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Download flyer As you would have heard at CAPTURE's distribution event last Monday at the ICA - Artists' Film: Facing the Digital Future; artists film and video can be seen both as as a distributable work and as an art object. Last Monday's event dealt mostly with dance and the moving image and artists' film as a distributable work. On Wednesday at the CAPTURE/Picture THis/Watershed event - Performance on Screen - at The Watershed, Bristol there will be among other things an opportunity to hear about artists film work in performance relation to collections. There will also be one-on-one opportunities to talk about your work and your practice with Writer/Curator Tracey Warr and myself. From CAPTURE via email
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Dafna Naphtali / Zachary Seldess / Hans Tammen Mon - Fri, March 17 - 21, 10am - 6pm $1200 + membership $75 http://www.harvestworks.org/cms/ From its central SoHo location in New York City, Harvestworks brings together innovative practitioners from all branches of the digital arts, and provides a vital context and catalyst for creativity in the field. For the last thirty years we have offered artists on-site recording studios, programming services, workshops, classes and one-on-one tutorials in emerging technologies supporting the pioneers of computer music with equipment and instruction. As a tool for artists, Max has been a central part of the Harvestworks program for almost 20 years. We offer regularly scheduled year-round classes and workshops on a wide variety of topics relating to Max/MSP and Jitter; as well as our Certificate Program, a flexible course of one-on-one instruction. Now, Harvestworks is offering a full-week, 40hr crash course in the basics of Max/MSP and Jitter, run by veteran Max programmer Dafna Naphtali, Harvestworks engineer and teacher Zachary Seldess, and Harvestworks' Deputy Director Hans Tammen. The course is designed for beginners who want to get a head start with this software package. The course may be especially appealing to artists living outside of New York City who don't have the opportunity to learn Max in their own hometown and who would enjoy a week in New York City. The cost of the course is $1200, plus $75 for the annual Harvestworks membership that is required to take the course. The course is March 17-21, Monday through Friday 10am to 6pm. Working in our computer lab after 6pm can also be arranged. Lecture demonstrations will alternate with practice time, and some of our Max-savvy interns can be available to assist during practice time. Workstations with Max/MSP/Jitter will be available, but it is also recommended that you bring your own laptop. The course will provide lots of practice and sample patches. Students enrolled in Max/MSP/Jitter related classes at Harvestworks are eligible for Cycling 74's educational discount when purchasing the software. The course is limited to 10 students. We will not provide meals or snacks for the course, but can point to lots of cheap dining places in the neighborhood. We also cannot provide accommodations, but can help with posting requests or bringing you in contact with other artists who might be able to help. New York State composers who would like to take this course can be eligible for travel subsidies from the New York State Music Fund. Please call in for details, the funds would be disbursed on a first come, first serve basis. To sign up for the course, or if you have further questions, please call Hans Tammen at 212-431-1130 ext 13, or go to our webstore MAX CRASH COURSE OUTLINE: Day 1 - The Basics: Objects vs. messages vs. comments; ordering of operations; math in Max; scaling and mapping ranges of numbers; playing sound files. Day 2 - Basics of modular programming; live audio input; recording sound files; simple data storage. Day 3 - Controlled chaos; useful GUI objects; more data storage; basics of synthesis. Day 4: Interfacing with the outside world. Overview of MIDI, the HI object (game controllers), Wii controller, the Harvestworks Sensor Station, using a Wacom tablet. Wireless Miditron. Data storage. Day 5: Introduction to Jitter: Jitter matrix; basic matrix processing; playing and basic manipulation of QuickTime movies; basics of Open GL. INSTRUCTOR BIOS: DAFNA NAPHTALI has been a Max teacher and programmer at Harvestworks since 1995. She earned a degree in Music Technology at NYU. She was Chief Engineer of the NYU Music Technology Studios until 1998, and has taught Max there as an adjunct instructor since 1996. Naphtali is also an academic advisor for both undergraduate and graduate students in NYU's Music Technology program. She was a programmer for two years for many artists and her own projects at multi-channel sound gallery Engine 27. As a composer, writing custom Max/MSP programs since 1992 has enabled her to perform and compose using her laptop-based noise/audio processing “instrument” to alter the sound of her singing, vocalisms, personalized recordings as well as the sound of any musician playing with her. She has received commissions and awards from New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, Experimental TV Center, American Composers Forum, Brecht Forum, and has held residencies at STEIM (Holland), Music OMI and iEAR at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute. http://www.dafna.info ZACHARY SELDESS currently works at Harvestworks as a resident Programmer/Teacher, and at Brooklyn College CUNY as adjunct faculty. He also works at The CUNY Graduate Center’s New media Lab creating interactive virtual sound environments in 3D Game Space using the Torque Game Engine and Max/MSP. He is currently pursuing a PhD in composition at The Graduate Center CUNY where his primary teachers are Amnon Wolman and Morton Subotnick. Previously he worked as a performer, composer, private teacher and adjunct professor at Wilbur Wright College and Harold Washington College in Chicago. As a composer, Zachary has collaborated with artists in many mediums including theater, dance, film, and poetry. He spends much of his time these days creating interactive media artwork, particularly within the Max/MSP/Jitter programming environment. Programming projects include work with Jane Rigler on Manhattan New Music Project's "Music Cre8tor", a sensor/software music-creating interface for developmentally challenged children. http://www.zacharyseldess.com/ HANS TAMMEN is currently Deputy Director at Harvestworks, and is responsible for the oversight of all projects related to Max/MSP/Jitter and Physical Computing, as well as managing the education program and the studios. In this position he encounters the projects of approx. 250 clients, students and Artist In Residence per year. After an initial degree in Adult Education in 1988 he taught as an adjunct at Kassel University, and as part of his works as a union technology consultant from 1992 to 2000 he held about 120 one to five-day seminars using modern seminar techniques like metaplan, role-plays, and others. As a composer/guitarist he is best known for his "Endangered Guitar" works, interfacing his guitar with Max/MSP. Signal To Noise called his works "...a killer tour de force of post-everything guitar damage", All Music Guide recommended him: "...clearly one of the best experimental guitarists to come forward during the 1990s." http://www.tammen.org

