Losing Ourselves Together: An Immersive Experience

Saturday, October 17 | 3:00–4:15 p.m. or 6:00–7:15 p.m. | GlasSalon

The exhibition is only the beginning.

Go beyond the gallery with an immersive afternoon/evening of live sound, light, and visual projection inspired by Losing Ourselves Together: The Art of Bobby Anspach.

The event begins with Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Paige Rozanski sharing insights into Bobby Anspach’s creative practice and the Toledo Museum of Art’s curatorial vision for the exhibition. Then, as the lights shift and the GlasSalon settles into a new atmosphere, multidisciplinary artist and composer Matthew Robert Cooper presents a live sound collage inspired by the ebb and flow of pulse, breath, and the patterns of thought that emerge in meditative states. Cooper’s immersive soundscape unfolds alongside visual projections by Filter Studio, transforming the architecture of the GlasSalon into an environment of light, movement, sound, and reflection.

With tall chairs, regular chairs, and floor cushions available, guests are invited to bring blankets and pillows for additional comfort and find their own place within the experience. This event is not simply something to watch. It is something to enter, feel, and experience.

Program Schedule

2:30 p.m. Doors open
3 p.m. Remarks by Associate Curator Paige Rozanski
3:30 p.m. Live sound collage by Matthew Robert Cooper with visuals by Filter Studio
4:15 p.m. Performance concludes

5:30 p.m. Doors open
6 p.m. Remarks by Associate Curator Paige Rozanski
6:30 p.m. Live sound collage by Matthew Robert Cooper with visuals by Filter Studio
7:15 p.m. Performance concludes

This free program is presented in celebration of the opening of Losing Ourselves Together: The Art of Bobby Anspach. This exhibition requires a timed ticket for entry. Due to limited space, program registration does not include entry into the exhibition. To see the exhibition, reserve your free exhibition ticket here.

Timing is everything.

Once the music portion of the performance begins, guests will not be able to enter the space. Seating will include tall chairs, regular chairs, and floor cushions. Guests with limited seating ability are encouraged to arrive early when possible.

If you need accommodations, assistance, or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event, please let us know by contacting Access Initiatives at [email protected]. Please note that while we endeavor to provide everyone with a positive visitor experience, last-minute requests may not be accommodated; we ask for requests to be made, at minimum, three days prior to the event. Thank you.

If you've registered but can no longer attend, kindly notify the museum as soon as possible so we can accommodate others. You can contact us by phone at 419.255.8000 or by email at [email protected].

Take the Experience Home

Bring a piece of Bobby Anspach’s world home with you. Exhibition inspired t-shirts will be available for purchase during advanced registration and can be picked up when you arrive for the program. Don’t see your size? Contact the TMA Store at [email protected] or 419.254.5766 to learn more about this and other Anspach inspired merchandise.

About the Artists

Matthew Robert Cooper is a multidisciplinary artist and composer known for blending dense layers of orchestrations, pianos, guitars, field-recordings and electronics under his given name, as well as the more widely known Eluvium monikor. Beyond his catalogue of albums, he has composed music for several narrative feature films, Emmy-nominated documentaries, award winning shorts, stop-action animation, experimental cinema, museum installations, and the Copenhagen Climate Summit. His love of sound continues to push him to experiment and broaden his creative boundaries, while maintaining a strong footing in the heart of his trademark style. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Filter Studio is an art and design space in Toledo, Ohio, founded by artist Tony Lamarre and focused on three dimensional installation art, experimental performance, and creative collaboration. Lamarre’s multidisciplinary practice incorporates sculpture, photography, graphic design, and video, transforming corrugated cardboard sculptures through colored light, projection, and video collage. His work explores the interaction of light and shadow on three dimensional forms, creating immersive environments that invite viewers to pause, interact, and reflect. His studio practice also includes collaborations with musicians and performers across genres.

Paige Rozanski is Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Toledo Museum of Art. An interdisciplinary scholar of art and cultural history from 1945 to the present, she previously spent more than a decade at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where she contributed to major exhibitions including The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans and Philip Guston Now. She holds degrees from Vassar College and Columbia University and is a published writer on postwar and contemporary art. At TMA, she is passionate about working with living artists and advancing innovative curatorial programming.