Winter Shows (2012)

January 28th – 29th 2012
Drift State: An Extended Evening of Audiovisual Exploration
Soft House (8 PM)

Join the Contemporary and the lovely folks at the SoftHouse for an all night happening of experimental, ambient, and other worldly music designed for slumber. Bring a sleeping bag, and some ZZZs.

With performances and audiovisual installations from:
Andrew Bernstein, Grayson Brown, Andrew Burt, Bow-Legged Gorilla, Renee and Miles Clark, Run DMT, Meg Rorison, Owen Gaertner, Gem Visions, Rod Hamilton, KnightMagic, Rachel London, Liz Meredith, MC Scmidt, Erik Spangler, Happy Family, John Somers, ZFCL, and others.

$5 admission. Free for museum members.

For more info email QGibeau@contemporary.org or info@contemporary.org

http://www.softhouse.tumblr.com/
http://www.contemporary.org/

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Fall Shows (2011)

August 12th th 2011 
DEUS EX MACHINA
Dionysus
8 E. Preston Street Baltimore MD, 21202

/AMBIENT/DRONE/SOUNDSCAPE/EXPERIMENTAL/SONIC ARTS/

Erik Spangler + Liz Meredith
Chang Park + Ryan Redka
Chris Shield
Tyler Tamburo
Faith Bocian
Phill Jenkins
Nick Vyssotsky

A deus ex machina ( /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or /ˈdiː.əs ɛks ˈmækɨnə/ day-əs eks mah-kee-nə;[1] Latin: “god out of the machine”; plural: dei ex machina) is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.

August 31st 2011 
Liz Meredith & John Somers/Marc Miller/Zak Forrest/Janel & Anthony
The Windup Space (8:30 PM)
10 W. North Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21212
www.thewindupspace.com

Ambient + Electro + Acoustic + Music = Concert.  Get ready!  John Somers and I will be debuting new compositions that we’ve been writing together for the past few years.  It’ll be an entire night of music awesomeness: ripping guitar solos, bowed strings, synths, abstract sound, melodies, sparkling drones, and live video.  We’ll be joined by fellow rad people – for sure!  Performances by Liz Meredith & John Somers, Marc Miller, ZFCL, and Janel & Anthony.  8/31/2011 The Windup Space – 12 W. North Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201.  Doors at 8:30 PM.  Show at 9:30 PM. $5.

More things to come as well…

October 16th 2011 
Liz Meredith/Erik Spangler/Jason Sloan/Chang Park/Ayako Kataoka
2640 Space (7:00 PM)
2640 St. Paul Street Baltimore, Maryland 21212
www.redemmas.org/2640

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In concert:

Liz Meredith, Erik Spangler, Chang Park, Jason Slaon & Ayako Kataoka!

[[ Electronic, Ambient, Experimental Soundscapes ]]

LIZ MEREDITH (Baltimore): a string player, improviser, and composer whose work encompasses instrumental compositions, ambient music, song-oriented pieces, graphic scores, and solo improvisations. A “creator of string-based, electronically textured drones made to soothe souls…” – Baltimore City Paper (2010). www.lizmeredith.com

ERIK SPANGLER (a.k.a. DJ Dubble8, Baltimore): equally engaged with ensemble improvisation, live sample-based mixing, guerilla community sound art, hybrid electronica production, and notated chamber music, Spangler aims to dissolve cultural boundaries while drawing all corners of inspiration into cohesive sound images. www.dubble8productions.com

CHANG_PARK (Baltimore/Seoul): a sound / new media artist and electronic musician. Through interactive installation, performance, composition, he explores sound as a subliminal communication between object and space in terms of psychoacoustics. www.twitter.com/CHANG_PARK

JASON SLOAN (Baltimore): an electronic musician, composer, new.media, sound and net.work artist. His work creates a collective experience between the viewer, listener and artist, examining aspects of immateriality and its connection in life, death, memory, systems and the virtual world. www.jasonsloan.com

AYAKO KATAOKA (Baltimore): a multidisciplinary artist originally from Tokyo, her performances, and videos have been presented at places such as Tokyo International Dance Video Festival, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Transmodern Festival, Los Solos Series, High Zero Festival, and Electrogals Festival. www.saisui.wordpress.com

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