January 20 - February 24, 2024
From Co-Lab Projects:
“All presentations are maximally 45 minutes long
There will be a 15-20-minute intermission between presentations
Each presentation is ticketed separately except for the opening night which is one combined ticket
January 20 – Performances and Opening Reception
8pm Anthony Francis and Xavier Gilmore
9pm Barry Stone / Porch Swing Orchestra
10-11pm Reception
January 27 – Performances
7pm Mark Menjivar
8pm Ania Sofko
February 17 – Performances
7pm Ariana Gomez
8pm Gavin Watts / The Reformers
February 24 – Performances
7pm Jessica Mallios
8pm Thomas Hooper / Skloss
“Vast is the sea of hearing around the raft of vision.”
― Michel Chion, La Toile Trouee (Cahiers Du Cinema. Essays Collection)
Vast is the Sea is a series of presentations from eight artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations of images and sound. The title comes from a translation of the composer and film theorist Michel Chion’s analysis of the relationship between sound and image in cinema. In their presentations, each artist constructs new oceans through live performances, video, and sound processing. Viewers are invited to gaze at visions projected on the ceiling and swim among the sounds in real time.
Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project begun by Barry Stone that explores the interplay between site-specific images, musical improvisation/chance operation, and field recordings. Pictures taken on-site accompany fleeting melodies recorded among conversations of passersby, the rattle of air conditioners, birdsong, sirens of cicadas, and all matter of environmental sonic phenomena.
Most recordings take place on Stone’s front porch in Austin, Texas, but PSO has traveled to Spiral Jetty in Utah, the border town of Del Rio, Texas, Maine, the San Juan Islands, and performed live in the James Turrell Skyspace, The Color Inside as a part of The Univerity of Texas Landmarks Songs in the Skyspace Program. Since 2018, PSO has collaborated with dozens of musicians, artists, poets, writers, and activists to publish over 200 pieces.
All things PSO can be found at https://porchswingorchestra.org/
This project is supported in part by grants from the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and H-E-B.”
Performance: January 27, 2024 | 7–9 pm
7pm Mark Menjivar 8pm Ania Sofko
Performance: February 17, 2024 | 7–9 pm
7pm Ariana Gomez 8pm Gavin Watts / The Reformers
Performance: February 24, 2024 | 7–9 pm
7pm Jessica Mallios 8pm Thomas Hooper / Skloss
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Austin, 78702 Texas
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