noise
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This is the question asked by Andrew Cedermark, songwriter and recording artist/rock journalist, in the current issue of C-Ville Weekly. The reasons are social, cultural, and historical – stretching back to constraints on women’s ability to be “alone” in public spaces, to ongoing girlhood socialization as quiet and non-aggressive. The article covers the experiences of…
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The Secret We were driven back underground by the local economy. Or was it local politics? Organizers of noise shows have always had a hard time securing venue spaces, but recently in Richmond and Charlottesville, art galleries, particularly small non-profit or grassroots galleries have become reliable partners. Yet in this economy, such spaces are having…
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Pyramid Atlantic Sliver Spring, MD Grapefruit Experiment’s first US performance for Queering Sound, a music and arts festival for DC Pride Week. Collaboration with Martin Terrazas. Photos by Hong Nguyen.
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As a follow up to last year’s Audio January, I worked with fellow local artists to curate a month of sound at the Bridge. See Hz Collective for media from the event.
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January 26th, 2008 (letterpress flyer created by John Bylander @ Virginia Art of the Book Center) Ambient Pancakes was an all night sleep over of ambient music and noise that culminated in vegan pancakes. It was the closing event of Audio January, a month long series of performances, workshops and installations at the Bridge Performing…
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Charlottesville, VA The Bridge PAI’s month of sound began as a way to fill a slow art month in January. Co-curating with the Pinko Communioids and other local artists, we made Audio January into an experimental music institution. Opening with local legends Grand Banks of late 1990s Pudhouse renown, the month featured installations, performances and…
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Richmond may be full of alienation and frustration, but it makes for damn good art. With events like I Dream of Richmond and Repressed III, Gallery 5 shows us the best of what community arts can be, providing not just a space, but a communal and aesthetic context for critically engaged art. Gallery 5 asks…
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