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SONIC
CIRCUITS PRESENTS QUEERING
SOUND AN EVENING OF SOUNDS + SPOKEN WORD + DIGITAL ARTS FROM LGBT ARTISTS +
ALLIES SATURDAY
02 JUNE 7:30 PM ATLAS
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SPENGER THEATRE 1333 H STREET NE WASHINGTON DC 20002
USA QUEERING
SOUND gathers together artists – with a non-exclusive
curatorial focus towards gay, lesbian and post-gender-identified participants
-- who explore alternative avenues of expression through audio, the digital
arts, performance art and spoken word. The annual event – now in its twelfth
year – features live performances from established and upcoming local and
touring talents as well as seeks to introduce Washington DC audiences to new
sounds and challenging visions from across the globe through digital
contributions.
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ARTHUR LOVES PLASTIC is Bev Stanton,
who was born in the Bahamas and raised near Walt Disney World. She has won over
a dozen Washington Area Music Awards in the Electronica category. Her music
has appeared in shows on the Discovery Channel, VH1, MTV and other cable
television networks. [ LIVE PERFORMANCE ] ► Listen
to selections from Arthur Loves Plastic ‘Special When Lit’ |
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BLK w/ BEAR – JS Adams; Doug Poplin;
Renée Shaw; and PD Sexton – have garnered glowing reviews and international airplay
for the thought-provoking and moving 'Wish for a World without Hurt'
collaboration with “...like Basic Channel at their most abstract, and after a severe
nervous breakdown” – Wire Magazine [ LIVE PERFORMANCE ] ► View the film by Renée Shaw to accompany
'Casey Jnr' from 'Sorry about your (remixes)' |
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© Mary Coble |
MARY COBLE uses her body to explore and push the boundaries of codes,
routes and rules and problematize the limitations of norms, expectations and
progress. Through performance, video and installation Coble challenges
herself and others to critically consider their reactions and interactions
with issues of injustice. Coble’s works manifest problems of bodily, social
and historical navigation that is marked with the physicality of struggle.
She has performed as part of ‘Global Feminisms’, Brooklyn Museum of Art,
Brooklyn, New York; ‘Performa 05’, Artists Space, NYC, New York; ‘Commitment
Issues’, FADO Performance Art Network, Toronto, Canada. Her work has been
included in exhibitions such as ‘Lost and Found: Queerying
the Archive’, Nikolaj Center of Contemporary Art in
Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC, the Anaid Gallery in Bucharest,
Romania and at Galerie Nina Menocal
in Mexico City, Mexico. Originally from [
DIGITAL PERFORMER ] |
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BRYIN
DALL stands as one of the most exploratory artists
in the underground music scene. His talent for creating decrepit soundscapes
and otherworldly and occasionally nightmarish atmospheres has garnered him an
impressive reputation, although he is probably most renowned for his unique
stage presence, often utilizing unorthodox methods and techniques for playing
guitar using various objects like a machete. Dall
met Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
at his local post office in NYC and within a month was half of the musickal project Thee Majesty, playing shows all over the world. Collaborators for the Hirsute Pursuit side-project with Harley Phoenix on Cold Spring and Up & Coming Records include Boyd Rice and the late Peter
‘Sleazy’ Christopherson. Bryin will perform a live
soundtrack performance to his short film ’The Life
and Death of Jordan.’
(Please note: This film does contain brief nudity.)
► View a preview
of ‘The Life and Death of Jordon’ |
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Pinkcourtesyphone is amorphous, changing,
and slipping in and out of consciousness; Pinkcourtesyphone desires to capture
the sonic essence of some nicely dressed 1960′s housewife wistfully
peering out her window while reclining on some lovely couch or divan, with,
of course, a slowly sipped cocktail and perhaps half of a Valium. Perhaps she
is waiting for the phone to ring; Pinkcourtesyphone operates like a syrup-y
dream; Pinkcourtesyphone strives to be both elegant and detached; Pinkcourtesyphone remained dormant for a long time.
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NICK LOPATA creates and edits video for Blowoff, the popular
deejay event thrown by Bob Mould and Richard Morel first staged at [ DIGITAL CONTRIBUTOR ] |
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© Diana Jarvis |
NOWHERIANS is the solo ambient, drone project from London-based sound
engineer/editor and bassist Crawford Blair. He performs in Rome Pays Off
formed by original Rothko members Mark Beazley and Blair in February 2010,
with Chris Gowers from Signals and Karina ESP now
joining them on treated electric guitar. Their new album 'We were Wrong' is
soon to be released on Trace Recording. Blair: "All Nowherians music is
created as quickly as time will allow, and destroyed immediately after
mixing. Nowherians music makes me think of the patterns I see when I close my
eyes and push my eyeballs in slightly, not the actual dots drifting past but
the warmth and childlike familiarity of that feeling." [ DIGITAL CONTRIBUTOR ] ► Listen
to Crawford’s contribution for QUEERING SOUND 12 |
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TEHO TEARDO is an Italian composer, musician and sound
designer interested in developing the possible combinations between electronic and acoustic sounds. He has collaborated with
artists such as Blixa Bargeld,
Girls Against Boys, Cop Shoot Cop, Lydia Lunch, Graham Lewis (Wire), Mick
Harris, Jim Thirlwell and many others. Teho is also
one of the most active musicians involved with cinema, having created many
soundtracks for important directors such as Paolo Sorrentino,
Andrea Molaioli, Daniele Vicari,
Gabriele Salvatores, Guido
Chiesa. [
DIGITAL CONTRIBUTOR ] ► View ‘Suite
from the museum of guilt’ (Music by Teho Teardo;
Video by Enrico Zanetti, 2009) |
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Dan Vera‘s poems have
appeared in Beltway Poetry, Delaware Poetry Review, Tawdry Bawdry, Gargoyle,
Divining Divas, Full Moon On K Street, DC Poets Against the War and his book The
Space Between Our Danger and Delight (Beothuk Books, 2008). He publishes
poets through Vrzhu Press and Souvenir Spoon Books,
and serves on the boards of Split This Rock and Poetry Mutual of America. [ LIVE |
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MICHELLE WEBB is recognized
as an incredibly creative and innovative guitarist and improviser, an
electrifying and original musician and composer. In 1988 Webb attended
the [ LIVE
PERFORMANCE ] |
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Kathi Wolfe is a poet and writer. She is a columnist
and senior writer for Scene4, an arts magazine, and a contributor to the Washington
Blade. Wolfe was a finalist in the Pudding House 2007 Chapbook
competition and her chapbook Helen Takes the Stage: The Helen Keller Poems
was published by Pudding House. Her work has appeared in Beltway Poetry
Quarterly, Gargoyle and other publications. She was a 2008 Lambda Literary
Foundation Emerging Writer Fellow .Wolfe is a contributor to the
anthology" Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability." She has
been awarded poetry residencies by [
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Sonic Circuits is a Washington DC area promoter for experimental
music. Sonic Circuits seeks to expose audiences to cutting edge contemporary music
that defies genres, and offer artists new platforms to present their music
and opportunities to network and collaborate with artists from around the
world. In addition to organizing an annual festival since 2001, Sonic
Circuits programs performances year round. Sonic Circuits is presented in
part by Improv Arts Inc., a non-profit 501(c)3
organization dedicated to supporting the artistic and career development of
artists and creating new markets for contemporary music. |
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