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Dear all,

First of all... 'Big thank you!!' for those who managed to come down
to witness and became a part of my experiments at The Tank, last
Thursday!
It was quite funny and interesting experiments with some mishaps and
unexpected, but I got very good directions and ideas which would help
develop the pieces for the future. They will keep growing (Pls. allow
me to keep you updated;) haha~!!

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And the usual... (!)

TONIGHT! Sunday, February 10th, 2008, Share @Reboot, E. Village, NYC
(Reboot, 37 Ave. A, E. Village, NYC)

We have no featured guest sets tonight - which means....
we will have the audio/visual openjam ALL-NIGHT-LONG!

I'll be back down there to hang out through the night! Please come
down, join the fun!!

And, more is included below. Enjoy the slightly warm climate!!

Keiko Uenishi, a part of SHARE
http://share.dj
http://obla.at
http://myspace.com/oblaat (firefox only)
http://last.fm/music/o.blaat (the page made by cronica:)

*********regular event list below ******

1) (from Share) - tonight!

SHARE on sundays
http://share.dj

Greetings from SHARE,

come to hang with good friends!
come to jam!
come to have a drink!
come to chill!
come to see/hear....

SHARE is always 100% FREE!!

------ Share on Sun. February 10th, 2008.
@Reboot, 37 Ave. A (between E. 2nd x 3rd sts.), E. Village, NYC.
stop by anytime between 7 pm - 1 am
Map >> http://tinyurl.com/3a6wrg

We have no featured guest tonight.

... but it means(!) that we will have the audio/visual openjam ALL-
NIGHT-LONG!

More the merrier! Bring in your gear/instruments/equipment/yourself
to join the fun, and/or simply show up and hang out with us:)

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Please find SHARE at Reboot!!!!!!
no cover as always been!!

SHARE is always ON every Sunday!
(if the dates are not appearing below - it has no guests but we're
rocking all-night for openjam!)

Sun. Feb. 17th - Share in Boston @CCTV (share.tv) launches! 6:30-8:30
p.m.
Live broadcast on CCTV from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. with featured guest,
Becky James and DJ /rupture.
Check it at http://hotsocieties.com/share !

Sun. March 9th - Share@Reboot
Gary Lee Nelson

Sun. April 20th - Share @Reboot
Dora Bleu

also...
Share.mobile at the closing night at Issue Project Room's previous
location with the silo, filmed by Joel Schlemoitz, is now available
for viewing at IPR's site!

