sound_installation unhinged frye salon season 1 episode 1: joshua kohl september 21 - october 20 2013 beautiful kelzmer inflected music beautiful poetry comfortable couches to kick back listen enjoy joshua kohl, co-artistic director of seattle's renowned degenerate art ensemble, was commissioned by the frye art museum to realize anew series of works to showcase his talents as an accomplished composer. with the support of the museum, kohl spent a number of weeks collaborating with his father, legendary writer and alternative education advocate herbert r. kohl. the resulting compositions incorporate the spoken word and are based on the poetry and writings of herbert r. kohl. the compositions were performed live in the museum and are presented here as a sound installation. people wander in and out some stop to read the above paragraph on the wall one man sat down on the adjacent couch most stop for only a few seconds and move on the music is lush the words are funny melancholy nostalgic beautiful i love seattle happy birthday to me 131011 what's it to you? who go blather from