Lampo friends,
A quick reminder ... this Saturday, May 23 ... C. Spencer Yeh
(Cincinnati) and Michael Johnsen (Pittsburgh). Michael's Chicago
debut!
Violin, singing saw, voice, radio, electronics, clip lights, colored
lightbulbs, folding chairs ... and you. Details and beckoning blurb
below.
C. SPENCER YEH AND
MICHAEL JOHNSEN
LAMPO 216 W. CHICAGO AVE., 2ND FL. CHGO, ILL.
Between Franklin and Wells
Admission open to all ages
Questions? http://www.lampo.org/
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Solo and duo works for violin, singing saw, voice, radio and
electronics. First set, uncluttered and singular; second set,
individual vocabularies organized into complementary combinations and
open instant compositions. Johnsen in his Chicago debut.
C. Spencer Yeh (b. 1975, Taipei, Taiwan) moved to the U.S. in 1980,
and now lives in Cincinnati. He is active both as a solo and ensemble
artist, as well as with his primary organized sound project, Burning
Star Core. As an improviser, Yeh has focused on developing a personal
vocabulary using violin, voice, and electronics. He has
performed in festivals across the U.S. and Europe, and appeared in the
Lampo series in January 2007, when he presented two new works: "Two
Mouths Breath as One" and "Amplified Violin" at the Renaissance
Society.
Michael Johnsen (b. 1968) lives and works in Pittsburgh. A tinkerer's
curiosity with commercial electronics led eventually to the design and
construction of his own integrated system of devices specifically for
live performance whose idiosyncratic behaviors are revealed through
their complex interactions. The extensive patching of large numbers of
devices produces simple sounds, sudden transients and charming failure
modes; embracing the dirt in pure electronics. As an antidote to all
that wire, he is equally devoted to the singing saw, a simple folk
instrument. Recent/important partners include Margaret Cox, Jack
Wright, trio with Pascal Battus/Thomas Lehn; also Michel Doneda,
Michael Zerang, Joe McPhee, Bhob Rainey, Tom Djll and Greg Pierce.
CHI - 5/23 Sat. - C. Spencer Yeh/Michael Johnsen at LAMPO
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