The Met’s spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, highlighted fashion in the cultural context of music and moving images. Seven themed galleries brought specific musical influences into focus through immersive multimedia, soundscapes and music videos.
Separating Audio Visual Extremes
Video and audio were integrated throughout the show. Screens ranged from a working vintage tv in a recreation of Vivienne Westwood’s original retail shop, “430 King’s Road”, to multi-monitor walls, to 6 16-foot LED walls running Punk footage. Isolating the multiple types of music presented in discreet display areas presented a containment challenge, which we met in part through careful balancing of a custom multi-zone audio soundscape.