Tuesday, August 6 | 3—5:00pm
Two musical duos experimenting with sonic proximity. Two trombones playing through each other, two cellists playing one cello. Shared air, shared strings. What do we learn and unlearn in the closeness of touch? What gets organized and disorganized by nearness? The duos will play with each other in the gallery and then have a conversation about proximity, sound, embodiment, and politics.
The event will be broadcast on Montez Press Radio as a part of a series of broadcasts called Airhead – Faculty Meetings at P·P·O·W.
Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson is a vibraphonist and trombonist. She organizes and leads performances of Black-American improvisation based music.
aj medeiros is a poet, musician and fine artist. She curates a monthly cross-collaborative show series in Queens.
Ethan Philbrick is a cellist, performance artist, writer, and curator. He holds a PhD in performance studies from New York University and has taught performance theory and practice at Pratt Institute, Muhlenberg College, New York University, Wesleyan College, Yale University, and The New School. He is currently curator-in-residence at The Poetry Project.
Justin Wong is a New York-based artist, educator, researcher, and arts worker. He has collaborated on choral and orchestral compositions and performances by artists including Holly Herndon, Lyra Pramuk, and Colin Self that have been performed at the Wiener Festwoche in Vienna, with the Rundfunkchor and Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and MoMA PS1.
