Event Sunday 8/17 @Narrows Botanic Gardens 1-2:30pm

464 Bay Ridge Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This event is a sonic audience participatory event to activate Rain Taal sculptures by Seema Lisa Pandya. Rain Taal are public art sculptures designed to capture rain water and drip rhythmic taals onto resonant bowls bringing awareness to rain cycles.

SPECIAL SOUND PERFORMANCE by Neel Murgai who will be using contact mics to live mix water drop sounds into a sonic experience.

Come reconnect with nature, bring a blanket, and picnic at the gardens.

Rain Taal is part of the Essential Shores/ Permeable Futures art show curated by Jennifer McGregor and Stand 4 Gallery in Bay Ridge Brooklyn.

Rain Taal is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council.

Rain Taal @Narrows Botanical Gardens by Seema Lisa Pandya is a group of biomorphic sculptures that capture rainwater, delivering slow rhythmic drips onto resonant metal bowls before flowing into the garden bed. Drip rates are adjusted and composed to create rhythmic patterns, known as taal in South Asian music. Following rain events, the sculpture is an intentional destination celebrating water as it activates and drips musical rhythms for up to half a day after filling with water. The goal is to connect audiences with nature and bring awareness to water cycles while providing a therapeutic, percussive sonic experience that invites relaxation. The material is Richlite, made from FSC and post-consumer recycled paper and resin making it durable and environmentally friendly material. Dimensions variable.

Photos by Seema Lisa Pandya