[inter/meta/trans] Dangerous Curve's "Is It Music?" Series July 27 & 29, 2007

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Dangerous Curve's "Is It Music?" Series July 27 & 29, 2007
$10, $9, $8, or $7 sliding scale


Friday, July 27, 2007, 8:00--10:00 p.m.
Ryan Tanaka http://ryangtanaka.com
Marc Nimoy http://www.digitanalog.net

Sunday, July 29, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Ellen Burr http://www.ellenburr.com/eburrmusic.html
Susan Rawcliffe http://artawakening.com/soundworks
Liam Mooney http://www.calarts.edu/~lmooney/index.html


(Programs subject to change.)


at Dangerous Curve
http://dangerouscurve.org

an Experimental Exhibition and
Live Art/Visual Art Performance Space

Voted 5th Most Popular Art Gallery
Best of Alternative L.A. Readers' Choice:
http://www.laalternative.com/index.php/2006/06/30/best-of-la


Chinatown adjacent at:

1020 East Fourth Place
(500 Molino Street #102)
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
			

Los Angeles, CA, July 16, 2007 - We're fast becoming one of *the* places to see New Music.  We thank those who have listed us in the company of angels, amongst venues of the highest stature.  We also thank our great musicians and audiences, who have given much to keep this wonderful series going.  In this mysterious city where John Cage was born, we are proud to continue the great tradition of experimental music (if you'll accept the oxymoron) that Cage furthered.  Haven't been here yet?  Come by and see why so many people love this space.

The evening of Friday, July 27, 2007, starting at 8:00 p.m., we will present solos of Ryan Tanaka http://ryangtanaka.com and Marc Nimoy http://www.digitanalog.net.

The afternoon of Sunday, July 29, 2007, starting at 4:00 p.m., we will have solos of Ellen Burr http://www.ellenburr.com/eburrmusic.html, Susan Rawcliffe http://artawakening.com/soundworks, and Liam Mooney http://www.calarts.edu/~lmooney/index.html.

As always, beverages will be served, and most of the times, a great art show will be up.

We're located two miles from Chinatown, at 1020 East Fourth Place, between Molino and Mateo Streets, in the back of the 500 Molino Street Lofts, #102, between the Fourth Street Bridge's (on the LA River side of Downtown) two on/off ramps.  See our website http://dangerouscurve.org for directions, pictures, and updates.


More about the Musicians

Ryan Tanaka http://ryangtanaka.com was born in Hawaii, where he spent his pre-college years learning Japanese and mathematics.  At an early age, he taught himself how to improvise on the piano.  Influenced by the multicultural environment in which he grew up, Tanaka focuses mainly on bridging of styles, e.g., Western and non-Western, academic and popular. His improvisational skills include minimalist "phasing" (between the right and left hand), twelve-tone, and prepared piano.  He is currently developing a pedagogical methodology within classical and non-idiomatic (e.g., free) improvisational practices, drawing ideas from the educational practices of Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and John Dewey. Tanaka earned a BA in composition/theory from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MFA in performance/composition from California Institute of the Arts.

Marc Nimoy http://www.digitanalog.net received his M.F.A. in Composition-Experimental Sound Practices from CalArts and his B.A. in Music Performance from UCLA.  He is a working musician, teacher, and programmer who likes building things such as electronic instruments and clean-looking software interfaces. (See http://music.calarts.edu/~mnimoy/portfolio/programming.html.)  He performs regularly in the Los Angeles area as a laptop rock star. You may have also seen him around town (including Dangerous Curve) as part of The Nimoys http://www.thenimoys.com, a group he's in with his brother Josh. (Both are second cousins---not nephews!---of Leonard.)  Recently, he started focusing on sound sculptures and installations.  He currently has a show of his sound installations up at Dangerous Curve.

