Sunday, October 18, 7pm--The Ephemeral Mechanics Present: Ialdaboath, an Ichthyopoetic, Improvised Folk Drama, a Performance by the BUFFALO SOUNDPAINTING ENSEMBLE.
The Soundpainting Orchestra conducted by Christian Brandjes performed at Soundlab on 07/28/05 and 07/30/05. On 05/10/06, the group brought Soundpainting founder Walter Thompson to direct another Soundlab event.
Beginning this past September, the BSPE have been in residence at Hallwalls developing a new project that explores aural hallucinations, religion, Utopianism and their relationships to American culture. In their latest project, THE EPHERMAL MECHANICS PRESENT: IALDABOATH, AN ICHTHYOPOETIC, IMPROVISED FOLK DRAMA, the BSPE utilizes both found and improvised text, extended voice, movement, music and visual art, continuing its dialogue with the American subconscious, utopianism, electricity, spoken narrative itself. “Ephemeral mechanics” are those who labor in the trenches of the transient, creating wisps of thought, whispers and screams, battling entropy and constructing reality out of personal epiphanies, psychotic breaks, hallucinations, glossalalia, the voices of gods and ancestors, and ultimately help us to define (or in some cases, refine) our own conception of the chaotic and seemingly orderless reality in which we all float. The ensemble will attempt to inhabit the psychic, physical and linguistic grammar of hallucinatory experience, exploring its relationship to personal epiphany and how those experiences contribute to the creation of religion and order in an otherwise chaotic reality.
The BSPE is a cooperatively run ensemble of actors, singers, and musicians dedicated to the exploration of non-linear and improvisiational forms of narrative including the deconstruction of existing texts, the creation of vocally improvised sonic environments and improvisational composition of theatrical texts. The ensemble's influences include the Dadaists, the Surrealists (especially Antonin Artaud) and the musical innovators of the 20's through today including Luigi Russolo, John Cage, and the great improvisational performers of recent decades. "Soundpainting is the live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. At present the language comprises over 750 gestures that are signed by the composer/conductor indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. Direction of the composition is gained through the parameters of each set of signed gestures."
Tickets for the event are $10 general, $8 students/seniors, and $6 members. For more information about the Buffalo Soundpainting Ensemble, please visit www.bspe.org.
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