PARTICIPATION Performance. Harold Greene, the noted furniture maker, is also a multi-instrumentalist. The long time San Pedro resident plays original contemporary jazz on the Chapman Stick, a ten-stringed instrument that is played by tapping on the fret board. He accompanies himself, with the aid of a loop pedal, on the cajon (box drum), bass and […]
From Burbank, craft Hollywood, The Artist Monte Thrasher does the physical labor of movie making, building costumes, painting sets, running cables. He collects skills instead of possessions, sketching, sculpting and building, though he’s developing into a storyteller. He wrote for the now-legendary 90s sound sculpture zine Experimental Musical Instrument (Tom Waits’ favorite magazine) about his […]
PARTICIPATION Performance: A sound sculpture performance, played very vigorously as a kind of mad sport, or a spoof of sport, called Creature/Craft. The original idea was a deliberately silly idea, my Quidditch, so to speak, but it turned out to be doable, and should be very crazy-lively, fun and spontaneous to watch, full of surprises. […]
PARTICIPATION Performance For about 40 years, Susan Rawcliffe researched, made and played clay musical instruments; she studied the marvelous archaic ceremonial flutes from PreHispanic meso-American cultures: West Mexico, Olmec, Mayan & Aztec. These studies informed & inspired her love of timbre, resulting in a great range of flutes, pipes, ocarinas, whistles, trumpets, didjeridus and sound […]
PARTICIPATION Installation Phoebe Barnum was trained in the traditional studio arts. It has been clear that they were influenced by Abstract Expressionists. Initially the work focused on Painting and Drawing which has over time morphed into a wider array of medium, challenging dimensions, time, space and sound. Numerous installations have gone through various iterations based in […]
PARTICIPATION Installation Currently I am a gravity challenged geriatric trying hard to make sense of my existence. As my eyes loose focus, food smells and tastes are diminishing, conversations and sounds are often misconstrued my life is not diminished much. I have art and the art making. Mixed up (not confused) media artist, I, my […]
PARTICIPATION Process & Performance, Installation: “Handler/Builder no.1” Created collaboratively by Jacob Wolff, Julian Prins, and James McBride“HB1” is a performance created by three people working in art handling, installation/de-installation of art exhibits, and fabrication. The performance is centered around the fabrication of three sculptures, using the same tools and materials we use in our everyday […]
Michael Mersereau (b. 1977) is a media and sound artist based in Oakland, California and Montreal, Canada. Mersereau’s work has been exhibited at institutions and galleries both nationally and internationally such as Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca in Ciudad de Oaxaca, The Diego Rivera Anahuacali Museum in Mexico City, and Maison de la Culture Claude […]
PARTICIPATION Performance & Installation: Swastikasualty Michael Mersereau’s projections and imagery for “Swastikasuality” improvise on phantasmagoric retellings of warfare and tragedy. Mersereau’s imagery is grounded in cinema and is expressed in projection mapping, 35mm slide film, and handheld lighting. As a visual collaborator with Marcuccio de Andreis’ sound and vocalizations, Mersereau will be providing the audio […]
PARTICIPATION Performance: 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 […]