Saturday April 17 * 3pm * Advance Tickets Required
Curated by Maya Miller in conjunction with her exhibition "Slow Wave".
If you’ve been sleeping on Model Home, Nappa and Pat have become a prolific and potent unit of “liberated sound, vision and performance” emblematic of DC’s thriving musical underground community. Self-releasing nearly 20 albums in two years, Pat Cain and Nappa have perfected a sound; a raw expression that is wholly their own. A perfect musical balance attained through intense experimentations in sonic and lyrical imperfection. Nappa’s blurry-eyed spoken word raps should be recognised alongside the powerful polemics of Moor Mother or the explosive experimentation of Pink Siifu, or fellow DC legend Sir E.U. Nappa is an artist deeply entrenched in the expression of rap but one that recognises there are so many sonic ways in which to frame his state of mind. Which is why the frazzled sound design of Pat Cain has made Model Home such a perfect backdrop for Nappa to express himself. Rap existing in unison with raw electronixxx, dancehall, noise, industrial and whatever else they throw in the mix. https://modelhomedc.bandcamp.com/
Michael R. Bernstein is a Takoma Park, MD based sound organizer. Stints in Double Leopards, Religious Knives, and Abstract Human have prepared him for, well, not sure exactly. Expect synthesizers, samples, and beats.
Maya Miller's "Slow Wave" will be open in the house for viewing by one household at a time. Maya Miller is an artist and musician living and working in Takoma Park, MD. Her art has been displayed at KS Art, MICA, Cooper Union and Printed Matter, among others. “'Slow Wave' is my attempt to understand and communicate the experience of liminality during epileptic seizures. Inspired by a series of seizures over a one year period, I explore loss of consciousness, mortality, and the emotional and physical intensity of seizure-induced involuntary movements using symbols, figures, space, light, and sound. Seizures are cast as movements of energy passing from me, through me, and to me, during periods of lost consciousness. Visions I've experienced, places I've gone, feelings I've become. In my work I use symbols to communicate the stages of seizures and the feelings and ideas that result. These works on paper use sumi ink to illustrate the visceral physical severity of a seizure and to explore the murky boundary at the border of my consciousness during the onset of an episode."
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Advance tickets required. Please do not come without a ticket. Per DC regulations we cannot have more than 50 people on site.
Masks and social distancing are required at all times.
You will need to come in via the driveway off Maple in front of the house. There will be NO PARKING on site, so if you drive you'll need to find street parking.
The inside of the house will be closed except for one person/household at a time.
If you feel sick, please stay at home.
We're working very hard to make sure this is a safe and comfortable experience for everyone. If you buy tickets you are agreeing to abide by these policies and procedures.