8pm Subjects of Desire - 21st Century new musicpoetry
9pm
KitunduPhonokoto, and other unique sound sculpture instruments
Kitundu is a, sound/visual artist, graphic designer, composer and instrument builder. He uses an interdisciplinary approach to develop compositions-installations-instruments that blur the boundaries between media. He has constructed elemental turntables that rely on wood, water, fire and earthquakes for their power and pitch. Kitundu is the creator of a family of Phonoharps, beautifully crafted multi-stringed instruments made from record players. He strives to reconnect the technology of new music to fundamental principles drawn from the natural world.
Kitundu has an ongoing residency at the Exploratorium Museum of science, art and perception in San Francisco. He has recently been in residence at Eagle Rock School in Colorado, the Science Museum of Minnesota, and the Singapore Science Centre. Kitundu is also developing a Geologic Sound Casting project for volcanically active regions and was granted a five week artist residency at Skriduklaustur in Eastern Iceland in September 2004. He was raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Lisa B. texts, spoken word, vocals . . . Lisa is a poet, singer, and spoken word artist . . . Her book The Transparent Body was published by Wesleyan University Press.
Jim Ryan text, spoken word, processed voice/kalimba/flute. A poet and veteran of improv music from Paris to the East Coast to the Bay Area improv scene, Jim founded Subjects of Desire in 2002 and has produced one CD of the group. It focuses on the artistic challenge of creating a fully integrated _expression of sound and text.
Scott R. Looney keys/computer/and electronic sounds. Bristling with hi tech and music degrees, Scott roams the galaxies of sound from inside the jazz tradition to the far side of experimentation with what can only be deemed a supremely competent mastery of technical skills and a marvelous depth of heart.
Andrew Wilshausen percussion/drums. A highly accomplished musician who joined the Bay Area improv scene from the Midwest a few years ago. He is part of several very differing groups. Andrew established the monthly I.C.E. experimental jam evening at The Jazz House in Berkeley at the beginning of 2004.
Cost: $6-10