MUSIC OF THE LOST CITIES a collaboration with composer Chris Brown
“Music of the Lost Cities” is a psycho-geographical, mixed-media narrative that explores pre and post apocalyptic urban landscapes and architectural backdrops through imaginary characters named “the sub-colonials” who move through these past, futurist, and surreal environments. It has been technically realized using multichannel projections of sound (via low-power FM radio transmitters) and video. “Music of the Lost Cities” is an electronically animated shadow-play, inventing a futurist epic by drawing on the free association of sounds and images from many different world cultures.
Collaborators in the project are Chris Brown (Sound) and Johanna Poethig (Video) from Oakland, California. They have collaborated with artist/curator Eliza Barrios for the Luggage Store Projection Space and with members of the SABAW Media Kitchen from Manila, Philippines: Tengal (Sound), Tad Ermitaño (Visuals), Caliph8 (Sound) and Malek Lopez (Sound) in an outdoor radio performance titled “Transmissions Gangan” at Cubao-X in Quezon City, Philippines, featuring video and still images projected on a band performing live electroacoustic music which was transmitted via FM radio to cars with hifi audio systems parked among the audience, creating a live video-sound installation.
Screenings/Performances
Krowswork Gallery Oakland, 2016
Spectrum New York City 2015
East Bay Media Berkeley, 2015
Manila Transi(en)t, Philippines, 2014
Luggage Store Projection Space San Francisco http://elizabarrios.com/cosas/
di Rosa Preserve Napa, California 2011
Mills College Concert Hall Oakland, California 2011
House of Natural Fiber (HONF) Taman Budaya Art Center, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 2010
Cubao-X Quezon City, Philippines 2009
The Living Room Artspace Manila, Philippines 2010
Crossing Tracks Gallery San Diego, California 2008