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I never got around to posting links last week – we were performing Doleo Æternus at the ISIM conference and it was completely insane.
There is a Flickr gallery of images we took during our trip to Denver here and more coverage will be coming as we get images from the ISIM and finalize a recording for your listening pleasure.
In the meantime – here are this weeks sporadic and miscellaneous links:
Last night I went to see Rosas Danst Rosas, or significantly less elegantly: Steve Reich Evening, at BAM. The program had a lot going for it, and for the most part it completely delivered.
The program contained two pieces I have heard of and knew well, but had never actually heard: Pendulum Music by Steve Reich and Poème Symphonique pour cent Métronomes by Györgi Ligeti (a Ligeti piece on Steve Reich Evening admittedly a bit odd, but it works as a really nice precursor to drumming). Pendulum Music opened the evening, and it was a beautiful realization with two speakers in a nice beating interval. Once the audience stopped snickering (same during the Ligeti, although that was to the point of shhshing the people in front of us) and we were actually able to listen, it was beautiful. (more…)
Over the next couple of months we will be presenting two of our works in unusual ways for us. Next week we are auditioning Shiver for the Fresh Tracks program at DTW. In early December we will present a new version of Anger at the ISIM conference in Denver.
I’m very much used to thinking about our work only within the context of Avant Media and our artists and methodologies. Taking these two works outside of Avant Media (to an extent) has proved enlightening to the nature and concept of our work (more…)
This week’s random links:
HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACE and
SANS SOUCI FESTIVAL OF DANCE CINEMA
Proudly present the work of over 20 artists October 3-4, 2008 »
Living in Los Angeles I had forgotten how magnificent walking through a city could be. I spent the last five days in Portland, Oregon walking the city’s various districts, museums, and bridges. It’s a fantastic place. Between Powell Books, the exceptional and clean public transportation, and this great Peruvian drink Sacasahuman I had ordered for me, I was sold pretty early on.
But, what I ended up finding most appealing about the city was the amount of innovative and interesting art happening everywhere. In particular, the Time Based Art festival which was in full swing. In venues all around town, in easy walking distance from one another, the festival billed contemporary installation, dance, music, theater, performance and new media works. My truly wonderful, and as of Saturday married, friend Liz Nalley performed at TBA Tuesday night with tEEtH. Amazing! I highly recommend checking them out.
I was sad to leave Portland. And remain still baffled by the contemporary art scene in LA …..
A works in progress version of Aqua Madora, with Dani Beauchamp dancing, and Mujeres de Juárez will be shown May 13 and 14 at AM in association with Dance Theater/ Shannon with works by Pei-Yi Cheng, Kerri Myers, Dani Beauchamp, and Shannon Pret at Dance Ground Keriac in San Francisco
Avant Media Performance is proud to announce that the collaboration between Johari Mayfield and Randy Gibson entitled Room will have its avant-premiere at the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art at the University of Minnesota.
For details visit the festival’s website at http://spark.cla.umn.edu/index.html
