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Phosphene Performances

A series of weekly performances by dance legends, as well as up-and-coming artists, throughout the duration of the exhibition Phosphene Variations. Jason Akira Somma will “perform” with the artists using his revolutionary video techniques, exploring the undiscovered edge between visual and performance art, as it uses performance as the well-spring for independent visual content.

Sounds Good

Featuring visual responses to a collaborative sound piece by artists John Aslanidis, Katy Dove, Phoebe Hui, Sophie Hunter, Miler Lagos, John O’Connell, Gonzalo Puch, and Zane Saunders.

Tomomi Adachi

Tomomi Adachi Tomomi Adachi was born in Kanazawa, Japan in 1972 and graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo in 1994 with a degree in philosophy and aesthetics. He has created multiple sound installations inspired by Fluxus, played improvised music with voice, live electronics, self-made instruments (e.g. the “Tomomim”), and has composed works for his own […]

Xu Tan – Screening and Discussion


You are cordially invited to join Chinese artist Xu Tan and Nathalie Anglès, Director of Location One’s International Residency Program, for a special screening of the video Concert Hall of Zhen Daoxing  which premieres next week at the contemporary arts festival, ArtSheffield08, and for a viewing of Xu Tan’s installation Keywords  in our main gallery.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2009-2010

Location One Residency Program 2009–2010 Senior Artist in Residence: Carolee Schneemann Transformed the definition of art, especially discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender. The history of her work is characterized by research into archaic visual traditions, pleasure wrested from suppressive taboos, the body of the artist in dynamic relationship with the social body. Painting, […]

dorkbot NYC: November 2006

The 1729th dorkbot-nyc meeting took place on Wednesday, November 1st, 2006, at 7pm. It featured the fragrant and marvellous: Albert Hwang, Cameron Browning, Natalie Bewernitz & Marek Goldowski

Lukasz Skapski: Recent Video Works and Photographs

Skapski’s recent photographic and video work concerns cultural and political issues common to many national groups: the emotional ambivalence of women and nursing mothers, people’s views of the environment in which they live, the legacy of Communist practices in farming communities, as well as the practice and tradition of film itself. In all his work, the artist demonstrates an uncanny ability for capturing people’s circumstances on film and video.

Odd Job back in NY

Fifteen years after making a brief splash as an ill-fated downtown supergroup in the avant jazz and experimental music scene, Odd Job (Shelley Hirsch, Ned Rothenberg, David Weinstein and Samm Bennett along with new member bassplayer Stomu Takeishi) gave a one night reunion concert at Location One on Friday, January 21st , 2005.

Music in December: Shelley Hirsch

Shelley Hirsch will perform solo and improvisational works with turntablists Marina Rosenfeld and Toshio Kajiwara. Hirsch will be celebrating her record release The Far in Far Out Worlds of Shelley Hirsch (Tzadik) and Duets with Uchihashi Kasuhisa (Innocence).

Daemons and Psychopomps

Daemons & Psychopomps is a live Performance/Video/Music event inspired by the myth of Persephone.

Fall Music Series: Skuli Sverrisson and Jim Black

This duo’s performance marks the second program of the Fall 2001 Music Series at Location One. (Percussionist Gerry Hemingway played a solo concert on October 20th and violinist Mark Feldman will perform on December 14th).

Wake the Dead Spring Music Series: Marcus Rojas with Peter Apfelbaum and Satoshi Takeishi

The fourth of five exciting nights of music will feature a solo performance by Marcus Rojas, and also trio work with the addition of Peter Apfelbaum and Satoshi Takeishi.

RECONNAISSANCE I

Japanese Butoh Dancers, Tomoe Shizune + Hakutobo, will dance simultaneously in New York and in Tokyo to music improvised in New York by the brilliant Elliott Sharp.

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