Music Inspiration

Bruce Goff possessed a profound musical sensitivity and was strongly influenced by the rhythmic and harmonic innovations of his musical contemporaries. Claude Debussy was one of Goff’s favorite composers and a major influence on his work and later said “Debussy gave music freedom from outworn formulas.” Goff believed that the continuity of architectural space and music could be complementary art forms. “Both music and architecture make use of such principles as balance, rhythm, theme, variation, development… both are spatial arts, closely related to the feeling and people’s lives.” His work also explored the organic, generative and spontaneous structures found in nature.

Our aim is to honor this aspect of his genius by moving beyond the restraints of fixed media to create an enlivened, focused and immersive viewing experience. Musicians Mark Kuykendall and Samuel Regan paid tribute to Goff’s musical influences by composing an original soundtrack that was recorded live within his designs. The three structures included the Tulsa Club (Tulsa, OK), the Pollock / Warriner House (Oklahoma City, OK) and the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company Warehouse (Tulsa, OK). This place and structural audio concept creates the intention for audience’s senses to become actively engaged with the whole of Goff’s designs.