Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
This week (July 24th through August 1st) in Seoul, Korea, as part of the 9th Korea Experimental Arts Festival a special video-dance version of Shiver by Randy Gibson, Oscar Henriquez, and Laine Rettmer, will be screened as part of the 2010 KEAF International Short Film Festival.
The festival, curated by Jung Hee Choi, features the work of luminaries of the avant-garde such as La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, Henry Flynt, Ken Jacobs, Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskay, along side the works of emerging artists. The short films will be screened daily in two outdoor theaters, from 1PM to 9PM at the Myoung Wol Gwan near Hongik University in Seoul.
More information about the festival can be found at the KoPAS site
(all information is in Korean)
Watch the video-dance version of Shiver on the Avant Media Vimeo page
Tags: 2010, Experimental Art, KEAF, Korea, Laine Rettmer, Minimalism, Oscar Henriquez, Randy Gibson
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
We are pleased to announce the full lineup of works by John Cage being performed on February 20th during the Avant Music Festival. It should be a truly amazing evening of performances.
One4 for Solo Drummer will be performed by percussionist and experimental composer Jude Traxler to open the concert.
The beautiful String Quartet in Four Parts, performed by MIVOS quartet, shows Cage’s stunning sense of melody and structure that were so vital to his early work.
In a slight break with tradition, Randy Gibson has developed a version of One9 for specially tuned Toy Organ that mimics the sound of the original Shō – he will be joined by Jude Traxler on conch shells to perform Two3
Closing the concert will be a monumental performance of Songbooks with solos from the Concert for Piano and Orchestra performed by members of loadbang with Megan Schubert and presented with videos of Solo for Voice 19 by Randy Gibson and Ana Baer-Carrillo originally created for John Cage at 95 as well as i-Ching based video lighting created by Oscar Henriquez.
We hope you’ll be able to join us for this and all the wonderful events taking place at Wild Project as part of the Avant Music Festival
Avant Music Festival : Music of John Cage takes place at 8PM on Saturday February 20th at Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street.
Tickets are on sale now
Tags: #AMF2010, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Avant Music Festival, Cage, John Cage, Jude Traxler, loadbang, Megan Schubert, MIVOS quartet, Music, Randy Gibson, Songbooks, String Quartet
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Announcing the Avant Music Festival: five nights of live performances – February 19th-27th at Wild Project in New York City.
Tickets will go on sale on Monday, February 1st.
The Avant Music Festival will feature some of the most talented young interpreters in New York, highlighting the influence of the performer on experimental music from the 20th century and today.
The festival is Avant Media’s first festival of music exploring the nature of collaboration. The performer is a critical and powerful influence on both the composition and realization of some of the most influential music of the last 70 years. The performers appearing are dedicated to the vibrant history and the exciting future of modern classical music. Curated by Avant Media artistic director, Randy Gibson, and experimental vocalist Megan Schubert, the festival features works by Cage, Gibson, Stockhausen, and many more that reflect the intense and multi-faceted relationship between composer and performer.
Click hear to read the full press release
All performances for the Avant Music Festival will take place at Wild Project 195 East 3rd Street – For more information please click here to contact Avant Media or call 212-372-3326
Tags: #AMF2010, 2010, Art, Avant Media, Avant Music Festival, Festival, John Cage, Music, New York City, Performances, Randy Gibson, World Premiere
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I’m on my way to Europe for the month of July. I’ll be visiting London, Berlin, and Calvi dell’Umbria where I will be in residency at the Art Monastery and creating a new piece as a part of their Labirinto festival on July 25th.
It’s become a bit of a summer tradition for me to escape New York for a month or so, and it’s one I always look forward to.
There are a lot of exciting things coming in the next few months for Avant Media and for myself. I’m really excited for a few big announcements and projects that we have in the works.
I hope you will be too.
Tags: Art, Art Monastery, Avant Media, Germany, Hope, Italy, Summer, Travel, UK
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
photo: Frank Sygusch
Great experience, made a piece with the Dance Company from Giessen and made a video to the monotone of ASLSP (John Cage).
Sofia was my little assistant and we had a ball!
Links from Giessen-server.de (in German)
Rehearsal writeup and photos
Performance writeup and photos
Tags: 2009, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Dance, Germany, John Cage, Links, News, photos, Video
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Our very own Kim Olson, one of our earliest and most frequent collaborating artists, will be performing her work thin WATER blue ICE tonight to open the Denver 2009 Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The performance starts at 6:15 in the lobby of the The Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and leads into the theatre to start the awards ceremony.
If you’re in Denver tonight, definitely check it out, plus it’s FREE!!
2009 Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts
sweetedge.org
Tags: 2009, Art, Artists, Denver, Kim Olson, News, Opera, Performances
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
The Third Mind is on view starting today at The Guggenheim
I attended the opening of this show last night, and it is truly spectacular, and there is a strong musical presence as well, from La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela’s Dream House to scores from the FLUXUS era, to a huge presence of works surrounding John Cage. The inimitable Margaret Leng Tan has done the audio tour and I’m very excited to go back and listen.
There are also a ton of performances and lectures set for the 3 months or so it is open.
Third Mind Performances and Lectures
There is so much amazing art on view during this exhibit that we were literally running at the end of the night to see a full room installation on the top floor that is not to be missed.
Tags: 2009, Art, Asia, Dream House, Fluxus, Friday, Guggenheim, Installation, John Cage, La Monte Young, Links, Margaret Leng Tan, Marian Zazeela, Music, Performances, Room, Running
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
In December Ana Baer-Carrillo and I collaborated on Doleo Æternus, an evening-length work for musicians, computer, and video which was presented at the ISIM conference in Denver. This is a long and tumultuous work in the history of Avant Media, and it spans almost the entire duration that Avant Media has been in existence. From our first show in New York City in January of 2007, where we premiered what was then Anger, to our most recent performance, Ana’s work has been a powerful influence on my work and a guiding force keeping me grounded enough in reality to reign in, albeit ever so slightly, my penchant for the extreme. (more…)
Tags: 2009, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Anger, Audience, Avant Media, Collaboration, Denver, Doleo Æternus, ISIM, Music, Musicians, New York City, Piano, Randy Gibson, Video
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
I never got around to making links this Friday – although I saw some fantastic work this weekend: Welcome to Nowhere on Saturday and Siren on Sunday (which was truly spectacular).
Starting today is an interesting video project, Mondays With Merce, that should prove to be interesting as it progresses. I was particularly struck by the music used during teaching, very straightforward and, therefore, surprising (at least to my ears)
Mondays With Merce
every monday from now until, i guess, it stops.
Tags: 2009, Art, Dance, Drones, Friday, Links, Merce Cunningham, Music, Teaching, Theater, Video
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
I’ve just posted the full length recording of Doleo Æternus on this page: ISIM Recording
The recording turned out quite well, and I want to say a big thank you to all of the performers who played so beautifully.
Take a listen.
Tags: 2008, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Avant Media, Doleo Aeternus, Doleo Eternus, Doleo Æternus, ISIM, Mike Rugnetta, Randy Gibson, Recording
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