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)
New music has lost one of its most ardent supporters. Betty Freeman was responsible for the commissioning of many of the 20th century’s most interesting pieces of music, and supported nearly every major composer of the 20th Century. A list of her contributions is here.
In just over two weeks we will be premiering the new version of Anger at the third annual ISIM Festival in Denver Colorado. This is a major new version of the work, now being called Doleo Æternus. We’re very excited to be going back to our home-town (of sorts) and peforming this piece there. The staff of the ISIM has been extremely helpful, and the soloist: Mike Rugnetta, Amali Premawardhana and Myself; will be joined by members of the University of Denver Playground Ensemble.
The program at ISIM is very large, and as such has only a small space for program notes. My full description of the piece is after the jump. Jump »
i left you on a cold day in december is now the official title of the latest Avant Media Performance short film. The film, created and scored by Randy Gibson, will premiere as part of the Sans Souci festival of Dance Cinema in April, 2007. Plans are also in the works for a presentation of the installed version of the work sometime in the near future.
On January 25, 2007 Avant Media presented the world premiere of Anger the pivotal immersion performance with music by Randy Gibson and video by Ana Baer-Carrillo. Additional artists included Alicia Wargo – sculptures and costumes; Oscar Henriquez – video typography; Mike Rugnetta – guitar, banjo and pre-show music; and Laine Rettmer – voice.
The performance, held at 20 Greene in SoHo, NYC, was completely sold out. Thank you to all of our audience members and supporters who came out for this one-night-only event. This is sure to be a piece that will continue its evolution and become on of Avant Media’s signature performances. Plans are already in the works for expanded video sections and further musical development.
In just over two weeks we will be premiering the new version of 
