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Ensemble Vim’s mission to “Ignite the spark – unite the arts” is alive in the MOCA GA Galleries!

In its inaugural year (2024-2025), Ensemble Vim’s Spark Festival has partnered with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) to pair three composer fellows from across the country with three Atlanta-based visual artists. Uniting music and visual art to foster innovation, creativity, and collaboration, spark elevates the arts both in the Southeast and nationally.

Composer/Artist pairs:

Alan Caomin Xie + Ofir Klemperer

Kelly Taylor Mitchell + Chelsea Loew

Martha Whittington + Will Kim

Ensemble Vim Performers:
Bob Anemone, violin
Nicole Frankel, flutes
Choo Choo Hu, piano
Laura Usiskin, cello
Emily Koh, technology

Throughout the course of the year, these teams were given resources to collaborate on an interdisciplinary work, leading up to Sparkweek, where they gathered in Atlanta to rehearse with ensemble vim and put the finishing touches on their projects. The festival culminated in a grand showcase performance of all the works, an event held at MOCA GA on Monday, February 10.

This exhibition showcases the finished works, both visual art and audio visual recordings of the original music compositions played in the MOCA GA galleries by Ensemble Vim musicians.

Support for Spark is generously provided by the Antinori Foundation