Meridian Music: Composers in Performance is pleased to announce the very first concert in Meridian Gallery’s new location at 535 Powell St. The new three-story 1911 historic mansion that now houses Meridian and all of its programs increases the performance area to a nearly 50 foot-long resonant space. Roddy Schrock present a new piece, Here. There. (Distance Study 1), enlisting the help of Jano Cortijo (video). Here. There. (Distance Study 1) is a sound and image navigation of the emotional terrain of physical distance. The sound component is built from aural artifacts of long-distance communication: voicemail snippets sprayed around keyboard clicks, telephone dials, luminous drones of data transfer, whispers to oneself. The image component is built from still video portraits of intimate spaces without the other. These elements combine to create a live performance in which two people reduce distance into an aural and visual spectacle of a serene and meditative nature, a kind of comfort zone for longing.
$10 general; $5 students, seniors
Cost: $10/5