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Cristian Ospina and Chongotronik are musicians and percussionists who will be performing in Vivências, a concert which I am organizing as part of the 2021 Spring Curatorial Fellowship. The concert looks at how tradition permeates into contemporary life in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, observing how everyday customs influence art. “Vivências” is the Portuguese word for when we vividly and intensely savor moments in our present. The streaming will include visuals by Paulina Leyva.
Read MoreVivências reúne trabalhos musicais, visuais e de dança por Saul Ojeda, Laura Itandehui, Francisco Nava, Valeria Avalos, Cristian Ospina, Chongotronik, Mayara Ferrão, e Filipe Mimoso. As performances mostram como a tradição permeia a vida contemporânea no México, Colômbia e Brasil; realçando como os costumes do dia-a-dia influenciam o arte. O streaming incluirá elementos visuais desenhados por Paulina Leyva Martínez.
Read MoreVivências junta trabajo musical, visual y dancístico por Saul Ojeda, Laura Itandehui, Francisco Nava, Valeria Avalos, Cristian Ospina, Chongotronik, Mayara Ferrão, y Filipe Mimoso. Los performances muestran cómo la tradición se permea a la vida contemporánea en México, Colombia y Brasil; apuntando cómo las costumbres del día a día influencian el arte. “Vivências” es la palabra en portugués que describe cuando saboreamos vívida e intensamente nuestro presente. El streaming incluirá elementos visuales dibujados por Paulina Leyva Martínez.
Read MoreIn this July 2017 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Ikue Mori discusses the gender divide in the New York music scene of the 1970s, her gradual shift from drum set to drum machines to laptop, and her recent work with video. This episode is sponsored by Astral Spirits Records: “The New Wave of Heavy Free Jazz since September 2014.”
Read MoreIndividual notes, frequencies, and tonalities are not perceived separately. It is among the notes and the gaps between them that something emerges. A progression which plays with reminiscence, anticipation, and rearrangement is where meaning is formed. Unquantifiable knowledge is exchanged through vibrations; a type of awareness capable of opening portals between beings and realities.
Read MoreChikatanas is an electronic and analog neo soul and dark rhythmic duo by Frida Veloz and Samantha C. They will play a set in Huele de Noche, a concert which Carolina Vélez Muñiz is organizing as part of the 2021 Spring Curatorial Fellowship. Samantha and Frida first came across each other at the MUTEK music festival in 2016. After some time of knowing each other, they began to collaborate. Samantha’s introduction to music began when she was a child; as she would play with TV static and an electronic organ. This brought her to become interested in noise from an early age. Frida, on the other hand, comes from a family of musicians and is active in the jazz scene in Mexico.
Read MoreIn this July 2018 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Susan Alcorn discusses the unique qualities of the pedal steel guitar, the connections between country and experimental music, and her work with Astor Piazzolla and Pauline Oliveros. This episode is sponsored by Astral Spirits Records: “The New Wave of Heavy Free Jazz since September 2014.”
Read MoreAngelina Almukhametova’s sound work started with the exploration of what inductors (electromagnetic pickups) can detect from the transformer boxes which light up neon sculptures made by her. This gave a sonic agency to the neon, as it lets Almukhametova generate sounds by experimenting with the voltage supplied to the transformer.
Read MoreMarisol Mendoza is a sonidera and sonidera culture ambassador who will play a set in Huele de Noche, a concert which Carolina Vélez Muñiz is organizing as part of the 2021 Spring Curatorial Fellowship.
Read MoreJada-Amina is an artist and musician who will be performing in Huele de Noche May 27. For the upcoming concert, Jada-Amina will sing a set of their own written and produced music. The set will include “(a) house is a home,” among other tracks. Learn more about their practice here.
Read MoreCielo Saucedo is an artist and writer who is making visuals for the upcoming concert Huele de Noche on May 27. For this event, Cielo is working in both 3D animation and live sound-reactive animation. Huele de Noche moves from the use of sound for protest towards the innovation of sound and music in celebration, especially in Brown and Black and Queer spaces.
Read MoreIn this November 2015 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Joe McPhee discusses his experiences with John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Don Cherry, finding Clifford Thornton’s trombone in a used music store, and the connections between poetry and music. This episode is sponsored by Astral Spirits Records: “The New Wave of Heavy Free Jazz since September 2014.”
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