JUNE 3
TARANTULA
Danny Bensi (cello), Jamie Reeder (violin), Saunder Jurriaans (guitar/ bass), Gregory Rogove (percussion)
“Tarantula’s sound flows effortlessly from Astor Piazzolla/ film-music ambience to full hardcore Rave up and back, as if there were through-composed bands with cellos and classical guitars playing these rock clubs every night of the week. Soon there probably will be.”
This evening, Tarantula takes a slight departure from their usual instrumental compositions, rearranging their signature pieces with new variations ripe with improvisation and song.
JUNE 4
CHANTALE LAPLANTE & CHARLOTTE HUG
Improvisational duo
Charlotte Hug, from Zurich, and Chantale Laplante, from Montreal, met in London in 2001. Since then, they have performed, and were extremely well received, at the Free Radicals Series in Glasgow, the Red Rose Club in London in quartet with Phil Waschman and Marcio Mattos, as well as in Zurich and Sion (Derborence). In May 2004, they will join the remarkable line up of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville.
Charlotte Hug is a viola performer who also composes works using 3D graphic scores and multi-channel sound installations. Viola virtuoso and experienced improviser, Hug travels between acoustic and electronic sounds, bringing her instrument into a world of contrasts.
Chantale Laplante is a composer of contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic music. Her recent move into laptop improvising work draws from the recent tradition of acousmatic music in both the sounds she builds and the manner in which she combines them.
The musical meeting of these two musicians suggests amazing ‘paysages sonores’ (soundscapes), sharp, intricate, at times tranquil, at others vigorous and spirited.
JUNE 5
EJ RODRIGUEZ
Solo
JUNE 10
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM BENEFIT
Featuring
MARC RIBOT Y LOS CUBANOS POSTIZOS, ELLIOTT SHARP, REBECCA MOORE WITH PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS
Plus DJ Mike Wolf, poet Edwin Torres and other special guest speakers to be announced…
This June marks a year since ISSUE Project Room opened its doors! And to celebrate our feats and secure our future position, the Project Room is holding its first anniversary party at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts.
ISSUE Project Room is a sponsored organization of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization. All contributions made on behalf of the Project Room are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
The Project Room gives thanks to artist Eric Drooker for “Breaking the Bank”.
JUNE 17 – 21
GUM Magazine presents
A TRIBUTE TO MISTER FRED ROGERS
A Multimedia Exhibition
Exhibition Hours: Fri – Sat 11am-9pm; Sun – Mon 11am-6pm
Opening reception: Thursday, June 17, 7-10pm featuring a live performance by Hangar 18 from Definitive Jux Records, plus DJ James F!@#$%^ Friedman
“Fred Rogers was a man who wasn’t afraid to do things his way, however uncool that way may have been,” says Kevin Grady, who co-founded GUM with designer/artist Colin Metcalf in 2002. “Despite all common wisdom, there was no rapid-fire, attention deficit disorder-pandering on his TV show. No neon-colored mayhem at all. Just the same hand-knitted sweaters, the same simple puppets, the same old self-sung theme song.” And a simple, consistent gentleness that now, more than ever, is a comfort in a violent world.
Contibutors will include Phil Frost, Dalek, Richard Colman, Rick Valicenti, Guido Vitti, Michael Wiener, MCA/Evil Design, Bask, Aye Jay, Visibl, Magmo The Destroyer, Dean Bradley, typeStereo//SomeShine. Angela Boatwright, Lump Lipshitz, AA/ProjectorStudio, Mr. Florencio Zavala, Kandy Littrell, Linda Zacks/extra-oomph, Brett Phares, Randy Janson, Jon Burgerman, Ian Hanna and members of The Drama collective, along with Grady and Metcalf from GUM.
JUNE 23
A Summer Evening with the Faeries
Storybook readings and films by local artists and children
A free community evenrt at the 6B Community Garden, on the corner of East 6th Street and Avenue B
Join us in celebration of storytelling inspired by Faerie Literature and Mythology. The evening will include readings by neighborhood artists and children from Faerie, by Brian Froud and Alan Lee, as well as screenings of silent film. Adults and children are encouraged to come to the Garden dressed as their favorite Nymph, Sylph, Salamander or Gnome. Faerie snack favorites and sweet fruit teas will be prepared and served by chef Anila Groft of Edible Flowers.
JUNE 25
CARL MAGUIRE
Floriculture
Chris Mannigan alto saxophone; Trevor Dunn bass; Danny Weiss drums; Carl Maguire piano
Carl Maguire formed Floriculture in 2001 to play his tactile and rhythmically sensuous music. The band’s intimate familiarity with the music creates a kaleidoscopic sound where improvised dialogues envelop taut compositional pith.
Tonight will be Floriculture’s first performance of 2004. Inspired by Muhammad Ali and sexuality, they will perform several new compositions.