ARS EX NIHILO is a performance series showcasing experimental local artists. Our goal is to stimulate creative growth in the East Bay Area, instigating the production of new works and fostering community interaction, discussion, and collaboration.
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duo: Light and Darkness
Sharmi Basu
"Somatic Conversations With God"
DennyDennyBreakfast
"From the Nortch"
Meghan McKearney-Inciardi/
Rob Pumpelly"Luminous Emptiness"
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Sharmi Basu
"Somatic Conversations With God"
Personnel:
Beast Nest
Zander Brown
from a small hole a line from a line a larger hole //
from the absence of the filling of the moving within navigating of //
s p a c e means
a walk and to acquire that which i am missing means //
we won //
From outside the inside //
The astral body hovers in covered realms //
shattering the essence of occupied vacuum
all of nothing penetrates the void //
ideas of light beam from the 7th, the cage is the sit for the seat of the soul.
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DennyDennyBreakfast
"From the Nortch"
Personnel:
Bob LaDue - Guitar + Vocals
Jordan Glenn - Drumset
Max Judelson - Bass
Jason Gillenwater - Tenor Sax
Rob Ewing - Trombone
Eli Wallace - Keys
This song was written sometime during my mid-college career circa 2002-2004. The section that were are performing is intended to be the 2nd song within a 3 song cycle, although the 1st and 3rd songs were never actually written. The lyrics to the song, which read a bit like a surrealist fantasy novel, are actually not intended to tell a story, but rather to paint a picture. I would encourage the listener to attempt to experience the lyrics of this song from a static perspective, rather than to pay attention to the linear progression of events.
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Meghan McKearney-Inciardi/
Rob Pumpelly"Luminous Emptiness"
Personnel:
Meghan McKearney-Inciardi - video projection, lights
Rob Pumpelly - electric guitar, percussion, poetry
Julie Binkley - dance
Amy Lewis - dance
Explode your senses in an immersive journey along the telos of manifestation.
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About the artists:
Sharmi Basu is an Oakland born and based queer South Asian woman of color creating experimental music as a means of decolonizing musical language. She attempts to catalyze a political, yet ethereal aesthetic by combining her anticolonial and antiimperialist politics with a commitment to
Spirituality within the arts. She has presented her workshop series "Decolonizing Sound" and performed as Beast Nest both nationally and internationally and hosts a biweekly POC improvisation ensemble called MARA in Oakland, CA.
www.sharmi.info
www.soundcloud.com/olgadagod
www.facebook.com/beastienest
beastnest.bandcamp.com
beastnest.bigcartel.com
DennyDennyBreakfast (ddb) is the music project of Bob LaDue based in Oakland Ca. The live band has a rotating set of members, and no 2 ddb shows are ever the same. Influenced by pop music, death metal, cuban folkloric religious music and many other genres as well. All ddb music is available for a free download or donation at http://dennydennybreakfast.com. Bob enjoys making hummus, sour beer, instrument building, rumba, rock climbing, zombies and much more.
dennydennybreakfast.com
tfpp.net
Rob Pumpelly is an adept composer, multi-instrumentalist, theorist and educator residing in Oakland, CA. His compositional activities span a wide range of styles and platforms including works for classical and avant-garde chamber ensembles, vocal ensembles, percussion ensembles, jazz combos, rock groups, hardcore groups, and improv collectives. As an instrumentalist, Rob has extensive experience with percussion, electric guitar, classical guitar, and piano. His private teaching practice spans more than 20 years, and in 2003 he earned a Master of Arts degree in Composition at Mills College. In the field of aesthetic theory, Rob advocates a Transcendental Realist approach to art encouraging ecstatic participation in the primary aesthetic experience offered through art.
Megan McKearney is an imaginative visual artist residing in Oakland, CA. An intrepid traveler with a passion for photography, she has visited many parts of the world including Europe, India, Egypt, Indonesia, and Guatemala collecting images and stories that she compiles in books and utilizes in other art projects. In 2009, she worked as a cinematographer on Sue Useem's award winning documentary "Which Way to the War?". Megan also has extensive experience as a graphic designer, fashioning posters and other media for local bands, venues and special events. Since 2010, she has been developing a unique approach to live video light shows that incorporates her photography. Beginning in the performance art group Marana Jocund, Megan continues to develop this art form combining spontaneous improvisation with her animated compositions.
Cost: $10-$15 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Fred Frith, Guitar; Jordan Glenn, Drums; Jason Hoopes, bass