Sharon Cheslow & Coterie Exchange's Sonic Triptych III

Sharon Cheslow

10 Aug. '07 - 10 Aug. '07

Opens: August 10th, 7:30PM

Sharon Cheslow at The Arm

Sharon Cheslow and Coterie Exchange’s “Sonic Triptych III” is a sound event for multiple, random sets of 3 performers situated in a triptych – left, center, right – and interwoven like a round. Performers are instructed to represent themselves through sound-producing actions of their choice as a means of facilitating participatory and collaborative action. Previous versions of Sonic Triptych were presented at Telic Arts Exchange (2007), Illuminated Corridor (2006) and Ladyfest Bay Area (2002). This 30 minute version will be its New York premiere and will feature Paris filmmaker/video artist Matterlink (aka James Schneider).

Both Cheslow and Schneider have their roots in 1980s DC punk. Cheslow was in Chalk Circle, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Suture and co-authored Banned in DC with Cynthia Connolly. Schneider directed Blue is Beautiful, made with The Make-Up. For this event, Matterlink will vample intermittently with the Sonic Triptych participants as both collaboration and participation.

Matterlink, vampler, performs a “live cinema”, playing shots both found and filmed by the artist. He re-samples them with the original sound attached. Triggering these “sonic images” or “affect pockets” from a midi system, he transforms improvised refrains into raw, content-driven sound/image-scapes. In 1998, Schneider moved to Paris where he has been vampling solo and collaboratively since 2001. He recently completed the science fiction feature 1,2,3, Whiteout, a tone poem starring cult actor Lou Castel which premiered at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival.

The NY participants will include:
Chuck Bettis – electronics, voice
MV Carbon – electronics, synth
Sharon Cheslow – electronics, voice
Brooke Gillespie – voice, electronics, flutes
Barbara Gogan – guitar, drum machine
James Schneider – video
Kevin Shea – the problem box
Jenny Graf Sheppard – voice, tranoe, filter
Ethan Swan – toy piano, bells, fx
for more info:
www.sharoncheslow.com
www.myspace.com/sharoncheslow
www.vampler.net/matterlink
www.jamesjune.info/matterlink

also performing will be Totally Michael & Prizzy Prizzy Please