Immerse yourself in music at Cooper Hewit, Smithsonian Design Museum in NYC. As part of Art of Noise exhibition, the installation HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3 features a large scale, handmade, audio system by multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull (@devonojas). Known under his creative pseudonym OJAS, Turnbull handcrafts high-fidelity audio systems designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion. The Listening Room will be activated throughout the run of the exhibition with sonic experiences curated by noted music collectors, archivists, audiophiles, and musicians from the New York area and beyond. In-kind support was provided by USM Modular Furniture.

Known under his creative pseudonym OJAS, Turnbull is a Brooklyn-based artist and audio engineer. He handcrafts high-fidelity audio systems – monolithic works of functional sculpture that seek to express the natural and emotional essence of music. His work is the result of a lifelong dedication to experimentation, engineering, and explorations in the audio underground.

His installations have appeared in museums and galleries such as SFMOMA, Cooper Hewitt, and Lisson Gallery; public spaces including Public Records, the Nine Orchard Hotel, Patina Osaka, and Supreme stores worldwide; as well as the private collections of some of the world’s top musicians and music producers. Through all these projects, Turnbull’s unwavering pursuit of sonic purity remains his defining hallmark.

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Art of Noise shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.  

Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, Art of Noise presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics. 

Cooper Hewitt is America’s design museum. Inclusive, innovative and experimental, the museum’s dynamic exhibitions, education programs, master’s program, publications and online resources inspire, educate and empower people through design. An integral part of the Smithsonian Institution – the world’s largest museum, education and research complex – Cooper Hewitt is located on New York City’s Museum Mile in the landmarked Carnegie Mansion. Steward of one of the world’s most diverse and comprehensive design collections – over 215,000 objects that range from an ancient Egyptian faience cup dating to about 1100 BC to contemporary 3D-printed objects and digital code – Cooper Hewitt welcomes everyone to discover the importance of design and its power to change the world.

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