Isabel Crespo Pardo presents 6.
Free ($25 advance, $30 at the door, $20 student/ages 65+ w/ID | Stream: Free)
- Isabel Crespo Pardo, voice
- Eden Girma
- Kwami Winfield, trumpet
- Chris Williams, trumpet
- Lester St. Louis, cello
Participating Artists: Isabel Crespo Pardo, Loré Yessuff, Eden Girma, Kwami Winfield, Chris Williams, and Lester St. Louis
6. is a space for these six artists to reach for one another, to know and to be known, to see and to be seen, to ask questions, and to let inspiration seep into the fabric of mundanity, all with the hope of creating a pool of collective knowing. This durational interdisciplinary piece lasts six weeks. During that time, the six artists will perform specific tasks aimed at deepening ties between individual participants, while nourishing the group as a whole. The Roulette performance occurs during week five of the piece, providing a brief window into their process.
6. joins artists engaged in musical, literary and visual art making. Throughout the six weeks, their conversations are necessary and private, with each utterance and silence delineating the communal space. Crespo will document the process by screen-printing the artists' words, thoughts, and questions posed during the piece and creating a wire sculpture from which to hang them. During the performance, the six artists will periodically visit the sculpture, located at the center of their configuration, and retrieve a slip of paper with ideas shared by one of the artists. They will then use this as a point of departure for subsequent improvisation. Disassembling the sculpture alludes to a core idea of the project—that the piece exists within and between the artists themselves. Crespo deeply admires each of the participating artists, and has carefully composed 6. as an act of care, trust and curiosity.
Doors open at 7pm.
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About Isabel Crespo Pardo, voice
About Chris Williams, trumpet
A descendant of the Wakka Wakka people from Queensland, Australia, Didgeridoo player Chris Williams, began his music studies from an early age. He studied his Masters degree in Classical Trumpet Performance at the Royal College of Music in London. Chris has toured with various music ensembles through Europe and Asia and has also played trumpet professionally with The Hong Kong Sinfonietta and several of Australia’s professional orchestras. As artist in residence with Southern Cross Soloists, Chris is one of Australia’s leading didgeridoo soloists.
https://chriswilliams-music.com/About Lester St. Louis, cello
Lester St. Louis (b.1993) is a New York-born and -based composer, improviser, cellist, sound designer, and curator. His work traverses through performance, installation, curation, artistic research, and recording. His works are rooted in dynamic environments of improvisation both sonically and socially, ecstatic sound worlds. flow and interaction. He has performed internationally throughout the U.S, the E.U, Canada, China, and in South America; and collaborates with artists such as Chris Williams [under the moniker HxH], Edi Kwon Jaimie Branch, Dre A. Hočevar, Charmaine Lee, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Emeka Okereke, Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, TAK Ensemble, The International Contemporary Ensemble, Random International, Superblue, Terrence Nance, Found Sound Nation, Wet Ink Ensemble, and many more. As a composer, Lester has been commissioned by artists such as The JACK Quartet, RAGE THORMBONES, Jennifer Koh, String Noise, and Ghost Ensemble, among others. He is deeply excited to see what new ventures and collaborations the future may bring and those that will be made.
https://metropolisensemble.org/artists-collection/lester-st-louis