Synesthesia presents Déjà vu? on May 29th... Déjà vu? is a night of ambient music with multi-projection screening and liquid light by : A Clockface Orange.
Currently, Synesthesia presents Taji Ra'oof Nahl aka TR7’s solo show, " Inside VAULT SEVEN " at the gallery space.
Unfortunately, our rooftop is closed for renovation, and the event needs to be indoor for the next few weeks.
The gallery will open at 7pm and the performance will start at 7:30 pm. Please, everyone, keep wearing your mask.
●Date●
Saturday, May 29th, 7p m- 11 pm
●Address●
To be announced
You will get our address when you get a ticket via Eventbrite.
●Closing Exhibition●
" Inside VAULT SEVEN " by TR7
http://synesthesia.space/exhibitions
●Timeline ●
7:30pm-8pm: Concetta Abbate
8:20pm-8:50pm: Gestalt Tone Color x A Clockface Orange
9:10pm-9:40pm:Dawoud
10pm-10:30pm:THE SECRET CULT OF INFINITE KITTEN
●Performers ●
Concetta Abbate
Concetta Abbate is a classically trained violinist turned improviser and composer. Her musical career is defined by the philosophy that music knows no bounds. Grammy.com describes her original performances as a mix of “Violin and delicate vocals that float between the worlds of Modern Classical, Neo-Folk, and poignant and poetic verse”
She has worked as a recording artist and performed with countless orchestras and ensembles in NY. She has released four full length studio albums of her original music. Her compositions have been used in dance productions by Arch Contemporary Ballet as well as Wendy Osserman Dance Company and in films such as “L'attessa” (International Fashion Film Festival of Milan 2015). She has traveled as a distinguished composer in residence to TAKT Gallery in Berlin (2016) as well as the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Captiva Island, Florida (2019).
In 2014 she founded a Music Education program called Teacup Music which provides sliding scale music lessons to students in Brooklyn. Her teaching work has received grants from Brooklyn Arts Council, The Roothbert Fund and the Charles Mayer Foundation. Concetta holds degrees in Music, Education and Cultural Studies from Smith College (BA) as well as Columbia University (MA).
Bandcamp: https://concettaabbate.bandcamp.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/concetta_abbate
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Gestalt Tone Color x A Clockface Orange
Gestalt Tone Color (Gabriel Guma):Either as part of the electronic music group Underworld Oscillator Corporation, as a member of the expanded film collective Optipus, or in collaboration with filmmaker/sound artist/partner-in-crime Rachael Guma, GTC has performed at Anthology Film Archives, Fridman Gallery for the New Ear Festival, Theater 80, Kilroy Metal Ceiling, the Morbid Anatomy Museum, Parrish Art Museum, the annual Filmmakers Co-op Benefit, Mono No Aware XI, Mana Contemporary, Muchmore's, Secret Project Robot, Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image, Microscope Gallery, and the Knockdown Center. He has also contributed with live soundscapes to two of the Dreamlands expanded cinema series of events, co-organized by Microscope Gallery and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Recently, GTC co-wrote the score for E-Ticket, a short by experimental filmmaker Simon Liu, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Visuals by A Clockface Orange:Rachael Guma and Genevieve HK, working as the artist group known as A Clockface Orange, design and present live liquid-light performances to accompany musicians, sound artists, and musical recordings of all genres. Their work showcases an appreciation for ephemeral, experiential art inspired partly by the Fluxus movement and 1960s experimental culture. They have collaborated with, and perform as part of the expanded cinema collective known as Optipus, as well as on their own, in and around New York City. Their liquid light shows incorporate the use of water and oil based liquids on glass plates to create captivating “visual music” using analog overhead projection.
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Dawoud
Dawoud is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, and band leader of the ensemble God's Unruly Friends. In addition to being an accomplished guitarist and bassist, it is his work on the sitar and dilruba that earned his reputation as "The Jimi Hendrix of the sitar," His experiments with applying unprecedented concepts, techniques, and electronics, his fearless blending of genres, his electronic, symphonic, and chamber works, and his focus on the psychoactive properties of sound, have extended the boundaries of music. His performance will include selections from his Harmolodic Raga Cycle, and improvisations on secreal ancient themes.
https://godsunrulyfriends.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/godsunrulyfriends
musiciansformusicians.org
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THE SECRET CULT OF INFINITE KITTEN
THE SECRET CULT OF INFINITE KITTEN is an experimental sound and visuals project comprised of INFINITE KITTEN + RGB Values. They are a Brooklyn based AV duo specializing in a variety of different musical styles and visuals to match. The musical styles of INFINITE KITTEN range from. Dancefloor friendly techno-breaks and IDM to formless atmospheric noize and ambience.
Their real names are Nate Tronick and Julia Gordon. This couple has also performed in the past as Erotic Body Station, an electronic music duo that formed out of the NYC based Electronic Music collective known as WARPER PARTY.
They perform as a duo, but also as solo artists as a VJ duo known as RGB Values + n8tronick.
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●Rule●
Please keep wearing your mask and social distance during the party.
●Contact●
Synesthesia47@gmail.com