March 7 - April 5, 2025

Kite Symphony is a multidisciplinary exhibition by Roberto Carlos Lange and Kristi Sword. The project features a series of drawings called Radio Telescope and two films: an experimental visual music piece called Star Scores, which will be scored live during the Big Ears festival, and a film documenting sculptural interventions from their time in Marfa, Texas. Sound is the throughline between these diverse elements of this long-term project. Lange is a musician (widely known as Helado Negro), Sword is a visual artist, and Kite Symphony is an extension of their collaborative practice where they create work at the intersection of music, performance, and visual art. Parts of the two films were originally commissioned by Ballroom Marfa, organized by Sarah Melendez, and the ICA Boston, organized by Shane Silverstein.

This exhibition project was in collaboration with the Big Ears Festival.

https://downtown.utk.edu/kite-symphony/