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On Friday, May 17th we are proud to present experimental guitarist Elliott Sharp (NYC), multimodal artist Matt Swift (CMH), and Cincy-based composer/sound artist Owen Hopper (OH). Doors 7:30pm, show begins at 8:00pm. Performance will take place at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center 3rd floor classroom (139 W. Main St. 43215). $8.00 online, $10 at the door.About the artists:
Elliott Sharp is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, visual
artist, and author who leads the projects Orchestra Carbon, SysOrk, Tectonics and Terraplane. His compositional strategies have encompassed the use of fractal geometry, chaos theory, algorithms, genetic metaphors, and new techniques for graphic notation to yield work that catalyzes a synesthetic approach to musicmaking as well as functioning as retinal art.
In 2015, Sharp was awarded the Berlin Prize and in 2014 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fellowship from the Center for Transformative Media. He has been featured in the Darmstadt and Huddersfield festivals, New Music Stockholm, Au Printemps-Paris, and the Venice Biennale. His book IrRational Music, a mix of memoir, cultural discussion, and music theory was published in 2019. He is the subject of the documentary film Doing The Don’t and has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered.
Sharp’s composition Storm of the Eye appeared on violinist Hilary Hahn’s Grammy-winning album In 27 Pieces. His opera Die Grösste Fuge premiered in Bonn as part of Beethoven@250 and his opera Filiseti Mekidesi premiered at the RuhrTriennale in 2018. Sound installations include Fluvial, Chromatine, and Tag. Sharp’s collaborators have included Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; pianist Cecil Taylor; Ensemble Modern; pop singer Debbie Harry; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; JACK Quartet; jazz greats Jack Dejohnette and Sonny Sharrock; and media artist Christian Marclay. Many of Sharp’s releases may be found at the zOaR Records Bandcamp site.
Matt Swift is a multimodal artist that creates work independently and with his partner Nikki Swift as part of Nicolettecinemgraphics. His work brings together over 15 years in film, photography, painting, and other artforms. Originally a musician that came to other arts in his 20s, his work always incorporates music in some form. Since the mid 2010s Matt has created audio visual poetic works that have been screened domestically and internationally. Since 2020 a larger focus has been the drive to create more original soundtracks and expression based live performance in all his works as well as revisiting his earlier days as a multiinstrumentalist and vocalist. In 2023, Intrincitiy, a 12 work DVD album of live captured audio visual works, was released as a meditation on a dystopian world that could have been. Bringing together analog modular, semi modular, acoustic instruments and analog video synthesis, he will be debuting a singular track sequel entitled Imminent Sanctuary as a one time performance work for the show. The work will be recorded live at this event then released as a second album on DVD a few weeks later.
Owen Hopper is a sound artist, composer, educator, and improviser whose work focuses on fragile correlations between landscape and meaning. Much of his work meditates on our relationship with technology, issues of modernity, acoustic ecology, and sonic perception. Through ideas that encompass digital media, field recordings, chamber ensembles, modular synthesizers, and loudspeaker arrays he develops pieces that seek to create thoughtful discussions; woven with our understanding of digital culture, popular music, and the environment.
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139 W. Main St, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43215
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