Friday May 14 * outside * doors at 630, music at 7pm * ADVANCE TICKETS REQUIRED
Marlo De Lara
Travis Johns
Bushmeat+Nik Francis
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, artist Marlo De Lara received a PhD in Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Previously under the moniker of “Marlo Eggplant”, her practice works within the realms of sound performance, visual distraction, and film. As curator of the Ladyz in Noyz international feminist arts collective, she promotes emerging artists/musicians who are women. Her research relates to feminism, representation of marginalized populations particularly within sound and music, and creative work as political action and she provides workshops relating to sound practices and hardware, DIY collectives, and narratives as creatively productive political possibility. marlodelara.squarespace.com
Travis Johns is a sound artist residing in Ithaca, NY, whose work includes performance, installation and printmaking, often incorporating eco/bio-based themes and electronic instruments of his own design. As an improviser, he performs primarily on electric bass and electronics; with studies in the field conducted under the tutelage of Fred Frith, Joelle Leandre and Butch Morris, among others. Active in the San Francisco Bay Area experimental music scene for several years, Johns moved to Costa Rica in 2011 where he collaborated extensively with visual artist Paulina Velazquez-Solis on Raro, an immersive sound and sculpture installation that represented Costa Rica in the 2013 Biennial of the Central American Isthmus (BAVIC). Since returning to the states, first to Baltimore and later to Ithaca, he’s continued to apply his trade as a composer, educator and sound artist under the nom de plume of VauxFlores,
He holds a B.M. In Technology in Music and Related Arts from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studies conducted with Tom Lopez, as well as an MFA from Mills College in Electronic Music and Recording Media, studies conducted with Chris Brown, Les Stuck and Hilda Paredes. He has participated in residencies at such places as the Atlantic Center for the Arts and RPI’s Create @ iEar, and has had work featured by el Museo Centroamericano de Arte Video (MUCEVI), the Electronic Music Foundation, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), the Bienarte 8 Costa Rican Biennial, el Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, MAC Panama, The California Academy of Sciences, Alianza Francesa de Guatemala, The Lab (San Francisco), Battery Townsley (Marin County, Ca), el Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo de Costa Rica, and Rhizome DC.
vauxflores.com
Dr Thomas Stanley & Nik Francis - Amazingly these two fixtures of the DC underground have never collaborated before.... It's sure to be a very special meeting of the minds....
eatbushmeat.bandcamp.com/music
topology.bandcamp.com
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