According to the Roosevelt Island FDR 4 Freedoms State Park:
The sound installation Out of Silence opens at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on April 29, 2026 and runs through June 21, 2026.
Out of Silence was created by the Finnish interdisciplinary artist Hans Rosenström, in collaboration with the Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis, and curated by Alina Girshovich. Its composition was inspired by the music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the architecture of Louis Kahn.
The piece lasts approximately 15 minutes and can be experienced on the hour, starting at 10:00 AM and ending with a 6:00 PM presentation, every day except for Tuesday when the Park is closed.
In The Architect’s Newspaper, Mariana Martinez-Pazzi writes, “When the 15 minutes end, the park looks exactly the same. But the silence it holds will feel different, deeper, newly earned. Kahn built a space for silence; Rosenström has given that silence a voice. In a city that rarely asks anyone to stop and listen, Out of Silence suggests that the most radical thing an artist can do inside a work of architecture is not add to it but reveal what was already there.”…
You’re invited to an Artist Talk with Out Of Silence creator Hans Rosenström at the FDR 4 Freedoms State Park 2 PM Saturday May 2.
Last Tuesday, April, 29, the FDR 4 Freedoms Park hosted a private opening reception for the Out Of Silence exhibition which included remarks by FDR 4 Freedoms Park Conservancy CEO Howard Axel followed by a panel discussion with Hans Rosenström, Alina Girshovich and Nathaniel Kahn.
Follow along on a stroll of the Out Of Silence exhibition during Tuesday’s reception.
Instagram reports on the Out Of Silence reception too.
Saturday, May 2, is also I Love My Park Day at FDR 4 Freedoms State Park.