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.
Maria Chavez creates electro-acoustic sound pieces utilizing a collection of needles that range from immaculate to broken (“Pencils of Sound”) and a collection of records in various conditions (“The Palette”). “As an active member of the improvised music scene, she has earned a reputation as one of the most alluring electro-acoustic improvisers in the underground.” She has collaborated with improvisers from across the country and around the world, notably guitarist Christina Carter of well-known bands Scorses and Charlambides. Their duo, Weird Cookie, toured the East Coast in 2003 to much acclaim. In 2004, Chavez and London-based laptop improviser Kaffe Matthews won a DLI grant to record in Kingston, New York. Chavez has also performed with free jazz great Jack Write, Tatsuya Nakamura, Ricardo Arias, fellow turntablist Motoko Shimizu, visual artist/musician Donna Huanca, and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth in her debut performance in New York City.