Illumination is an album by the American

United States

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 ambient

Ambient music

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 musician Robert Rich

Robert Rich (musician)

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. This CD is published as a companion piece to Michael Somoroff’s installation Illumination I originally created for the famed Rothko Chapel, on the occasion of the installation’s move to The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT as the audio track to Somoroff’s Illumination, a multimedia installation at BravinLee Programs

BravinLee programs

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in Chelsea, N.Y.C. during the summer of 2007.

Track listing

1. ”Echo I” – 7:16
2. ”Prism” – 3:36
3. ”Point Line Plane” – 16:52
4. ”Curtain” – 15:41
5. ”Plato's Cave” – 14:10
6. ”Temple” – 7:57
7. ”Echo II” – 5:19

External links

• album feature from Robert Rich’s official web site