[spectre] OptoSonic Tea @ Diapason NYC - Tuesday, February 15th, 8pm

[Katherine Liberovskaya]

Tuesday, February 15th
8 pm
 
OptoSonic Tea
 
Live sets by:
 
- Alex Carpenter (live visuals and sound) with James Ross (live sound)
- Chris Jordan (live visuals) with Bradford Reed (live sound)
 
Invited respondent/moderator:

- Andrea Monti
 
Suggested donation:
$ 7
 
Diapason
882 Third Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd Streets, 10th floor
BROOKLYN (Sunset Park)
(718) 499-5070
directions: D, N or R train to 36th Street in Brooklyn
 
 
OptoSonic Tea is a regular series of meetings dedicated to the convergence
of live visuals with live sound which focuses on the visual component. These
presentation-and-discussion meetings aim to explore different forms of live
visuals (live video, live film, live slide projection and their variations
and combinations) and the different ways they can come into interaction with
live audio. Each evening features two different live visual artists or
groups of artists who each perform a set with the live sound artists of
their choice. The presentations are followed by an informal discussion about
the artists' practices over a cup of green tea. A third artist, from
previous generations of visualists or related fields, is invited
specifically to participate in this  discussion so as to create a dialogue
between current and past practices and provide different perspectives on the
present and the future.
 
Organized by Katherine Liberovskaya and Ursula Scherrer
 
 
OptoSonic Tea is partly funded by the Experimental Television Center.
The Experimental Television Center¹s Presentation Funds program is supported
by the New York State Council on the Arts.
 
      
About the artists:
 
Alex Carpenter is an Australian artist and researcher living in New York
City. He has performed extensively as a soloist playing guitar, keyboard and
electric zither through a multi-amp and delay network he calls the Live
Audio Delay System, and has also independently produced and coordinated a
number of large-scale ensemble performance and multi-media events under the
moniker Music of Transparent Means. Music of Transparent Means was Alex's
chief project in Australia from 2002 to 2007, initially providing a platform
for his meticulously-tuned wineglass inventions, then later incorporating
instruments such as prepared guitars, woodwind, strings, percussion and
brass, and featuring as many as 21 performers at a single time. Alex's most
recent performance activity has centered on his own Live Video Delay System,
an extension of the audio system which employs multiple cameras and extreme
color isolation to facilitate a unique looping and layering of live laser
drawings. The system was first tested at MELA Foundation in 2009, and
continues to be shown on screen and in performance internationally. Alex has
performed alongside artists such as Francisco Lopez (Madrid), Will Guthrie
(Melbourne), Kyle Bobby Dunn and Richard Lainhart (NYC), and has produced
several CD and DVD releases on his own label, Vanished Records.
http://transparentmeans.net/ <http://transparentmeans.net/>
 
James Ross is a guitarist and composer living in Brooklyn, NY. Originally
from Pittsburgh, PA, he has studied guitar at the University of Pittsburgh
and the Mannes College of Music in New York City. He is currently studying
North Indian classical music and composition with La Monte Young and Marian
Zazeela. A composer in a variety of genres, James has written music for
orchestral and chamber ensembles, as well as solo music for the guitar and
the zhongruan (a type of Chinese lute). In addition to scored works, he has
created electronic pieces and recordings of improvised music. Recent
performances as a composer and performer on the electric guitar, laptop and
other instruments include sets at The Bell House; a performance with Kyle
Bobby Dunn at Issue Project Room; at Goodbye Blue Monday with David
Beardsley; providing live music for Katherine Liberovskaya and Ursula
Scherrer¹s OptoSonic Tea series at Diapason Gallery in Brooklyn; with video
artist Alex Carpenter at The Tank in Manhattan; and at Damrosch Park at
Lincoln Center as part of the guitar ensemble for Rhys Chatham¹s ³A Crimson
Grail.² As a classical guitarist, James has performed as a soloist and
ensemble player throughout the Northeastern Unites States. He received a
Solo Recitalist Fellowship in 1992 from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
and won the 1993 Mannes College of Music Concerto Competition, resulting in
a performance of Joaquin Rodrigo¹s ³Fantasia para un Gentilhombre,² at
Symphony Space in New York City.
http://www.facebook.com/jrossmusic <http://www.facebook.com/jrossmusic>
http://soundcloud.com/jrossmusic <http://soundcloud.com/jrossmusic>
 
Chris Jordan explores the medium of light, movement, and time through the
use of technology. His installations have appeared at the Moma, The New
Museum, The Whitney, The Museum of Natural History, The Chelsea Museum,
Times Square, numerous galleries and clubs; and the incidental spaces
inbetween. The common elements that define Chris¹ work include explorations
into memory, photography, film, interactivity, and projections. By examining
the political and social implications technology has on us through a
diversity of media, his work challenges the viewer to redefine perceptions
of audience and performer. In addition Chris teaches interactive design at
Baruch College and NYU; and organizes T-Minus, G33kXmas, rooftop movies, and
visualist salons in New York City.
 
Bradford Reed is a Brooklyn based composer, performer and producer who
fights and tames the idiosyncrasies of the pencilina, an original instrument
of his own design and construction. He played with King Missile III (and
produced 4 of their records) and in the Blue Man Group's original band. He's
composed for film and television including the music for Superjail! on Adult
Swim and is currently working on the score for Ugly Americans the new hit
series on Comedy Central, an album of his own music and playing the drums
with Zach Layton in their new project Minerals. More info at pencilina.com
<http://pencilina.com/>
 
Andrea Monti is an Italian artist and curator, living and working in
Brooklyn, NY. His work ranges from mixed-media collages to music for films
and video-installations. In 2005, he was one of the founders of the Lucca
Film Festival, annual event in Italy focused on avant-garde and experimental
cinema, where he presented over the years large retrospectives of works by
Stephen Dwoskin, Kenneth Anger, Michael Snow, Guy Debord, Christian Lebrat,
and others. Recently, he has been curating film series, exhibitions and
video-programs for Anthology Film Archives, FIAF (French Institute), Italian
Cultural Institute, White Box Gallery and Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh).
His current projects include Microscope Gallery, a new art space in Brooklyn
devoted to film, video, sound, and other time-based arts
(www.microscopegallery.com <http://www.microscopegallery.com/> )
  
 
for more information about OptoSonic Tea please visit:
http://www.diapasongallery.org/optosonic.html