IMAGE: Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers Lab (featuring Henna Chou), The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, 2022. Artwork © Tarek Atoui. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Leon Alesi.
Musician-in-Residence: Henna Chou
From February 1–15, peek in to the Jones Center’s second floor gallery space to observe musician-in-residence Henna Chou experimenting with materials or leading interactive workshops. Artist Tarek Atoui and The Contemporary Austin have invited three musicians—each paired with members from local community organizations—to work during two-week residencies that will culminate in the creation of new works for the upcoming exhibition Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers.
During museum open hours only. See our current hours at thecontemporaryaustin.org/visit.
ABOUT THE MUSICIAN-IN-RESIDENCE
Henna Chou is a sound explorer with experiences living in Tucson, Arizona; Overland Park, Kansas; Berkeley, California; Ames, Iowa; Beijing, China; and Montpelier, Vermont. Chou is a volunteer with Church of the Friendly Ghost (COTFG) and Salvage Vanguard Theater and enjoys participating in the Austin, Texas creative community as a cellist, guitarist, keyboardist, and sound artist. Previous participations include work with Paper Chairs Theater, BLiPSWiTCH, Collide Arts, The Blanton Museum of Art, New Music Co-Op, Stop Motion Orchestra, Go: Organic Orchestra, Phonography Austin, Golden Hornet, Heloise Gold, and The Resonant Lung.