Maria Chavez

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Love Fest

Old American Can Factory

An evening of films, song and spoken word to celebrate Saint Valentine, Cupid, Aphrodite, Don Juan, Giacomo Casanova, you name them.

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Taku Unami & Sean Meehan, Olivia Block & Maria Chavez, Graham Lambkin & Michael Pisaro

Fridman Gallery: 287 Spring St., NYC 10013

AMPLIFY 2015 opens with a night of three duos. Chicago-based composer Olivia Block and NYC turntablist Maria Chavez play for the first time together. Exploratory percussionist Sean Meehan and Tokyo's Taku Unami, as well as LA-based composer Michael Pisaro and sound artist Graham Lambkin reprise their collaborations.

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AMPLIFY 2015: Exploratory

Ongoing Series

The 9th AMPLIFY series, presented with Erstwhile Records, Fridman Gallery and Shared Shapes, features three duo sets each night with performers Olivia Block, Maria Chavez, Anne Guthrie, Devin DiSanto, Kevin Drumm, Graham Lambkin, Jason Lescalleet, Sean Meehan, Ben Owen, Michael Pisaro, Vanessa Rossetto, and Taku Unami.

Elsewhere: An Evening of Escape

SPECIAL EVENT: ISSUE and the Van Alen Institute present an evening of performances and talks celebrating the launch of "Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape", exploring escape in the urban environment. With Richard Sennett, Keller Easterling, Joseph Keckler, Maria Chavez, Evan Calder Williams and more.

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A multi-sensory film+art+science extravaganza, based on the work of neuro-philosopher Dan Lloyd's research converting brain activity into musical scores. A collaboration between Lloyd, composer Aaron Einbond, filmmaker Elisa Da Prato, and neuroscientist Zoran Josipovic. Yarn/Wire and Maria Chavez perform.

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Volume (IV)

Volume (IV) is an improvising quartet featuring electroacoustic harpist Shelley Burgon, turntablist Maria Chavez, laptop artist Stephan Moore and electroacoustic flutist Suzanne Thorpe. Volume (IV) present a new work for ISSUE's hemiespheric 15-speaker sound system, with nightly contributions from installation artists.

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Maria Chavez

The Silo

Maria's final performance as artist in residence at ISSUE.

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Maria Chavez

The Silo

This performance marks the beginning of Chavez’s fall residency at ISSUE Project Room. Subsequent performances will be held on October 18th, November 19th, and December 21st.

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Maria Chavez and Michael J. Schumacher

Old American Can Factory

“Points in a Circle: Site-Specific Works for the Hemispheres at Issue project Room”
A month-long program that features new, site-specific work presented on IPR’s 16-Channel Hemispherical Speaker System

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