http://www.issueprojectroom.org/silo.html

For Joel's site:
www.joelschlemowitz.com


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(what is SHARE?)
SHARE is an organization dedicated to fostering open and spontaneous
collaborations between audio and video artists, and providing the
necessary infrastructure to support this community. SHARE
accomplishes this through a weekly free event, special large-scale
events held in various cities, and a strong Internet presence. SHARE
operates on an open and free philosophy, making our events as broadly
accessible as possible and releasing software and media under open
licensing schemes.
More info can be found at
http://share.dj

also...
Share in Montreal, Canada - http://www.sharemtl.com
Share in Wiesbaden, Germany - http://www.friends-of-tracking-data.org
Share in San Diego - http://www.sharesd.org/
Share in Los Angeles - http://share.la-va.org/
Share.outpost in Melbourne, Australia -
http://www.shareoutpost.org/index.html
Share in Zurich, Switzerland - no web yet
Share in St. Petersburg, Russia - http://sharespb.aposition.org/
Share in Geneva, Switzerland - http://share.sigma6.ch/
Share (improvE SHARE) in Belgrade, Serbia -
http://www.myspace.com/improvedistrict
Share in Bremen, Germany - http://www.sharebremen.de/
Share in Berlin, Germany - http://www.shareberlin.de
Share Taz in Prague, Czech Republic -
http://radioswap2.ulb.ac.be/programme.php/001pr1688
Share in Budapest, Hungary - no web yet
Share in Edinburgh, Scotland - http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~pkmital/share
(Thursdays @Baraka Bar, Edinburgh)
Share in Wels, Austria - http://sharedj.clubforum.at
Share in Boston - http://hotsocieties.com/share (launch on Feb. 17,
08!)

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2) (from eric redlinger) - re-post - daytime before Share:)

ASTERIA (Eric Redlinger/Sylvia Rhyne)
http://asteriamusica.com/premier.html

Upcoming concert (today):

Sunday, February 10, 2008, 3:00 PM
A public house concert at the home of Thomas Boyd & Oralee Wachter
251 West 19th Street, NYC 10011
$20 / refreshments will be serverd
RSVP: tomora0303 at earthlink.net

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3) (from anthony huberman) - re-post - come up to Share for after-
hangout!

Welcome to The Steins

#2: IN C
Please come hear 3 recordings of Terry Riley's "In C" playing at the
same time, along with an interlude of live accompaniment on clarinet,
banjo, cello, a spoon hitting a glass of water, and other instruments.
We'll also have some wine and flowers.

Sun. February 10, 2008 6 -- 9 pm

The Steins
36b Orchard Street, NYC 10002
Short exhibitions in a small room, sometimes

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4) (from tom ritchford)

We're back again as always, tonight, this and every Monday
at Cave Canem!

Tom Swirly's Psych-o-delic Cirqueus.

A monstrously strange avant-garde musical/talk show with variety
acts, weirdness, and sensation
with Tom Swirly playing himself

Jazz at Swirly U.

This week's guests!
Tom Blatt Project http://www.myspace.com/tomblattproject
Kid Lucky
Vieux Verge

Residents:
Amy Uzi
Jeremy Weirdo
Kid Lucky
Tom Swirly


Monday, February 11, 8 till 11:30. $5

At Cave Canem
24 First Ave
(under Lucky Cheng's)



http://maps.google.com/maps?q=24+1st+Ave,+New+York,+NY+10009,+USA&sa=...

NOTE NOTE NOTE:

We are always auditioning for musicians, dancers and performers --
please reply
if interested!


Next week, Feb 18: the regulars, Andrew Thomas, TBA.

--
/t

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5) (from jennifer stock)

UnTapped @ The Tank
curated by Jessica Schmitz of PKN Productions
2.13.08 @ 7:30 pm, $7 cover
279 Church Street
http://www.thetanknyc.org/music

Alligator Eats Fish, Passenger Fish, Jen Stock

Enter the wormhole passage of the theatrically pleasurable rock band
PASSENGER FISH. This group of creative misfits combines hard grooves,
beautiful loopiness, and falsetto vocalizations, with sea-chanty-esque
audience sing-a-longs and soulful undertones of rock past future.

JEN STOCK will perform a new audiovisual project, called
"Grainery," which is a live processing piece based on
footage of a bizarre abandoned structure in the countryside,
accompanied by an ambient soundscape consisting of
granular piano sounds.
www.soundbookone.com

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6) (from the kitchen) - re-post but 'incl. the added show to the sold-
out Brent Green's show!


----- this one below is the added show info! -----

Brent Green
with featured performances by musicians Jim Becker (Califone), Brendan
Canty (Fugazi) and Fred Lonberg-Holm (Wilco, Freakwater)

Wednesday, February 13
10pm Show Added
8pm Sold Out

Tickets: $10
Best known for his darkly humorous, stop-motion, animated films that
touch on themes of love, death, salvation, and the underworld,
filmmaker Brent Green performs live this evening, narrating a series
of new and recent films which will be screened alongside a live
musical score performed by three extraordinary musicians: Jim Becker
(Califone), Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Fred Lonberg-Holm (Wilco,
Freakwater).

