November 2
great american voices
“You are cordially invited to step up and speak up”
On Election Day — The Artist Project for Insight, Action & Change, in affiliation with The Project Room, present Great American Voices, a free and open event calling upon the people of New York City, including artists, performers, writers, activists, and citizens to join us in reading aloud those most vital and historic poems, writings and speeches that have inspired and illuminated the fundamental principles of our American Democracy.
In conjunction with Creative Time and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Freedom of Expression National Monument, a public artwork by architect Laurie Hawkinson, performer John Malpede, a nd visual artist Erika Rothenberg, The Artist Project will utilize this enormous red megaphone, currently located in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan.
Through our voices, The Artist Project aims to resound such historic works like The Declaration of Independence, Walt Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Paine, Chief Seattle, among many, many more, as a reminder that the beauty of our First Amendment is not merely a freedom to express many things, but a rite to express those essential truths which cannot be silenced.
Participants are welcomed to bring their own selected material based on the merit and vision to uphold America’s stride for justice, peace, and equality.
November 13
Antiopic Records presents
Nicedisc
Nicedisc is the audiovideo duo of Jeff Pash and Nick Phillips. Their work extends from minimalist traditions in experimental film, exploring the aesthetic possibilities of reductionism. Having recently completed a UK tour in support of their debut DVD “Untitled” (Rebuild All Your Ruins), Nicedisc is currently working on multiple projection environments controlled live using custom-built software and hardware.
David Daniell
David Daniell is co-founder of Antiopic, a New York record label focusing on experimental electronic and electroacoustic music. Daniell has recorded and performed extensively as a member of San Agustin (with releases on Road Cone, Family Vineyard and Table of the Elements) and under his own name. His debut solo album sem was released in 2002; upcoming releases for early 2005 include a second solo album, an album of collaborations with Jeph Jerman, Sean Meehan and Tim Barnes (Quakebasket), and an interpretation of Earle Brown’s graphic score December 1952 (Table of the Elements).
www.antiopic.com
www.san-agustin.org
Ateleia
Ateleia is the moniker of Antiopic co-founder James Elliott, used to produce abstractly melodic electronic music. Ateleia music destabilizes classic notions of form and process in pursuit of a unique idea of song, focusing on structure and its decay. Which is to say he makes slightly improvised, slightly composed music with a computer. Debut release, Swimming Against The Moments, is out now on Antiopic.
www.ateleia.com
November 17
tim barnes (percussion) & margarida garcia (double bass)
Tim Barnes has performed and recorded alongside a diverse array of contemporary music?s most celebrated sound adventurers. The short list includes Tony Conrad, The Silver Jews, Jim O?Rourke, P.G. Six, Neil Hagerty, Ikue Mori, Pullmen, the Essex Green, Nagisa Ni Te, and the Tower Recordings. His sounds brings us to a rich and full universe of textures, strange patterns and rhythms in an unpredictable and inspired display. He invents and re-invents, organically as he goes, and in a way that is completely his own.
Margarida Garcia explores a language based on the use of the bow and finger in an accidental and erractic music. She has collaborated with musicians like Eddie Prevost, Carlos Giffoni, Barry Weisblat, Manuel Mota, Rhodri Davies and Mattin and the Tower Recordings.
November 19
impromptu party & benefit
Featuring single set performances with,
carol mirakove ……………………………. poetry
jack martin …………………………………. music
shelley hirsch ……………………………… voice
joel schlemowitz ………………………….. film
zeroboy ………………………………………… vocal acrobat