Tony Oursler's Synesthesia project features interviews with
incredibly influential figures from the experimental rock
and art underground of the late 1970's and 80's, from pre-punk
innovators to post-punk icons, from industrial and avant-garde
music to noise bands and No Wave. Originally included as one
element of Oursler and Mike Kelley’s multimedia installation
The Poetics Project, these conversations provide fascinating
insights and first hand accounts from a pivotal period in
underground music. A different selection of works from this
groundbreaking interview series will be presented every Thursday
in December.
Thursday 12/22: 7:30 pm, $7 Synesthesia:
David Byrne, 1997-2001, 70 min
David Byrne was the leader of the Talking Heads, the enormously
influential band that rose to international fame after emerging
from the downtown New York New Wave/punk scene that revolved
around CBGB in the late 1970's. His subsequent solo career
has included recording, performing, producing, and directing
and scoring films. Byrne has also recently returned to his
roots as a visual artist, making work that explores the boundaries
between external and internal space.
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Thursday 12/22: 10 pm, $7 Synesthesia:
Thurston Moore, 1997-2001, 30 min
Thurston Moore got his start as a musician in the late 1970s,
playing in Glenn Branca's massed guitar ensembles, and went
on to co-found the experimental rock group Sonic Youth, which
continues to record today. A central figure in the New York
music community, Moore's activities include the promotion
of younger artists (including, famously, Nirvana), the management
of his own record label, and a vigorous writing career that
encompasses poetry as well as criticism.
Synesthesia:
Alan Vega, 1997-2001, 55:40 min
Alan Vega, one half of the influential pre-punk synthesizer/drum
machine duo Suicide (with Martin Rev), helped pioneer electronic
music in the early 1970s. Vega, who began his career in New
York as an artist known for light sculptures, also ran an
art space that was a meeting ground for some of the most important
artists in the underground New York art and music scenes.
Produced by Tony Oursler. Questions: Tony Oursler, Mike Kelley,
David West, Linda Post. Camera: Linda Post and Tony Oursler.
Editing: Tony Oursler and Elizabeth Kading.
Full December Schedule:
Thursday
12/1:
7:30 pm: David Byrne
10 pm: Arto Lindsay and Dan Graham
Thursday
12/8:
7:30 pm: Lydia Lunch, Glenn Branca, and Kim Gordon
10 pm: Thurston Moore and Alan Vega
Thursday
12/15:
7:30 pm: Arto Lindsay and Dan Graham
10 pm: Genesis P-Orridge
Thursday 12/22:
7:30 pm: David Byrne
10 pm: Thurston Moore and Alan Vega
Thursday
12/29:
7:30 pm: Genesis P-Orridge
10 pm: Lydia Lunch, Glenn Branca, and Kim Gordon
EAI Presents is programmed by Josh Kline.
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