A self-taught artist from Pennsylvania, Green writes, directs, builds,
and narrates his short film animations, combining handcrafted figures
with drawings and found props to create haunting, atmospheric
backdrops for his alluringly twisted stories. For this evening Brent
will premiere several new films and screen related recent works,
including Old Country Songs, Louisville/Gravity, Walt Whitman's Brain,
Carlin, and Paulina Hollers.


To purchase tickets please click here >>
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?orgId=20664
or call the Box Office: 212-255-5793 ext. 11. Box Office Hours: Tue-
Sat, 2-6pm

VISA, American Express, and MasterCard accepted. Paid reservations
only. A $1 per ticket handling fee applies to all phone orders.

-------- and this -------------

Film / Dance
Amy Granat, Felicia Ballos, and Flora Wiegmann:
An Evening with Cinema Zero

February 22 and 23 (Friday and Saturday), 8pm
Tickets: $10
Filmmaker Amy Granat teams up with choreographers Felicia Ballos and
Flora Wiegmann to present a new collaborative film and dance
performance. In addition, Granat has selected a film and video program
featuring short works by Hollis Frampton, Joan Jonas, Peter Kubelka,
Richard Serra, and Joyce Wieland, among others.

Cinema Zero is an ongoing project that activates connections between
artists of different generations and fosters experimentation across
disciplines.


For more information about all Kitchen events, visit
www.thekitchen.org.
The Kitchen is located at 512 West 19th Street between 10th and 11th
Avenues.
Subway: A, C, E to 14th Street; 1 to 18th Street; L to 8th Avenue

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7) (from issue project room) - multi-dates

ISSUE PROJECT ROOM
The (OA) Can Factory
232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Telephone: 718-330-0313

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February celebrates the individuality of instrumentation with a week
of horns, percussion, string and voice. ISSUE Project Room's artistic
director Suzanne Fiol curates in collaboration with 4 outstanding
musicians, Chris McIntyre for a week of horns, Billy Martin for a week
of percussion, Zach Layton for a week of strings and Sarah Ibrahim for
a week of voice.

A WEEK OF PERCUSSION
Curated in collaboration with Billy Martin

Wednesday February 13th
billy martin + the iktus percussion quartet

Billy Martin is best know for his band Medeski Martin and Wood, and
performing/recording with John Zorn, John Scofield, Cibo Mato, Iggy
Pop and Cyro Baptista.

Iktus Percussion Quartet is a funky-frenetic Percussion/ New Music
group on a mission to change the way music is perceived by the lay
listener. Influenced by a broad range of world music and
instrumentation, and committed to playing fresh new compositions from
up and coming artists, Iktus is on the cutting edge of the percussion
genre. In addition to performance, we are also available for
educational programs ranging from school age workshops to master
classes. Let us inspire you! Projects in the works: Concert of "New
Works" with Random Access Music(RAM), "Dance & Beat" Collaboration
with Modern Dance. Endorsed by: Mike Balter Mallets www.mikebalter.com,
& Grover Pro Percussion www.groverpro.com

8pm $10

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Thursday February 14th
raz mesinai + amir ziv

This evening Mesinai will premier several exciting new works for
percussion and electronics featuring the versatile drummer Ches Smith
among others TBA.

RAZ MESINAI

Composer and multi instrumentalist Raz Mesinai was born in Jerusalem
in 1973. His first two decades were spent in frequent transit between
Jerusalem and New York City, where he became immersed in both the
worlds of traditional Middle Eastern music, and the dub and hip-hop
scenes of the eighties and earlynineties in New York City. Mesinai's
electronic and electro-acoustic music exists at the crossroads of
composition, sound design and modern studio production. Raz was a
featured artist in the "Next, Next Wave" festival of the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, and opened for Nubian master musician Hamza El Din
at Lincoln Center, a personal highlight. Raz has received commissions
from the Lincoln Center Festival in both 2000 and 2001, and In 2004,
following his developing interest in visual narrative and storytelling
in music, Mesinai was a Fellow at the Sundance Composer's Lab. This
year Mesinai was commissioned to compose works for Ethel, Maya Beiser,
VIA, and The Kronos Quartet.

