Experimental Intermedia
The Twenty-fifth
Anniversary of EI performances at 224 Centre Street, the
Thirtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Experimental Intermedia,
the
Thirtieth Anniversary of the 224 Centre Street loft, and, not
least,
The Ninth Annual
Festival with no fancy name
December 1998
David Watson
Sunday 6
"Old Peculiar", some long notes, and some longer notes;
a set of new
compositions for highland bagpipes, by way of things old, borrowed
and
blue; with James Pugliese and Christine Bard, percussion, electronics
Martha Mooke
Monday 7
"With her white hair and blue five-stringed viola, Mooke
is a striking
figure, with a Terry Riley-ish array of electronic enhancements
and a
wider range of styles (from Cagean to minimalist to free jazz
and
beyond) than many improvisors can boast" (the Village Voice);
a concert
of new works, some old favorites and a taste of things to come;
with
special guest electric guitarist Randolph A. Hudson III
Paul Panhuysen
Wednesday 9
The Universe of the Gadget, an intermedia piece for long strings,
galvanometers, garbage bins, live and synthetic samples, small
mechanical contrivances, electronic devices, toys, solar cells,
slides
and other low-tech contraptions is a lively reaction to the book:
"The
Technological Bluff" of the French Christian philosopher
Jacques Ellul
Ned Rothenberg
Friday 11
The solo-wood-winder will slow down the pace, moving halfway to
the
domain of the home team. And after 18 years of "sounds like
you're
using effects, was that really all acoustic?", some live
processing
will make an appearance. Also, a special guest Yves Musard
Dan Senn
Wednesday 16
"Between Poles": new video and a sub-audio driven vertical
pendulyre
David Behrman
Friday 18
Some newly-revamped performance pieces, with flotsam & jetsam
from the
old days and late-breaking up-to-the-minute surprises
Lukas Ligeti
Sunday 20
Polymetric compositions and improvisations, between several seconds
and
75000 years long, for electronic (and acoustic?) drums, influenced
by
African, Korean, and other musics; strange microtunings and steadily
unsteady rhythms become possible using out-of-tune and out-of-time
messages heard only by the musician(s); Mari Kimura, the violinist,
will join in as a guest
Phill Niblock
6pm Monday 21
Six hours of music and film/video, for his 65th winter solstice;
the
days will get longer from now on, or at least until June 21
Our programs are supported by the New York State Council on the
Arts, and
the Phaedrus Foundation
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224 Centre Street at Grand, Third Floor, N Y 10013;
9pm, except as noted $4.99
212 431 5127, 431 6430, fax 212 431 4486
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