Antonio Jorge Gonçalves and
Gino Robair:
Improvised Light Painting with Skronky Music
The Berkeley Hillside Club is enraptured to present Antonio Jorge Gonçalves and
Gino Robair performing a piece entitled"Improvised Light Painting with Skronky Music". This promises to be be a one-of-a-kind event; don't miss it!
The Performance:
Portuguese multimedia artist Antonio Jorge Gonçalves will improvise with light and drawings throughout the Hillside Club, accompanied by two local musical groups-the Acme House Band and the
Jon Raskin Ensemble. Gonçalves creates his visuals using a laptop, a Wacom tablet, and a portable projector, which he pushes around in a cart in order to use the entire performance space as a canvas. He calls his real-time digital drawing "live comics and projection."
The music and visuals will take advantage of the entire performance space, with sound bathing the room from all directions and nearly every surface becoming a canvas. As a special addition acclaimed Butoh dancer, Monique Goldwater, will be a "living screen" for a section of the performance.
The Performers:
Through the '80s and the '90s, Lisbon-based Antonio Jorge Gonçalves published his graphic novels in books, newspapers, and magazines in Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy. He has also designed sets and costumes for several theater productions, and he recently created the Subway Life Project.
Jon Raskin is a founding member of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet (he's the R in the acronym) and an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Raskin has collaborated with a Who's Who of contemporary artists, including Anthony Braxton, Terry Riley, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, Tim Berne, Henry Kaiser, and Nels Cline. He has composed for dance, theater, and the score for the film Just Another Weekend. Jon's ensemble includes Liz Allbee (trumpet), Matthew Goodheart (piano),
Kjell Nordeson (drums), and
Jon Raskin (saxophones).
The Acme House Band is a group of electro-acoustic improvisers including
Tom Djll (trumpet),
Matt Ingalls (clarinet),
John Shiurba (guitar),
Tim Perkis (electronics), and
Gino Robair (synth). The musicians are an integral part of the Bay Area scene and have performed and recorded with artists as varied as Tom Waits, Anthony Braxton, Merce Cunningham, and John Zorn.
Cost: $15
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