MATE is a series, curated and organized by Richard Garet, dedicated to sound and moving image presentations that are derived from ideas, processes, material, and media experimentation. This series attempts to present from within a large spectrum of today’s experimentalists, the work of artists that are vigorously contributing to our cultural landscape. These sound and moving image performances can be expected to range from algorithmic media and technology oriented gizmos to the wide range of analog media while engaging in approaches such as improvisation, composition, performance-installation, and interdisciplinary methods and techniques that expand on both artistic practice and audience reception. Each evening will be be orchestrated around a specific focus.
Set 1: David Schafer
8:00pm
Schafer will be performing a live processing of Arnold Schoenbergs’ Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 work from 1912. By utilizing an oscillator, vocoder, Roland 303, mixer feedback, and an array of effects pedals, Schafer will sample and translate the original Schoenberg composition into a deployment of dissonance.
Intermission
Set 2: Alfredo Marin
8:45pm
Alfredo will premiere his latest work Death to the Infidels: an electro-acoustic composition comprising the recording and treatment of electric and classical guitars, voice, suspended cymbal, synthesizers, and tabletop electronics. Death to the Infidels will also feature live amplified vocals by Alfredo, expressed through a large heavy-duty garbage plastic bag containing stereo speakers, miscellaneous metallic objects, and contact mics.
Intermission
Set 3: Bob Bellerue
9:25pm
Bob will present an improvised piece for slack-assed hollow body guitar, loose timpani drum head, loose snare wire, snare drum, electronics, software, and amplifiers
Mate is a typical caffeinated drink from the South of Latin America, similar to tea or coffee, that is mainly consumed in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Richard Garet was born and raised in Uruguay where drinking mate was as normal as drinking water. After leaving Uruguay at 13 years old mate’s taste and the experience of it became a vague memory until recently when he went back to Uruguay after 20 years. Since being back in the United States he has been drinking mate consistently and attempting to share mate with friends and folks here in NYC but not everyone seems to enjoy its flavors and people often dislike the fact that mate when shared socially means drinking from the same bombilla (metal straw) subsequently sharing germs and challenging personal boundaries. In keeping with this concept Garet decided to name the series as such since he realized that such an experience in NYC is equally experimental and can be challenging to one’s taste, senses, reception, and social space.
Date + Time
March 29
8pm
Location
The Main Gallery
51 Bergen St.