Ellen Burr http://www.ellenburr.com/eburrmusic.html is a masterful flutist who has spent her career exploring new directions in music.  She strives to broaden the sound capabilities of the flute while challenging the notions of what a soloist can accomplish.  David Cotner of the LA Weekly quotes, "The well-traveled Ellen Burr pushes the envelope and sticks the stamp of excellence on solo flute playing (its sound, impact and aftereffects)..."  Burr holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Wichita State University, where she participated in classes with visiting artists John Cage and R. Murray Schaffer.  She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts, studying with Morton Subotnick, Stephen Mosko and Pulitzer Prize winner Mel Powell.  She was awarded the coveted Certificat de Stage after studying with Jean Pierre Rampal at the Academie Internationale DEte in France. As a composer, she has written and playe!
 d for film, theater and dance, having had over 40 of her compositions performed in the United States and Europe.

Susan Rawcliffe http://artawakening.com/soundworks is a master flute maker, player, and researcher as well as a master didjeridu player.  For over 25 years, Susan has been making and playing her ceramic instruments.  Her work evolves through a circular process of making acoustical copies of ancient and contemporary specimens, learning to play them, and gaining new insights into the creation of more instruments to then learn to play.  She learned her craft by studying the ceremonial flutes of Pre-Hispanic cultures: Olmec, Mayan, Zapotec, Aztec, and more.  Rawcliffe has received a McKnight Visiting Composer's Project grant, support from the Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, several grants from the California Arts Council and the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of LA, as well as an NEA grant.  She has performed on and off Broadway, in Europe, and at colleges, universities, and cultural institutions in the U.S. and Canada. She has exhib!
 ited nationally, lectured for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Metropolitan Museum, and has been published by the Smithsonian Press.  Rawcliffe has a M.A. in Psychology and has been a student of Tai Chi for over 20 years.

Liam Mooney http://www.calarts.edu/~lmooney/index.html is a composer (and performer) of experimental music, designer of noisy sounds, and inventor of unwieldy musical instruments.  He was born in the mountains of Virginia sometime in the 20th Century.  He stayed for a number of decades in both the mountains and the century, but then moved to a different place and time to work a bit on his music.  Though his earliest compositions were computer-based, he made heavy use of unusual (and sometimes usual) acoustic sound sources.  Liam soon sought ways to use these sources directly, without computer intervention.  This resulted in such groups as the Styrofoam Orchestra and the Dropping-Things-on-the-Floor Ensemble.  Liam's work continues to focus on the sonic possibilities of everyday objects and on the physical properties of sound.  His recent projects have involved popcorn, drinking straws, plastic bottles, soap, rubber bands, PVC pipes, dry ice, toy instruments, yogurt, balloons!
 , drums, electric fans, foam, music boxes, and vacuum cleaners.  You should see what he does with vacuum cleaners...

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Dangerous Curve exhibits:

July 7--August 4: Marc Nimoy sound installations "sound box and others."
August 11--September 8: Annual Downtown Artists Grants Exhibition, with Allan Barnes, Bumdog, Heather Carson, YaYa Chou, Jennifer Cunningham, Martin Durazo, Richard Godfrey, Jaime Scholnick

Live Art Series:

TBA


New Music Series:

Friday, July 27, 2007, 8:00--10:00 p.m.
Ryan Tanaka http://ryangtanaka.com
Marc Nimoy http://www.digitanalog.net

Sunday, July 29, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Ellen Burr http://www.ellenburr.com/eburrmusic.html
Susan Rawcliffe http://artawakening.com/soundworks
Liam Mooney http://www.calarts.edu/~lmooney/index.html

Friday, August 3, 2007, 8:00--10:00 p.m.
Jody Redhage www.jodyredhage.com, http://myspace.com/jodyredhageAu
KIOKU http://www.kiokugroup.com

Sunday, August 5, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
CTRL+ALT+REPEAT returns!

