Thursday, December 13th, 2012
7 to 9:30pm
Pacific Heights, San Francisco
Address is released upon RSVP.
Wine and food will be served.
Come celebrate the end of the year with NEXMAP and meet members of the NEXMAP Artists Collective!
David and Hi-Jin Hodge, François Houle and Linda Bouchard will perform and discuss excerpts from upcoming works:
Suspense
Live music performace integrated with film
Music: François Houle
Films: David and Hi-Jin Hodge
Premiere: January 20th, 2013 by Turning Point in Vancouver, CA
Suspense is a visually metaphorical installation that studies movement and transition. Working with several gymnasts and a high speed camera, the exact moment when a person goes from one state to the next is captured by a high-speed camera and frozen in time at the moment of suspense. The music explores the interplay between the real and the imagined, the seen and the invisible, motion and stillness.
Unspoken
Video installation
Video Artists: David and Hi-Jin Hodge
Music: Linda Bouchard
Opening: Dansmuseet in Stockholm in January 2013
Unspoken is a 9-channel video installation that shows short intervals taken from silent video portraits of approximatly 350 people.
Aerials
Solo Clarinet Improvisation
Clarinet/Electronics: François Houle
Aerials is a set of improvisations exploring the clarinet's uncharted territories. Developed during a five-week residency in Italy at the 15th century Castello Civitella Ranieri, the music is complex and seductive, taking the listener inside the instrument. Technically, this project taps deeply into the clarinettist's inclination for the unexpected, from disembodied clarinets played simultaneously to flute-like melodies. Examining the way the instrument “reacts” to various acoustical spaces, this program is virtuosity coupled with stunning lyricism.
