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.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, in collaboration with Ed Osborn’s real-time wrangling of live electronics and saturated field recordings. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Resonant openings and switchbacks. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Difference tones and untethered drones. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Noisy apertures and sonic fissures.
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 composer/laptop-ist Carl Stone. 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.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, in collaboration with Adriana Camacho´s cosmic dance bass. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Space travel sounds. 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 the ambient and noise soundscapes of vocalist Maria Del Carmen Camarena, bass player Eliud Ernandes, and guitarist Gustavo Larroyo. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Auditory roundabouts and redirections. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Colors of jazz, Americana and Latin music. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals.
Fragments accumulate is an audiovisual concert performed by sound artist Hiroko Komiya (voices, objects, lap harp, zither...) and film and sound artist Chris H. Lynn (objects, field recordings, piano, image manipulation digital and Super 8).
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.