"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" drum & percussion pieces by
Amir
Ziv & Steve Honoshowsky with special guest, Billy Martin

AMIR ZIV

"The astounding drum work of Amir Ziv may convince even the most ruff-
neck kids that they're in the hands of a master." URB - Chris Muniz

Since arriving in the US in 1990 from his native country of Israel,
Amir Ziv has emerged as one of the country's most forward-thinking
&
visionary drummers, setting deep marks in both the Nu-Jazz as well as
the "live" electronica scenes. His work with his band Droid featuring
the work of Miles' musical director/producer/synthesist - Adam
Holzman, bassists Tim LeFebvre and Yossi Fine and trumpeter Jordan
McLean, produced some of NYC's most on-the-edge "live" electronica.
Amir's other band that he leads is KOTKOT, featuring percussionist to
the stars Cyro Baptista, NYC's "down-town" guitar-God Marc Ribot and
bassist Shahzad Ismaily. Notable sideman credits such as Trey
Anastasio, Cibo Matto, Beat The Donkey and Graham Haynes and his
educator status has brought recent demand for his musical skills the
world over.

STEVE HONOSHOWSKY

Steve Honoshowsky has been a percussionist for almost fifteen years
and has professionally performed on drums and percussion for almost
nine years. Steve teaches private instruction and is a facilitator of
the TRAP (The Rhythmic Arts Project) program. He has performed for
audiences all over the country in a variety of different musical
groups ranging from jazz, funk and metal to many solo drum
performances as well. One of the many groups he has performed in
called No Use For Humans has had very positive reviews from many
international music publications such as Progression, READ, and High
Times magazines among many others. No Use For Humans have performed
throughout the tri-state area and have opened for Skeleton Key,
Captured By Robots, and The Legendary Pink Dots. In addition,
Steve's has studied with Chris Pennie (Dillinger Escape Plan/Coheed
and Cambria) and Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood).

8pm $10

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Friday February 15th
susie ibarra + talujon

Susie Ibarra solo percussion
performing music from her recent release , Drum Sketches, on Innova
Records

Susie Ibarra, percussionist and composer lives in New York City. She
received a music diploma from Mannes College of Music and B.A. from
Goddard College. Susie Ibarra studied Kulintang with Danongan
Kalanduyan and drum set with Buster Smith, Vernel Fournier and Milford
Graves.
As a percussionist, she has performed southeast Asian gong music,
jazz, avant-garde, improvised and solo concert works. She has
performed with many great artists such as John Zorn, Dave Douglas
Pauline Oliveros, Derek Bailey, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, William
Parker, Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti, John Lindberg, Wadada
Leo Smith, Mark Dresser, Thurston Moore, Savath and Savalas, Prefuse
73, Yo La Tengo, among others.
She was nominated "Best Drummer" in the Village Voice, Downbeat,
Jazziz, The Wire. Susie Ibarra is a Yamaha, Paiste & Vic Firth
Artist.
She currently performs solo works and with Susie Ibarra Trio with
Jennifer Choi & Craig Taborn; Mephista, collective electro-acoustic
trio with Sylvie Couvoisier & Ikue Mori; Shapechanger with poet
Yusef
Komunyakaa; Mark Dresser & Susie Ibarra Duo; Mundo Ninos children's
music; and Filipino trance music, with Roberto Rodriguez, Electric
Kulintang.


Tal (tal) adj. having to do with rhythmic cycles in Indian music
Lujon (loo-zhon) n. a metal log drum
Talujon (tal-loo-zhon) n. a four-member drum ensemble
that performs classic and new music using traditional
-- and not-so-traditional -- instruments
Based in New York City, Talujon performs regularly at
Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Kitchen,
and the Knitting Factory. Talujon has appeared in
universities and concert halls throughout the U.S.,
and on such festivals as Taipei's Lantern Festival,
BAM's Next Wave Festival, Chautauqua, California's
Festival of New American Music, and Bang on a Can.
For the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts series,
Talujon developed the program "A World of Influences",
which incorporates Talujon group compositions
featuring homemade instruments and traditional
instruments from six continents.

Percussionist Michael Lipsey has performed at
festivals in Berlin, Mexico City, Taipei, Macao,
Tokyo, La Jolla, New York, Moscow, Bogota and Lille,
France. Michael is the founding member of Talujon
Percussion and has also performed with the Lincoln
Center Chamber Music Society, Tan Dun, Steve Reich
Ensemble, New York New Music Ensemble and Riverside
Symphony. He has received funding from the
PSCUNY-36 Award for a solo CD which was released in
October, 2006. The music on the CD contains recently
commissioned works for solo hand drums and includes
composers Mathew Rosenblum, Arthur Kreiger, Eric Moe,Dominic Donato,
David Cossin and David Rakowski.

