March 29, 2025
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General Admission $23 – Entrance only
Elevated Admission $34 – Includes 1 free drink
VIP Admission $45 – Help someone else see the show, by paying it forward! Includes 2 free drinks
Or pay what you can at the door!
Donation based drinks will be available
FEAR OF THE OBJECT
Fear of the Object is a site-specific intervention utilizing live video and sound performance to put into dialogue the architectural resonances and dissonances found within physical space, sound and light. The work is based on the inherent frequencies and resonances of Cogburn’s percussive objects, Masterof Sruti´s transducer driven membranes, and Manzano’s spatialized live electronics. Audio generated video projected from Holm is fed back into sound and blurs distinctions between hearing and seeing.
Kjell Bjørgeengen –Dave Jones VideoSynth and Flood Coil (Norway)– began his video work at The Experimental Television Center in Owego, New York, where he collaborated with Dave Jones and developed the Jones VideoSynth. Bjørgeengen has exhibited widely in Norway, as well as internationally, collaborating with renowned musicians such as Jon Balke, Okkyung Lee, and Otomo Yoshihid.
Chris Cogburn –percussion + electronics (US/Mexico)– is a percussionist focused on exploring the threshold between acoustic and electronic sounds and their sites of resonance. He has performed at major venues and festivals worldwide, including James Turrell’s Roden Crater and Quiet Que.
Michele Sruti –vibrating membrane (Italy/Norway)– is known for his research in sound production and alternative percussion techniques, developing a unique style using the Gran Cassa with transducers and objects for sound exploration. He tours and records with Dans les arbres, Huntsville, and O3, also composing for ensembles like Ensemble MusikFabrik and Quatuor Bozzini.
Juan Manzano –electronics (Mexico)– works span from chamber music, live electronics, and improvisation, with compositions performed by the LA Philharmonic, Arditti Quartet, and other ensembles across America and Europe. He was a part of Mexico’s National System of Art Creators (SNCA) and has served as Coordinator of Technologies Applied to Musical Creation at CEPROMUSIC.
RICK REED
Rick Reed is a self-taught electronic musician who has been creating his own sound since 1981. He has released seven solo recordings, including The Symmetry of Telemetry (2023), and collaborated in groups such as The Voltage Spooks, Frequency Curtain, and Abrasion Ensemble. Reed has also composed soundtracks for filmmaker Ken Jacobs, including Capitalism Child Labor (2006), which is in MoMA’s permanent collection.
MONTE ESPINA + LOUISE FRISTENSKY + KRISTINA SMITH
Monte Espina is an electroacoustic free improvisation duo formed by Ernesto Montiel and Miguel Espinel. Through amplified sounds and signal processing, they create sinuous sonic environments with a fully improvised approach. Collaboration is central to their practice, having worked with artists such as Liz Tonne, Louise Fristensky, and Alan F. Jones.
Louise Fristensky is a composer, sound sculptor, and systems artist whose work explores the micro-refractions of reality and the unreality of shared experiences. Their projects include to swim in air, an evolving modular system of intermedial works, and False Landscapes, an experimental video and audio piece.
Kristina Smith is a multimedia artist, writer, and maker of things. They are part of the ritual noise duo, “Ruptured Implant” with interests in memory, radical vulnerability, and channeling out the aches of the heart and world.”
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