Briggan Krauss with Raha Raissnia: Cosmography

Curated by Matthew Lyons

This latest audio-visual project between long-time collaborators saxophonist, composer, and sound artist Briggan Krauss and abstract painter and film artist Raha Raissnia features all new music for Krauss' stellar trio H-alpha (Ikue Mori on laptop, Jim Black on drums, and Krauss) plus an additional five-member ensemble conducted by Skuli Sverrisson. Best known as a member of the legendary group Sexmob, Krauss explores otherworldly sounds and sonic textures with composed passages as well as structured improvisation in this new work, and Raissnia creates an evocative vocabulary of shifting light forms through a new live cinema performance built from video, film, and slide projections.

Additional performers include: Brian Drye, trombone; Peter Evans, trumpet; Michel Gentile, flutes; Mike McGinnis, clarinet; Sarah Schoenbeck, bassoon; and Karen Waltuch, viola.

This program is made possible with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Music programs at The Kitchen are supported by The Amphion Foundation, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

Photo: Raha Raissnia

February 25–February 26, 2011

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