David Cossin is a specialist in new and experimental
music, Cossin has managed to stretch the boundaries of
percussion performance by incorporating new media
across a broad spectrum of musical and artistic forms.
David Cossin has recorded and performed
internationally with composers and ensembles including
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Steve Reich and Musicians,
Philip Glass, Yo-yo Ma, Meredith Monk, Tan Dun, Cecil
Taylor, Don Byron, Talujon Percussion Quartet,
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Bo Didley.. Numerous
theater projects include collaborations with Blue Man
Group, Mabou Mines, and the director, Peter Sellars.
David was featured as the percussion soloist in Tan
Dun's Grammy and Oscar winning score to Ang Lee's film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

8pm $10

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Saturday Fevruary 16th
cyro baptista + billy martin

tonight Baptista and Martin will perform their magic in a mix of duets
and music to films

Since arriving in the U.S. in 1980 from his native country Brazil,
Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the premier percussionists in the
country. Coinciding with the rise in the public's interest of world
music, Cyro has managed to record and tour with some of music's most
popular names. His mastery of Brazilian percussion and the many
instruments he creates himself, have catapulted him into world renown.

With his own project, the percussion and dance ensemble known as 'Beat
the Donkey' Cyro gives free reign to his imagination, mixing his
tremendous musical skills, his natural humor and theatrical ways with
instruments from Brazil, Middle East, Indonesia, Africa and US.

Cyro's credits read like a "Who's Who" of modern music. He toured
extensively with Yo-Yo Ma's Brazil Project, Trey Anastasio's Band (of
Phish), John Zorn's Electric Masada, Herbie Hancock's Grammy award
winning "Gershwin's World" , Sting and Paul Simon's "Rhythm of the
Saints".
The wide range of artists Cyro Baptista has performed and recorded
with include: David Byrne, Kathleen Battle, Gato Barbieri, Dr. John,
Brian Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Palmer, Melissa Etheridge, Laurie
Anderson, John Zorn, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Michael Tilson Thomas,
Daniel Barenboin, Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo-Ma, Medeski
Martin & Wood, Spyro Gyra, Trey Anastasio from Phish, Jay-Z, Snoop
Dogg, Santana and Sting. He has also played with many respected
Brazilian artists such as Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Ivan
Lins, Marisa Monte, and Nana Vasconcelos.

8pm $10

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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17 - _not_ the part of 'week of percussion'
BRUNCH 12:30; READING 1:00.

BRAVE NEW WORLD REPERTORY THEATRE
5th annual play reading salon series.
FOOD, WINE AND A READING
WITH SOME OF BROOKLYN'S BEST PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

Returns to Issue Project Room with
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE'S NO EXIT
Directed by Royston Coppenger
With Karl Greenberg, Claire Beckman*, Chris-Lindsay-Abaire*, Damon
Pooser* and Alvin Hippolyte
*indicates members of actors equity association.

Director's note:
No Exit was first performed at the Vieux-Colombier in Paris in May
1944, just a few months before the city was liberated by the Allies.
Perhaps the experience of living in occupied France influenced
Sartre's portrait of the doomed trio locked in an eternal prison, with
nothing to do but tear each other down. Sartre's glum antihero Garcin
is often seen as a kind of wry self-portrait of the author, filled
with a mixture of grandiose desire and bitter self-contempt. The women
who surround him, Estelle and Inez, are themselves mutually exclusive
contradictions: Estelle eternally addicted to love and romance, Inez
eternally addicted to destroy what she can't possess. In the play
Sartre shows us that imprisonment isn't created by the prison itself;
it's what you do with the boundaries you're given. Or, to quote the
play's most famous line, "Hell is other people".


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directions

Subway F Line, Subway G Line
to CARROLL ST-SMITH ST stop
Walk East down Third St over Gowanus Canal to Third Av

Subway F Line, Subway M Line, Subway R Line
to NINTH ST-FOURTH AVE stop
Walk North on Fourth Av. West on Third St to Third Av

Bus B37, Bus B71
to THIRD AVE-THIRD ST (Westbound) or THIRD AVE-UNION ST (Eastbound)
From Union St, walk South on Third Ave to Third St

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8) (from zuvuya collective )

come celebrate the 1 year anniversary of
>
> love
>
> at Hotel QT
> 125 west 45th street
>
> (swimwear strongly encouraged)
>
> VALENTINES DAY!!!!
>
> thursday, february 14th
> 7pm - 2am
>
> (ITS ALSO AN EXCUSE TO PARTY
> WITH EVERYONE'S FAVORITE HIPSTER
> PERRY SHIMON - WHO IS BACK IN NYC
> FOR A WEEK)
>
> Open bar sponsored by 42 below
> 7 - 830p
>
> free wellness consultations from 7p - 10p
>
> giftbags at midnight
>
> and a special raffled gift basket
>
> djs
>
> sabo
> aaron james
> spontaneous underground
> lauren flax
>
> zuvuya collective (visuals)
>
> rsvp to rsvp@projektnyc.com
>
> no list. no entry. no joke.
>
> live. laugh. love

