'Listening With Landmarks' Digital Initiative Launched In Austin

AUSTIN, TX — Landmarks on Monday announced the launch of Listening with Landmarks, a digital initiative featuring playlists curated by prominent musicians, composers, radio personalities, and others from the Austin music scene.

Inspired by and in response to works from the Landmarks collection, the playlists cut across musical genres to include classical, Tejano, rock, reggae and country music, officials described. Starting Monday, two playlists per month will be released and available on Landmarks’ website, social media channels, and on Spotify.

Celebrated singer-songwriter Jackie Venson launches the program with a playlist featuring Massive Attack, Stevie Wonder and others, in response to Landmarks’ works by Louise Bourgeois and Magdalena Abakanowicz.

For centuries, art has served as a source of inspiration for musicians. Exploring this synergy and tapping in to Austin’s love of music, Listening with Landmarks will provide new points of entry for engaging with the university’s public art collection and offer insight into the musical stylings and tastes of Austin music notables, including (in alphabetical order):

• John Aielli.
• Emilio Alvarez.
• Peter Bay.
• Stephanie Bergara.
• Molly Burch.
• Liz Cass.
• Morgan Davis.
• Gavin Garcia.
• Nick Gregg.
• Matthew Hinsley.
• Hovvdy.
• David Hunter.
• Tameca Jones.
• Walker Lukens.
• Steve Parker.
• Graham Reynolds.
• Lesly Reynaga.
• Steve Savage.
• Sara Schneider.
• Patrick Slevin.
• Jackie Venson.

Listening with Landmarks builds upon existing Landmarks initiatives designed to engage the music community, officials said. In 2015, Landmarks partnered with Texas Performing Arts, the Butler School of Music, and Fusebox Festival to develop Sound in Sculpture, an annual program featuring original music compositions written in response to select works in the collection.

Earlier this fall, Landmarks launched Songs in the Skyspace, a new series featuring musical performances inside James Turrell’s Skyspace, The Color Inside. To learn more about these and other Landmarks programs, visit landmarksut.org.

About Landmarks

Established in 2008, Landmarks is the award-winning public art program of The University of Texas at Austin. Founding director Andrée Bober leads the development of the collection and oversees a vibrant range of programs that support scholarship and learning. Its collection of more than forty modern and contemporary works includes commissions from some of the most admired and promising artists of our time. Landmarks inspires thought and growth by making great art free and accessible to all.

For more information, visit www.landmarks.utexas.edu.