PARTICIPATION Cannibalistic Caterpillar VS Cantilever Collective Cannibalistic Caterpillar (sound) will utilize live FM/AM/SW/VHF radios, tape machines, theremins, motion sensors, and FX pedals to interact with live contact improvisations by Cantilever Collective (dance). Wireless motion sensors worn by the dancers will directly effect the sounds presented by Caterpillar, which can passed to wandering audience members. Cannibalistic […]
PARTICIPATION Water Cycle is an exploration of sound and play that is comprised of Bicycle powered water fountain, house plants, and electronic sound amplification. The sounds of the water flowing over the various surfaces and plants in the fountain will be recorded by contact microphones and augmented through a sound pedal deck capable of looping […]
PARTICIPATION gTEXT_V_QAL A sequel to 2024’s release, gTEXT IV QAL, gTEXT V QAL seeks to transport its listeners to a different time and place, utilizing techniques both ancient and modern. Jed Smith in an Emmy nominated composer of music of film and television. He seeks to explore the limits of sonic space with innovative immersive […]
PARTICIPATION HEAT explores violent elements of the sun – the impact of the heat on organic and non-organic objects; the sun’s potentially damaging ultraviolet rays; the constant explosions that are part of the sun’s core essence; and solar flares. At the same time, HEAT acknowledges the importance of these violent resurrections and renewals, celebrated across […]
PARTICIPATION Apocalypse Threads: The Trashion Parade Imagine a freight train, not just filled with cargo, alive with music and fashion. The train rolls through the dusted remains of an old military outpost—its stone walls cracked and weathered, the once-proud flag of faded military colors fluttering weakly in the breeze. The train is no ordinary locomotive; […]
PARTICIPATION Connecting: :Conversations is a live transformation of dialogue into sound texture between a cellist and a programmer. It starts with solo cello, playing a transcription of words from a Benjamin Britten interview. The programmer types code live to record, alter, and play samples from the cello. They wear a flexible OLED screen mask to […]
PARTICIPATION Sonic Habitat no.148 The piece is a visual poem reciting circularity of sight and sound. It starts out with a still image of blue, green, and transparent glass marbles scattered on a blank five-staff music sheet. Then, it abruptly transitions into a view in motion walking on a bridge across a freeway. The bridge […]
PARTICIPATION Inspired by the rhythms of nature and the landscape that surrounds them, Abacus is currently using primarily piano and guitar to build textures and rhythms that converse with each other, creating an ever changing narrative that unfolds in a familiar yet alien landscape. The sounds should move through your body and mind as you […]
Hailing from the planet Saturn, Neyva is a multidisciplinary alien artist from outer space here to save the human race. Their music is vulnerable, futuristic, eclectic, experimental, and otherworldly, alongside their engaging stage presence. In this lifetime, they’re self taught as well as in music programs since middle school. They were in and out of […]
PARTICIPATION Neyva is a multidisciplinary artist who embraces futurism, alien ancestry, alienation, vulnerability, cacophony, abrasion, grief, & their emotions through the celestial musical universe they encapsulate through their ethereal vocals, immersive stage presence, & eclectic music. Through the dichotomy of these elements, they strive to create a universe for those who resonate with these experiences, […]