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9) (from hans steiner)

next NYC Hacklab: Saturday, Feb 23rd, noon til 6pm @ Eyebeam

We have a date for the next hacklab, we are doing it at Eyebeam on
Saturday, Feb 23rd, noon until 6pm as part of their Open Lab/
Education Lab. You can find out more about the hacklab here:

http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1164834526

Last time at ITP/NYU, there was also lots of discussions related to
xbee, specific standoffs for snapping on shields, the Diecimila noise
problem, and other things I don't know about. We got a couple cool
demos of projects in process:

- lithium battery shield with charging from the USB (Chris Ladden/
avrman)
- little touchscreen LCD shield with library (Chris Ladden/avrman)
- 320x240 screen with image/video control via serial with library
(Jeff Hoefs)

I hope to see you there!

.hc


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on-going) (from sawako)

everyday live video broadcasting : "sawako in apple island"


i launch the online live video broadcasting show named "sawako in
apple island"
in yahoo's new service, Y!Live, as one of their launch partners.
so far i only show my videos (live performances etc), and tomorrow is
the first time to show
up as the live broadcasting person. doki doki * i will do the girly
tea time chat with hikaru furuhashi (graphic designer, artist) from
16:30 (NYC / East Coast / sawako time) !

http://www.troncolon.com/apple

about the background story, please read this blog:
http://www.troncolon.com/e/?p=133

this may be related link:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2007/tc20070209_179924.htm

Y!Live is the service like mySpace + youTube + online broadcasting.

i am looking for the artists who want to introduce their works, live
shows and/or studios+ the guest broadcasters (i am thinking the
account becomes the share blog in future.)
i will record all the recordings for my future art works and/or
possibility of DVD release. so feel free to email me, if you are
interested in.

also, the service is still experimental phase. so the team is looking
for your bug reports and feedbacks. (actually so far from my
experiences, the server is sometime too slow. )

sawako

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call for participation) (from robert voisey)

Below is the call for works for the next 60x60. Entry is free.
Please note
the deadline is earlier this year (March 31st.) If you could
publicize,
disseminate, and promote this call as far and wide as you can that
would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


The Following is the Call for Works for the 60x60 project in 2008

Continuing to promote contemporary composer and their works, Vox Novus
is
inviting composers to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in
length to
included in its sixth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be
selected
to be played continuously in a one-hour concert. The 60x60 concert
season
will begin with a debut in New York City and continue throughout the
world
in venues to be announced. Please submit recording(s) of work and
submission
form post marked before March 31st, 2008 to:

60x60
c/o Robert Voisey
Radio City Station
P.O. Box 1607
New York, New York
10101 USA

More information can be found at:
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Call.htm
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm

During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely
at
the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and
the
beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces. Works
may
be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60 seconds.
Works
selected that are less than 60 seconds long will be "padded" with
silence
either before, after, or surrounding the composition. Please note that
the
total duration of the work including silence may NOT exceed sixty
seconds.

The 60x60 project's definition of a record work is as follows: any
work
created as a musical composition which is captured on recorded media,
which
does not require live performers for its production in broadcast at
concert
halls, radio, multi-media, etc. Its creation can include but not
limited to
acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sources, and computer
(Sampling,
MIDI, C Sound, ProTools, etc.)

Acoustic compositions should be submitted with the understanding that
it is
their recording that is of prime importance and is what will be used
to
determine its selection. Scores of works are strongly discouraged and
will
not be used in the selection process.

60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created
specifically
for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly
discouraged.
Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices,
organizational
systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives
recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable.

The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career
stage.
Works submitted must not have been previously performed or
broadcasted.
Compact Discs that include the audio submission must be labeled with
the
composer's name and the title of the work. The submission form must be
sent
at the same time with the submitted work. Submission form must contain
the
composer's name, address, email, phone number, composition title,
composition length, and track position on the compact disc.
Biographies and
program notes may be included on a separate sheet, but must be typed
and
each may be no longer than 100 words in length.

