[NewMusicEvents] Tues 10/2: Jorge Gonçalves w/ Robair, Raskin, Allbee, Goodheart, Nordeson, Djll, Ingalls, Perkis, Shiurba

[Matt J. Ingalls]

Tuesday, Oct 2 2007 8:00 PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley
http://www.hillsideclub.org/concerts.htm#robair

Antonio Jorge Goncalves and Gino Robair:
Improvised Light Painting with Skronky Music

The Berkeley Hillside Club is enraptured to present Antonio Jorge 
Goncalves and Gino Robair performing a piece entitled "Improvised Light 
Painting with Skronky Music".
This promises to be be a one-of-a-kind event; don't miss it!

The Performance:

Portuguese multimedia artist Antonio Jorge Goncalves will improvise with 
light and drawings throughout the Hillside Club, accompanied by two local musical 
groups-the Acme House Band and the Jon Raskin Ensemble. Goncalves creates 
his visuals using a laptop, a Wacom tablet, and a portable projector, which he 
pushes around in a cart in order to use the entire performance space as a 
canvas. He calls his real-time digital drawing "live comics and projection."

The music and visuals will take advantage of the entire performance space, with 
sound bathing the room from all directions and nearly every surface becoming a 
canvas. As a special addition acclaimed Butoh dancer, Monique Goldwater, will 
be a "living screen" for a section of the performance.

The Performers:

Through the '80s and the '90s, Lisbon-based Antonio Jorge Gonçalves published 
his graphic novels in books, newspapers, and magazines in Portugal, Spain, 
France, and Italy. He has also designed sets and costumes for several theater 
productions, and he recently created the Subway Life Project.

Jon Raskin is a founding member of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet (he's the R in 
the acronym) and an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. 
Raskin has collaborated with a Who's Who of contemporary artists, including 
Anthony Braxton, Terry Riley, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, Tim Berne, Henry 
Kaiser, and Nels Cline. He has composed for dance, theater, and the score for 
the film Just Another Weekend. Jon's ensemble includes Liz Allbee (trumpet), 
Matthew Goodheart (piano), Kjell Nordeson (drums), and Jon Raskin (saxophones).

The Acme House Band is a group of electro-acoustic improvisers including Tom 
Djll (trumpet), Matt Ingalls (clarinet), John Shiurba (guitar), Tim Perkis 
(electronics), and Gino Robair (synth). The musicians are an integral part of 
the Bay Area scene and have performed and recorded with artists as varied as 
Tom Waits, Anthony Braxton, Merce Cunningham, and John Zorn.

Cost : $15

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