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See | Hear is a catalog presenting the innovative concepts underlying two recent experimental exhibitions - Conversations: Collections, Artists, Curators and Sonic Scenery: Music for Collections - developed at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Created by the Public Programs Department at the Museum, these exhibitions offer new approaches to the use and interpretation of museum collections and extend the ways visitors appreciate them. See | Hear provides a foundation for the presentation of innovative museum displays that emphasize the importance of imagination as part of the experience.

The See | Hear concepts were recently adopted by Naturalis, the national natural history museum of The Netherlands for Conversations Los Angeles Leiden: Nature and the City, a collaborative exhibition in Leiden. Working with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Naturalis was able to create a truly unique exhibit that engaged their visitors in unexpected ways.

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See | Hear at YOUR museum!
If you would like to discuss developing similar exhibits, please contact Public Programs at (213) 763-3399. They will be pleased to introduce you to the Museum's conceptual template and how to establish a partnership for creating this exciting new type of project.

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Conversations Los Angeles Leiden: Museums and Interpretation
This 56-page, limited edition catalog chronicles the Conversations Los Angeles Leiden: Nature and the City exhibit with statements from the artists and essays by the producers along with 81 full-color images. It also includes a DVD with a behind-the-scenes account of the exhibition, complete video presentation of Paul McCarthy and Raivo Puusemp’s Burial performance and audio of Jon Hassell’s Magic Place (Naturalis) composition in both stereo and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound.

Conversations artists:

• Paul McCarthy w/ Raivo Puusemp
• Michael C. McMillen
• Ed Moses
• John Outterbridge
• Jon Hassell (Sound Artist)

DVD contents:

• Behind the Exhibition
• Paul McCarthy & Raivo Puusemp
  Burial
  Exhibition opening event
• Jon Hassell
  Magic Place (Naturalis)
  Music from the exhibition
  - stereo version
  - Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound version

See | Hear: Museums and Imagination
This catalog chronicles the Natural History Museum's Conversations and Sonic Scenery exhibits in their entirety with 110 pages of full-color photographs, essays from both artists and curators, and a 13 track Sonic Scenery audio CD.

Conversations artists:

• Kim Abeles
• Lita Albuquerque
• Tony Berlant
• Paul McCarthy
• Ed Moses
• John Valadez

Sonic Scenery musicians:

• The Sun Ra Arkestra
• Ozomatli
• David J
• Autolux
• Matmos
• Stephen Hartke
• Nobody
• Languis
• Nels Cline
• Jon Hassell

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