Sunday, August 12,  2007, 4:00 p.m.
OGOGO http://ogogo.org, http://www.myspace.com/ogogoigor plays "Swing Your OGOGO"
Andre LaFosse http://www.altruistmusic.com, http://www.myspace.com/andrelafosse
TBA

Thursday, August 16, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Johnny Chang

Sunday, August 19, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Duo of Bruce Friedman http://www.brucefriedmanmusic.com and Scott Fraser http://www.artkitchen.com/Other/ScottFraser.html
TBA
TBA

Friday, August 24, 2007, 8:00--10:00 p.m.
Daren Burns http://www.darenburns.com
Motoko Honda http://www.myspace.com/motokohonda

Sunday, August 26, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Rod Poole memorial concert

Friday, August 31, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
GE Stinson http://codedsource.com
Devin Sarno http://www.devinsarno.com

Sunday, September 2, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Albert Ortega http://resontropic.com and friends
Special guests TBA

Sunday, September 9, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Colter Frazier/Rob Wallace Duo (Santa Barbara) http://www.myspace.com/colterfrazier)
TBA
TBA

Sunday, September 16, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
(Collaborations and solos:)
Killick (Georgia) myspace.com/iamkillick
Jessica Catron http://www.myspace.com/jessicacatron
Jeremy Drake http://www.jeremydrake.com
Sara Schoenbeck http://www.myspace.com/saraschoenbeck

Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:00--10:00 p.m.
(The Dangerous Voice:)
Becky Allen http://www.beckyallenmusic.com
Julie Adler http://myspace.com/julieadler
Sylvia Desrochers
Kira Vollman  http://myspace.com/noncredo

Friday, October 12, 2007, 8:00--10:00 p.m.
Glatter/Hubbard http://www.castorandpolluxmusic.com/glatterhubbard/music/music.htm
TBA

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Bonnie Barnett http://members.aol.com/ninewinds/BIOS/barnett.html
TBA
TBA


Sunday, November 4, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Dottie Grossman http://home.pon.net/dottieg/Homepage.html and Michael Vlatkovich http://www.ninewinds.com/Artists/vlatkovich.html
Anna Homler http://www.annahomler.com
TBA



Everything's subject to change.  More good things being added by the moment.  Check http://dangerouscurve.org for updates/changes and subscribe to our email list to get announcements. 

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Also:

Dangerous Curve can print your wide-format (up to 44") archival prints for you.  We print on canvas, too.  We also do museum-quality framing and other art services.  Call 213 617 8483 for information on affordable pricing. We also can frame your art: museum-quality and archival.

Kathryn Hargreaves teaches a Live Body class, incorporating Kundalini Yoga and artmaking with body awareness, at Dangerous Curve for all types of artists and non-artists: visual artists, writers, performers, musicians, dancers, lawyers, you name it.  The current class is on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m., just after the Arts District neighborhood walk. Call (213) 617-8483 if you need more information.

Take a look at our column, Dangerous Blurb, on http://eyespyla.com, where we write occasionally about art collecting and other things art-related, and sometimes make event recommendations.

Artists, submit your art for art-in-windows installations in Los Angeles County.  Dangerous Curve sometimes curates for Phantom Galleries LA http://phantomgalleriesla.com.  See the website for submission information.  This is an ongoing open call for installation art, sculpture, video or new media, 2D visual art, and even live art/visual art performance.

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Dangerous Curve is a leading contemporary art space in the Arts District of Los Angeles.  It is a privately run venue for live art/visual art performance, experimental art and music, and installations.  The gallery supports visionary established and emerging artists of all ages, with live art residencies and one-person shows of high-quality, risky and intelligent work that's ahead of the curve.

We are always looking for submissions of live art and experimental music.

Visit our website at http://dangerouscurve.org.  Sign up for email announcements, see photos of past exhibits and events!  Support our vital art community by donating to our Events and Openings Fund!  Buy some art online, book parties in the space!  Rent Dangerous Curve for non-art-show events!  Have your wedding, private/corporate party, CD release party, you name it!  Call (213) 617-8483. 

A huge thank you to our supporters, The Dale and Edna Walsh Foundation, Kate Bartolo of The Kor Group, and others listed on our sponsor page. Because of their and your generous support, Dangerous Curve is able to make a difference by helping emerging artists and educating the community about high-quality art.

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