by Helen Homan Wu on October 20th, 2010
(“Forty-Part Motet” was previously part of MoMA’s “Take Two. Worlds and Views: Contemporary Art from the Collection.” Image courtesy of Janet Cardiff)
The much anticipated White Light Festival opens next Thursday with Janet Cardiff’s “The Forty Part Motet” a 40-speaker sound installation at Lincoln Center. Really looking forward to this. Check the complete program here.
by Helen Homan Wu on October 1st, 2010
Last week the Whitney Museum ended Christian Marclay: Festival. Marclay is the pioneer of making music out of anything he picks up, from records to restaurant menus. In this piece, a reinterpretation by Nicolas Collins, the artist shows us how to listen to bells in an entirely different way. From porcelain, to glass and metal, the audience can pick up the subtle qualities of each bell.
by Helen Homan Wu on September 29th, 2010
Electrochroma courtesy of FIAF
For sonic arts fans, mark your calendars this month. Opening tonight and for every Wednesday of October is a series of live experimental audiovisuals curated by the artist Richard Garet. Garet’s own audiovisual blackbox installation entitled Electrochroma is currently on view at the Invisible Dog gallery. Electrochroma “was created in a digital environment utilizing various analog and digital techniques and a variety of software processes to maneuver audio and moving image. The work’s imagery ranges from dark to light monochromatic spheres, shifting tonality and intensity from mild to high saturation, including flickering and pulsating patterns, RGB phenomena, afterimage, retinal impact, and sensory overloads. The sound composition was arranged for 5.1-surround audio and is comprised of a molded experimentation resulting in tones, overtones, profound bass echoing, modulated frequencies, textures, static noises, and electronic sounds moving through space.” The line-up looks good with a premier by one of my favorite avante-garde turntablist Maria Chavez. Complete schedule here.
The Invisible Dog
51 Bergen Street
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
by Helen Homan Wu on September 18th, 2010
Photo by Mikhail Iliatov
Next Tuesday, Sept. 21, I curated a one-night performance event to happen at the new multi-media culture space Culturefix, located close to the brim of the Lower East Side. The show entitled Happy Oasis is an interesting blend of Hi/Lo Fi instrumentals and electronics with live projections, featuring experimental noisician link (Thessia Machado), electronic composer Ezekiel Honig collaborating with visualist Joshue Ott (superDraw), and sound/visual artist Mikhail Iliatov. The percussionist Hyun Moraes opens the show with an intense shamanic beating of a taiko drum. I’m really curious to see performance artists Kristin Reger and Martha Moszczynski (part avant-garde, part punk) collaborating for the first time to do an entrancing act with attributes to Middle Eastern women. If you have an iPhone or iPad, please bring it for a real-time interactive audio/visual experience. Complete details at opalnest.com
by Howard Hurst on September 18th, 2010
As an American teenager it’s not easy to escape high school without suffering through countless cheesy metaphors maintaining the relevance of sports to life. For this reason I generally eschew sports themed anything, be it movies, art, or theater. This week, I’m truly glad I made an exception. Wednesday I attended the opening of “Horatio”, a new multimedia performance piece playing until the 18th at Here in Tribeca. “Horatio” is the theatrical counterpart to a documentary of the same name which is scheduled for release next year. Both pieces focus on the Corporal John A. Seravelli Playground, also known as Horatio, perhaps New York’s most famous public basketball court.
by Helen Homan Wu on September 18th, 2010
image courtesy C/16
The name Cinema 16 might not be new to a past generation of underground cinema fans, but in this day and age “when film has been reduced to the tiny screens of our laptops and ipods,” the revival of C/16 is a welcoming refuge. Molly Surno, a good friend of mine, is an LA native who moved to NY and was disappointed by the “lack of experimental films shown in enchanted spaces”, so she created the new C/16. She was inspired by the original founders – of the cult film era – Amos and Marcia Vogel, and Maya Deren. Surno’s vision goes a bit further than screening experimental shorts, she enjoys collaborating with musicians and with the local community. The programs get even more interesting as it anticipates a different musical score composed by her chosen bands within a short amount of time. Each program becomes a unique experience not unlike an orchestrated concerto on a small scale. And those local food vendors offering homemade fares along the side are not to be missed. Looking forward to the next screening, which will be in November and this time it’ll be scored by Soft Circle.
by Helen Homan Wu on September 9th, 2010
Charlotte Ford (CHICKEN)
It’s an overwhelming week in the New York art world. And I guess the fashion world as well. In these circumstances, planning is crucial so that you’ll get the most out of the week. The map feature on Artcards is super useful, and it’s what we use here to navigate easily around town to see shows. This weekend though, Philly looks even more exciting with the Philadelphia Live Arts Fringe Festival happening all over the city. Founded in 1997 by experimental artists, the festival showcases a collective of over 188 shows, national and international, that include dance, sound, visual art, theater, and film. Until now, Philly Fringe has been an unfiltered festival, where new and established artists present their work free of a standardized selection process. Program and festival details are here: http://livearts-fringe.org
2010 Live Arts Philly Fringe Festival
September 3rd to 18th
Check back for updates and reviews.
Lucinda Childs with music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt (Dance)
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