Multiple works may be submitted. Each work must be noted on the
submission
form(s) and clearly indicated on the CD. Do Not send originals! No
works
will be returned, and may be performed in subsequent performances
after the
debut concert. All submissions must be postmarked by March 31, 2008.
Selected works will be announced on August 1st, 2008. Submission of
the
work(s) on compact disc must be accompanied by the submission form and
sent
to:

60x60
c/o Robert Voisey
Radio City Station
P.O. Box 1607
New York, New York
10101 USA

Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by March 31, 2008

Submissions must include:

Submission Form (including bio and program notes) and a labeled CD
containing the submission in audio format. Submission forms can be
downloaded at http://www.VoxNovus.com/60x60/Call.htm or by written
request
to Vox Novus

Works selected for the 2008 60x60 project will be announced on August
1st,
2008. Composer will be notified of the results by email or they can
visit
http://www.VoxNovus.com

Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to
Support@VoxNovus.com
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TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY

Press release:

“Brown has always paired movement with lucid structures which, taken together, create dance that takes your breath away.”—Dance Magazine

New York, NY—Trisha Brown Dance Company will present a 2008 season at The Joyce Theater from February 5 through February 10 with a program of acclaimed new works and long-awaited revivals that range over the last 17 years. Often referred to as the grande dame of postmodern dance, Trisha Brown has carved a unique place on the international dance scene with her gravity-bending, fluid, yet unpredictable geometric style. Her revolutionary approach to movement with total disregard for assumptions has forever changed the way we look at dance. The Joyce Theater’s program, which illustrates the breadth of Ms. Brown’s unique movement vocabulary, will feature the revival of the popular Foray Forêt, the last of a series of four repertory works created in collaboration with visual art titan Robert Rauschenberg in the 80s; the New York premiere of the acclaimed I love my robots., her 2007 collaboration with Japanese visual artist and architect Kenjiro Okazaki; and the mysterious solo, If you couldn’t see me.

One of the highlights of The Joyce Theater season is Foray Forêt, Trisha Brown’s most requested work, which originally premiered in 1990 at Lyon Biennale de la Danse in France and has not been seen since 1994. This collaboration with Rauschenberg marks the beginning of the choreographer’s elegant and mysterious Back to Zero cycle in which she pulls back from external virtuosity to investigate simpler forms. Through the activation of gesture set off before the mind is engaged, Foray Forêt builds on a vocabulary of subconscious moves described by Ms. Brown as “delicate aberrations.” The piece’s most notable features include an original visual design and costumes (gold and silver) by Rauschenberg as well as a live marching band performing John Philip Sousa music. The band will parade inside the lobby, and possibly outside, playing with the audience’s perception of time and space.

I love my robots., which premiered in January 2007 at Montclair State University in New Jersey, is a clever and humorous meditation on the world of robots, in which Ms. Brown examines the relationship between human and abstract objects. Building on the choreographer’s long tradition of working with fellow artists, the work features a set design by acclaimed Japanese artist Kenjiro Okazaki, an original score by Laurie Anderson, and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. Okazaki’s set--two robots made up of a light cardboard tube and fastened to a small platform operated from off-stage--highlights the interplay between the living and the inert, blurring the lines between the two and exploring their ebbs and flows.

The Joyce Theater run will also include the solo dance, If you couldn’t see me, performed by Leah Morrison. Originally premiered at the Joyce Theater in 1994, the piece was hailed by The New York Times as “a vision of elegant lucidity.” If you couldn’t see me features costume design and a sound score of electronic music by Rauschenberg, with lighting by Spencer Brown, all contributing to the piece’s seductive beauty.

Trisha Brown Dance Company’s dancers are Sandra Grinberg, Hyun-Jin Jung, Todd McQuade, Leah Morrison, Melinda Myers, Tony Orrico, Tamara Riewe, Judith Sanchez Ruiz, and Todd Lawrence Stone.

Trisha Brown Dance Company will be performing from February 5-10, 2008 on the following schedule: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm. Following the performance on Wednesday, there will be a free post-performance conversation with Trisha Brown.

All tickets are $35 ($26 for Joyce Members) and are available by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or via the internet at http://www.joyce.org/smith06.html. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street.

Foray Forêt was commissioned by the Lyon Biennale de la Danse in association with the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d’Angers, the Wexner Center for Visual Arts, the Walker Art Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and Cal Performances, University of California at Berkeley. Additional support was received from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

I love my robots. was commissioned by The Office of Arts & Cultural Programming, Montclair State University and Montpellier Danse Festival through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional funding was provided by the Japan Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, the Charles Engelhard Foundation and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Laurie Anderson’s music was commissioned by the Trisha Brown Dance Company.

If you couldn’t see me was made possible with funds by Dance Ink, Inc., the Charles Engelhard Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation. Generous Individual support was given by Mr. William Forsythe, and Mr. S.A. Spencer.

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