Doug Fogelson: 33 in Three Thirds
Exhibition Dates: November 3 to December 28, 2025
Gallery Hours: Work activated from sunset to sunrise each day
ICOSA Collective is proud to present 33 in Three Thirds by Doug Fogelson
Artist Statement
33 in Three Thirds by Doug Fogelson
Using the Boss RC Loop Station's 99 recordable tracks over the period of about a year, I played around with various instruments running through effects pedals. These casual exercises provided a way to discover things about my own state of mind/process when heard as arranged using the methodology below.
On track one I added the first 33 layers in a linear fashion starting from 1-33 and from left to right in elongated "stair-stepping" stacks across a timeline in the audio post-production virtual space of Logic. I did this without listening– just to find random/chance overlaps, the only adjustments made were tweaking the track volume and left/right/stereo adjustments. All the fun stuff is coming from the pedals during the original recordings.
On track 2 I used a non-linear stacking method along the same length timeline, just kind of mashing up tracks 34-66 (which weren't made in a pure linear sequence to begin with). Again, only the volume and fade in/out were adjusted and assigned to stereo or left/right in the mix. Feeling the chance overlaps that resulted reminded me of William Burroughs "cut ups" and John Cage's "chance-controlled music", both of whom were strong influences on me as a student and still are to this day. Track 3 is made like Track 1 however going backwards from 99-67 (even though there is no real formal "backwards"). Hearing unlikely harmonies, happenstances, and the overall sounds as they come together in the “music of chance” feels oddly like a bit of my subconscious was expressed from various moods over the timeframes of the original recordings.
About the Artist
Doug Fogelson studied at The School of the Art Institute (Class of ’94) and Columbia College both in Chicago. Since then, his works have been exhibited globally with galleries and museums and are included in esteemed private and public collections such as The J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles; The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, and the Staatliche Museum für Fotografie, Berlin. Fogelson’s artistic endeavors have been covered by The Brooklyn Rail, NewCity, Photo District News, and Hi-Fructose among others. His sound work is on the Love All Day label in the duo called Dusk Breathing and on his Bandcamp page. Aside from creating art and music, Doug founded and directed Front Forty Press, an independent arts focused publishing imprint, taught in the Photography Department of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and currently serves as a Board member for Filter Photo where he co-founded the Filter Space Gallery. In 2023 Doug and the team launched One Year for Earth, a nonprofit effort focused on helping people, “see through the lens of sustainability”.
About Soundscapes
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Doug Fogelson: 33 in Three Thirds
Exhibition Dates: November 3 to December 28, 2025
Gallery Hours: Work activated from sunset to sunrise each day
ICOSA Gallery
916 Springdale Rd, Bldg 2, #102
Austin, TX 78702
www.icosacollective.com
