From New York’s ISSUE Project Room:
Sat, February 9, 2013 – 8:00pm
‘New Shorts’ featuring Hotel Elefant
at The Actor’s Fund Arts Center, 160 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn
Experiments in Opera has commissioned ten composers to each write a ten-minute opera to be premiered by the contemporary music ensemble Hotel Elefant. ‘New Shorts’ brings a diverse group of composers together to expand the boundaries of opera, including Robert Ashley, Jason Cady, Joe Diebes, Ruby Fulton, and many more.Mon, February 11, 2013 – 8:00pm
Choi Joonyong + Hong Chulki
at 155 Freeman St., Brooklyn (Greenpoint)
Choi Joonyong and Hong Chulki have been leading figures in the emerging experimental music community in Seoul for the last 15 years. Hong, known for his cartridgeless turntable, and Choi, who works with the mechanical sounds of playback devices, perform duo for our first concert at 155 Freeman.Sat, February 16, 2013 – 8:00pm
Alex Waterman: Diagesis/Mimesis
at 155 Freeman St., Brooklyn (Greenpoint)
Alex Waterman presents a set of new solo works for amplified cello, radios, found sounds, and assorted strings. A rare outing for this renowned performer, the event marks his first solo performance in two years. Cameron Keith Gainer’s “Luna del Mar”, a short film featuring a soundtrack by Waterman, opens the evening.ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE 2012
Sat, February 23, 2013 – 4:00pm
Aki Onda & Paul Clipson
at 155 Freeman St., Brooklyn (Greenpoint)
Cassette musician Aki Onda collaborates with a San Fransisco based filmmaker Paul Clipson for his final performance of the 2012 Artist-in-Residence series. An investigation of personal, intuitive spaces, Onda and Clipson render images and sounds as if a fragmented journey of landscapes and memories.ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE 2012
Sat, February 23, 2013 – 8:00pm
Aki Onda & Paul Clipson
at 155 Freeman St., Brooklyn (Greenpoint)
Cassette musician Aki Onda collaborates with a San Fransisco based filmmaker Paul Clipson for his final performance of the 2012 Artist-in-Residence series. An investigation of personal, intuitive spaces, Onda and Clipson render images and sounds as if a fragmented journey of landscapes and memories.
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