NbN Trio (Nora Barton, Billie Howard, Nomi Epstein) We’re having a wonderful time at High Concept Laboratories delving into what is new media for us. Our project AMBEDO is a multimedia pursuit involving our improvisations on prepared/inside the piano, violin, cello, a barrage of percussion instruments, and found sounds, in addition to video, projection and … Continue reading
As of today, I’ve spent two beautiful mornings working downstairs at HCL on a sound installation to take place on August 25th—it’ll be a double show with spectacular photographer Matthew Gregory Hollis (more to come on that later). Given the nature of the piece, I thought it best to spend one morning a week in … Continue reading
Since late 2009 we have developed compositions using a modified boombox – a tape loop machine that records and plays back simultaneously. Sounds that enter it are released within seconds, sounding gentle feedback. Our first compositions using this boombox and a shruti box marked the beginnings of our collaboration as Coppice, and a phase of … Continue reading
R We Who R We – Ted Hearne and Philip White in collaboration by Jacob Mikanowski For one week in March, Ted Hearne and Philip White will be bringing their musical collaboration R We Who R We to High Concept Laboratories. The simplest way to describe what R We Who R We does and the … Continue reading
Casey Smallwood reflects on her latest project as an HCL-sponsored artist: As part of my research during my residency at HCL, I organized an exhibition featuring works by Danielle Paz, Danny Volk, Marilyn Volkman and myself. As a group of peers, we are in constant dialogue with each other and our works. These transactions of … Continue reading
Here I am, sitting with my soft, smelly blanket. I was trying to catnap before work, but am greatly fooled. I am unable to stop obsessing over this show, even for a measly thirty minutes of nap time. Perhaps this is how it always will be while in the process of making the best show … Continue reading
Production notes from filmmaker and HCL-sponsored artist Kate Raney’s blog: The Cleo Project is an experimental short that uses Agnes Varda’s film Cleo From 5 to 7 as a prompt to explore performance and gender. Multiple women will enact the same scene from the film while being given direction and adjustments on set as cameras … Continue reading
So, the semi-opera we created at HCL, Light Waves & Their Uses, is headed into it’s final weekend of shows at the Building Stage. It’s been a quick, great run, and we got some really kind responses from friends, colleagues, even the press. And, as we near the end of this little adventure, it seems … Continue reading