Jim Pugliese and Grady Gerbracht will perform an improvised set with the intention of discovering and dialoging with the inner rhythms and frequencies of the architecture itself. Contact microphones will be fixed to the structures at strategic points where the interaction of the performers and the architecture will be amplified.
Jim Pugliese is a drummer, percussionist and composer. In his most recent work he combines years of experience improvising, playing new and experimental music and world music. For the last fifteen years, while living in the east villag eof New York City, Jim has been improvising and recording with many of downtown’s most prominent composer/improvisers including John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Zeena Parkins, David Shea and Anthony Coleman.
Grady Gerbracht is an artist whose work focuses on the ordering systems of everyday life. Inspired by personal observations and life experiences, Gerbracht’s projects employ art, architecture, sound and social dynamics to render these systems temporarily visible. Currently he is forming a collaborative group with other artists who are interested in improvising the post-industrial built environment.