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, […]
PARTICIPATION Wishing Well – A Feast Cycle of Fluid (de)Compositions Pure Filth Society members Ashton S. Phillips and Sadie Greyduck will perform a nonlinear, fluid ecosystem of sonic and material composition and decomposition, contamination and regeneration. Wishing Well will be organized around a well or wells of (plastic) fluids that will be constructed to both […]
PARTICIPATION I’m a professional chef and sound artist who makes food, sounds, and movement in performance. My work explores embodiment and nourishment in social collaboration and engagement, drawing poetic attention to form, sound, and materials. My setup includes a 2.5 ft x 4 ft mushroom shaped sound table which I prepare food on and amplify […]
PARTICIPATION “headless/bodyless” delves into the resonant sounds of a traditional coin belt, exploring its ancestral significance and hypnotic vibrations. Historically, belly dancers used coin belts to highlight movements and tell stories through energy work and percussion. In postcolonial Western societies, these dancers were often objectified, reduced to exoticized torsos, and stripped of their individuality.This installation […]
PARTICIPATION Performance: Brown, Indigenous of the Americas.My practice provides me with a place where I can explore something that I have come to see as ancient. I have used the genre of performance art to explore this practice. The avant-garde with it’s open ended definition allows what ever is needed to explore. For NOMAD III […]
PARTICIPATION Performance: soundShoppe Ensemble forms a sound orchestra, consisting of several musicians. Instruments will include circuit bent/homemade devices, accordions, bowed instruments, modular synthesizers, acoustic objects that make sounds (such as long reeds whipped into the air), gongs, percussion objects, voice, drones, guitars, whistles and other indescribable objects. Sound will range from quiet to loud, from […]
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 […]
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 […]