Tune(In))) The Kitchen
Thursday, April 22,2004 @ The Kitchen, Manhattan.
free103point9's Tune(In))) travels to The Kitchen. Over 30 artists performing into five transmitters. Attendees listen to performances on radio with headphones, with only ambient sound in the space.
"Tune(In))) The Kitchen" is funded, in part, by the Experimental Television Center. The Experimental Television Center's Presentation Funds program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
31 Down
Chase The Bitch
31 down created a dream prelude for Tchaikovsky's classic opera "PIQUE DAME" (Queen of Spades). Here, in booze sodden 31 Down tradition, renamed after the popular poker game. Helen Tremble plays a lonely prostitute, eager to find a new life with her lover, Mike Sharpie, but, alas, Mike has found an addiction to solving the mystery behind a card game that he cannot give up. A photographer is hired by a local newspaper to track down Helen on the night of her tragic suicide.
The inconspicuous photographer snaps pictures of Helen mingling amongst the crowd in the theater space, while he eats as many doughnuts as possible and chasing it with whiskey, Pepto Bismol and coffee.
Credits:
Helen Tremble.........Heidi McElligott
Photographer............Ryan Holsopple
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Tune in on five frequencies: Kitchen Legacy: Zeena Parkins + Ikue Mori, John King, David Behrman, Stephen Vitiello, Richard Teitelbaum, and Engineers: Michelle Nagai + Matt Bua; free103point9 Transmission Arts: Tom Roe, Scanner, Gregory Whitehead, 31 Down, Engineers: Ben Owen + Radio Rudio; Avant-Rock: The SB, Alan Licht + Marina Rosenfeld, Thurston Moore, Matt Valentine + Erika Elder, Espers, Engineers: Marcel Blum + Damian Catera; New Electronics: Carlos Giffoni, I-Sound, Latasha Diggs, Sybarite, Jeremy Novak (Dymaxion), Engineers: Matt Mikas + Transmaniacon MC; Video Tune(In))): Presented in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Program repeats throughout the evening. Klaus vom Bruch, Jeder Schuss ein Treffer (Every Shot a Hit), 1984, 9:30 min, color, sound; Gary Hill, Mediations, 1979-86, 4:17 min, color, sound and Sums & Differences, 1978, 8:24 min, b&w, sound; Kristin Lucas, Involuntary Reception, 2000, 16:45 min, color, sound; Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut, Video Tape Study No. 3, 1966-69, 4 min, b&w, sound and Beatles Electroniques, 1966-69, 3 min, b&w and color, sound; Steina and Woody Vasulka, Noisefields, 1974, 12:05 min, color, sound; Steina, Violin Power, 1970-78, 10:04 min, b&w, sound.
1610-AM Tune(In))) The Kitchen information channel:
Tune in to this informational channel for instructions on how to Tune(In))) as you enter the space. 31 Down is creating this instructional programming with sound effects and script by Ryan Holsopple, voice by Heidi McElligott. This instructional programming will also play on all five channels at 7 p.m., when the event begins.
Instructional Video: Video projections in the Main Exhibition Hall by Melissa Dubbin + Aaron Davidson were created specifically for Tune(In))).
Tune(In))) The Kitchen is part of "New Sound, New York," a city-wide festival of performances, installations and public dialogues featuring new works by sound artists who are exploring fresh connections among music, architecture, and the visual arts. Running March 30-May 16, 2004, the festival is organized by The Kitchen with The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, in conjunction with ten other New York arts organizations, and is presented by Time Out New York.
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