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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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Amusements for the week of October 10th:
Flickr Panda
By far the most psychotic way to look at images on Flickr
Banksy’s Installation
Video from Banksy’s Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill via: Serious Eats
Colbert not being honored
Who’s not honoring Stephen Colbert – and his musings on “genius level Jazz”
and finally:
a robotic crab with the head of a cabbage patch doll
simply amazing, and it reminds me of a similar assemblage I made many years ago – although mine spun and shot sparks.
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Tags: 2008, Art, Banksy, Flickr, Friday, Gizmodo, Installation, Jazz, Links, News, Panda, Pet Store, Stephen Colbert, Video
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
In honor of the 50th anniversary of minimalism as marked by the composition of the “Trio for Strings” by La Monte Young.
MELA Foundation
the online home of La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela
Dream House Open Saturday September 20, 2008
the amazing ongoing installation in TriBeCa by Young and Zazeela open Thursday-Saturday
Interview
Frank Oteri’s epic interview from 2003
On Pandit Pran Nath
Henry Flynt’s essay on Pandit Pran Nath
Tags: 2008, Art, Composition, Dream House, Friday, Henry Flynt, Installation, La Monte Young, Links, Marian Zazeela, Mela Foundation, Minimalism, Music, New York City, Raga
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Thursday, September 11th, 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 …..
Tags: 2008, Art, Dance, Installation, Museums, Music, Performances, Portland, Theater, Travel
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
This weeks links – all music related posts this week.
Recovery
My friend Kamal organized this amazing collection of covers
Raga and Time
A great site discussing the association of time of day with Raga performance
Today is John Cage’s 96th Birthday:
JohnCage.info
John Cage concert listings directory maintained by André Chaudron
ASLSP
600+ year performance of Cage’s ASLSP in Germany
Installation of 4’33″
NYTimes review of the installation of 4’33″ at Dia Beacon
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Tags: 2008, Art, Design, Dia Beacon, Friday, Germany, Installation, John Cage, Links, Minimalism, Music, Raga, Recording
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Shiver the collaboration between Randy Gibson and Oscar Henriquez will receive its European premiere as an installation at the Kunsthalle Darmstadt on Thursday, July 17th during the 44. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt (IMD) as part of the Nachtclub mit Fenster curated by Manos Tsangaris.
Also being performed is Randy Gibson’s new work Light Study #1 for amplified lighting written specifically for the project.
Tags: 2008, Art, Collaboration, Darmstadt, Germany, Installation, Just Intonation, Lighting, Minimalism, New Work, Oscar Henriquez, Randy Gibson, Shiver
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
City _ M-Y
a modular performance installation
Video: Ana Baer-Carrillo
Sound: Randy Gibson
Installation/Performance: Joe Talkington
‘Santa Monica Iceman VIII-MMVII’ consists of multiple video projections, infinitely repeatable sound modules and site-specific sculpture.
The video displays a solo performance by Nathan Montgomery of “Zyzygy Butoh” merged though experimental editing techniques with the textures and landscapes of the Maroon Bells in Colorado.
Nathan Montgomery’s performance is an adaptation of his 2004 stage piece, “I am Undone.” His movement (found in the excavation of the body) is an exploration of the raw and immediate physical place that Butoh springs from.
The sound is made up of amplified melting ice, used to trigger specific sound samples set within a forest of small sonic vignettes based on a single fundamental frequency.
The site-specific sculpture and the Butoh-inspired performance by Joe Talkington are influenced by the theme of the night: “Permanent Wilting.”
highwaysperformance.org for more information.
Tags: 2007, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Butoh, City_M-Y, Highways, Installation, Joe Talkington, Minimalism, Performances, Randy Gibson, Santa Monica, Sculpture, Video, Video Projections
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Shooting was completed today for the new—as of yet untitled—short film by Randy Gibson. Movements by Laine Rettmer were captured on a lightly snowy day in Colorado, and will become the images for two versions of the film. An installation-specific version and a “theatrical” version with plans for a premiere in April 2007.
Tags: 2007, Installation, Randy Gibson, Short Films, Snow, Video Shoot
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