More)
Harry Bertoia Biography #6: The Last Years, 1970-1978
February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
“Man is not important. Humanity is what counts, to which, I feel, I have given my contribution. Humanity shall continue without me, but I am not going away. I am not leaving you. Every time you see some tree tops moving in the wind, you will think... (Read More)
Harry Bertoia Biography #5: Tonals and Sonambient 1960-1969
February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
In 1960, Harry Bertoia started the exploration of tonal sculptures. The "tonal", or sounding sculpture, is the art that is most often associated with Harry Bertoia. Their sizes vary from a few inches all the way up to twenty feet tall. Many metals... (Read More)
Harry Bertoia Biography #4: Early Years In Pennsylvania 1950-1960
February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
“Physically, he was stocky and powerfully built, capable of feats of strength. Yet he was soft-spoken, slow to anger, and gentle in his actions.” June Kompass Nelson In 1950, at the invitation of Hans and Florence Knoll of Knoll, Inc. furniture... (Read More)
Harry Bertoia Biography #3: California
February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
California 1943-1950 In 1943, Bertoia left Cranbrook to join Charles Eames in California to pursue ongoing experimental work on molded plywood. The plywood work stemmed from a continuation of the Eames/Saarinen Cranbrook chair design that won the... (Read More)
Harry Bertoia Biography #2: Cranbrook
February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Cranbrook Academy of Art 1937-1943 “Probably the best instructor I ever had. Wonderful to be with; quiet, inspirational.” Robert Sailors “It is to be regretted that the days are not twice as long, as he is also an accomplished painter and wood... (Read More)
Harry Bertoia Biography #1: Childhood
February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Childhood Arieto Bertoia was born on March 10, 1915, in the small village of San Lorenzo, Friuli, Italy, about 50 miles north of Venice and 70 miles south of Austria. He had one brother, Oreste, and one sister, Ave. Another sister died at eighteen... (Read More)
Donate at multiple pledge levels in single transaction
February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We're working on figuring out how you can donate at multiple pledge levels in single transaction. If there isn't a way to get it done we'll make combination levels. More soon... (Read More)
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