You’re Standing Inside the Instrument: A Score for 19 Buildings

More than 20 architects, designers, and other experts in the built environment suggested their favorite buildings in Indianapolis that we then paired with Indianapolis-based artists. The artists then played some aspect or aspects of the buildings as sort of instruments to create a part of a combined soundscape or a sort of song. Eight of these audio creations will play at once in the Listen Hear gallery inside CAMi, a space typically dedicated to sound-based art exhibits. All 19 audio pieces will rotate at different times, creating a soundscape that varies throughout the run of the show. The 19 buildings are: Newfields, the Athenaeum, the Indiana State Capitol Building, Friedens United Church of Christ, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Irwin Library at Butler University, the IU Indianapolis University Library, Indianapolis International Airport, Christian Theological Seminary, Garfield Park Conservatory, the Indianapolis Artsgarden, the Pyramids (College Park) , the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Madame Walker Theatre Center, Barton Tower Apartments, Crispus Attucks High School, Indianapolis City Market, Jungclaus Mill, and the new CAMi Main Building. Curator: Jim Walker with support from Landon Caldwell Artists: Jim Walker Rob Funkhouser Landon Caldwell & Mark Tester Aaron Coleman Oreo Jones Laurel Judkins Sofi Parker Regan Wakeman Carrington Clinton Mina Keohane Rachel Leigh April Knauber Bree Flannelly Jordan Munson Charlie Redd Clockwork Janz John Flannelly Sharlene Birdsong Andy Fry, Devon Ashley & Vess Ruhntenberg Photo: Jim Walker, John J. Barton Tower, 2026.