May 10, 2015
Requiem: “Erasure.”
Erasure (Catalog of Extinct Birds), viewed in a tiny monitor from a distance through binoculars, Erasure is a video work that depicts the act of writing…
Requiem: Ectopistes Migratorius exhibition
May 10, 2015
Requiem: Flugel (Catalog of Extinct Birds)
Catalogue of Extinct Birds for one or more pianos
May 9, 2015
Requiem: Riverpiano
Riverpiano (Allegheny River, Pittsburgh 2005) Video In the performance, Pestel is playing a prepared grand piano and bird whistles on a 20’ raft floating…
Nov 1, 2014
Catalog of Extinct Birds: Flügel Variation
Play the scores--brief musical phrases-- created from the Latin names of extinct birds on the piano, or use the Piano Cluster Boards (PCBs). These brief…
Aug 30, 2014
REQUIEM, Ectopistes migratorius
September 1–December 13, 2014 WILLIAMS CENTER GALLERY a multi-media exhibition marks the centennial of the extinction of North America’s Ectopistes…
May 30, 2014
Michael Pestel, artist statement
Michael Pestel For the past 22 years I have built architectural sound installations related to bird song and bird extinction. I have performed in those…