New York Experimental Presents: Also Starring - An Evening of Performances June 30, 2007

New York Experimental, The Tank’s monthly experimental film and video screening series, is pleased to present an evening of sound, performance, film and discourse curated by Charles Curtis and Raha Raissnia. In a rotating constellation of apparently unordered diversions, the fleeting and the ephemeral are briefly captured in image, thought, association and frequency. Forgoing stereotypes of style or genre and omitting what might pass for a headlining act, Also Starring seeks to frame the experience of the ineffable through highly specific, individual visions. Includes performances by Charles Curtis and Raha Raissnia, Jeff Perkins, Spencer Gerhardt, This Invitation, Andrew Hurst, and lorenzkrafter.

Raha Raissnia / Charles Curtis: film + sound projection
Jeff Perkins: performance
Spencer Gerhardt: lecture
This Invitation: music
Andrew Hurst: sound collage
lorenzkrafter: performance
Raha Raissnia and Charles Curtis create composite projections of sound and film: superimposed slides and super-8 using new, found, hand-painted and -manipulated material join with closely-tuned sine waves in rational-number frequency ratios.

Raha Raissnia is a painter and filmmaker. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pratt Institute, her large-format graphite drawings and paintings reflect a highly personal approach to abstraction and materiality. She has worked and shown in Berlin, Paris, New York and Iran, and in numerous group shows internationally.

Charles Curtis is a cellist. He performs internationally as one of the leading interpreters of the work of La Monte Young, Alvin Lucier, Eliane Radigue, Morton Feldman and Cornelius Cardew. Trained at Juilliard, he is professor of Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego.

Jeff Perkins, dubbed "The Fluxus Taxi Driver" by Nam June Paik, is best known for his "Movies for the Blind", blending recorded interviews of his taxi passengers with spontaneous performance.

Spencer Gerhardt lectures on Constructive approaches in mathematics and art.

This Invitation play sustained, intricate musical numbers of long duration on two electric guitars.

Collage artist Andrew Hurst layers and re-orders found sound objects.

lorenzkrafter incorporates elaborate costumes and props in multimedia theatrical scenarios.
New York Experimental is The Tank's monthly experimental film and video series, focusing on unique moving picture works from emerging and established artists. The mission of the series is to present a wide range of work, in regards to both content and aesthetics, from New York based, national, and international artists, to a general audience, in a welcoming environment.

For questions about New York Experimental, including programming and the submission process, please contact Susan Agliata at [email protected] and visit www.thetanknyc.org.

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