Eric Theise will open with a solo set of manipulated, projected, OpenStreetMap-based maps, followed by sets from this remarkable collection of improvisers–
Fred Lonberg-Holm: improviser/composer now living in the Bay Area whose list of collaborators includes Peter Brötzmann, Axel Dörner, Michael Zerang, and Joe McPhee.
Co-produced with LEIMAY, Pollenis a blooming program of video spells, shaken air, and channeled summonings drawing upon the venue's nearly thirty-year history of experimental art and performance curation. The first Pollen instance presented over thirty video works in a multiprojection environment, bringing intimate cross-disciplinary dialogue into the exhibition experience.
A curated program showcasing experimental and avant garde explorations of music, movement, and moving images. send your gnarled poems and whispered spells to join a chorus of queer chromatic seers. Video Spells will program open call film submissions alongside dance and sound performances. stemming from over 25 years of community curation as part an experimental art venue located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, in collaboration with Edward Schocker's alternately tuned instruments and made/found objects. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Redlined reverberations with redefined sonic roadmaps. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches from crowdsourced data.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with John Ingle, saxophone. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Chromatic timbres and iridescent micro-tonalities. Orphaned labels and free-floating symbology. Auditory roundabouts and redirections. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Sounds symphonic and screeching. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches in crowdsourced data.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with Thea Farhadian, violin and electronics, and Dean Santomieri, electric resonator guitars. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Chromatic timbres and iridescent micro-tonalities. Orphaned labels and free-floating symbology. Auditory roundabouts and redirections. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Sounds symphonic and screeching.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with percussionists Darien Baiza and Paul Neidhardt. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Driving beats. Orphaned labels and free-floating symbology. Auditory roundabouts and redirections. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Sounds symphonic and screeching. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with Trē Seguritan Abalos improvising soundscapes with flutes, samples, and looping electronics. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. A sonic wash of winds. Orphaned labels and free-floating symbology. Elusive melodic lines. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Rhythmic textures. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches in crowdsourced data.
Since April 2022 Eric Theise has been manipulating projected digital maps in collaboration with improvising musicians in Europe and the United States. Constraining his project to use only web mapping technologies, A Synesthete's Atlas is his unique approach to expanded cinema, drawing strategies from experimental film & animation, the Light and Space movement, 1960s light shows, and visual poetry.
A Synesthete’s Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations between Eric Theise and The Asthmatic
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with The Asthmatic (Sigrid Harmon), a one-woman band and sound collage artist. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches from crowdsourced data.
