Active for over 30 years, composer William Basinski's haunting and melancholic soundscapes have made him an icon of contemporary ambient music. Tonight he performs solo. Aki Onda and Raha Raissnia return to ISSUE for their second duo, performing with oil paintings, film/slide projectors, tape recorders, and tube amps.
Excerpted from Artist-in-Residence Aki Onda and Raha Raissnia's 3 hour installation/performance "As If Someone Erased Outlines," presented in October 2012. Onda and Raissnia, and a guest musician Doron Sadja, perform with black oil paintings, film and slide projectors, tape recorders, tube amps and synthesizer. Video by Damian Calvo.
Onda, Raissnia and Doron Sadja perform with paintings, film/slide projectors, tape recorders, tube amps... Projecting 16mm film and slides onto the black surface of oil paints, Raissnia creates a deepened sense of immersion in an alien landscape, while Onda's soundscapes challenge the boundaries of the picture plane.