Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Multimedia art installation to open for a one-night-only performance at Hal Samples’ Space

By Pegasus News wire

Image provided by Space Studio

On July 26th, a unique audio-visual experience will be at Hal Samples' Space for one night only. The project is called "Thank You;" originally conceived of as a creative gift for the community that helped nurture two young artists, the project has expanded to become a large collective "thank you" from all the artists involved in Space to the people who have helped to keep the project open for so long.

Thank You is a surround sound visual installation that is intended to be viewed as a performance. It is a band that could never exist live. It is a movie with no characters or setting. Through music of polar styles, Thank You comes with the purpose of cultivating as well as making sense of noise. Employing a variety of instruments as well as collaboration with a number of people, the artists sought to bring disparate parts into a surprising and alien though refreshingly homeostatic harmony. The artists have taken the time to infuse old elements into new things and new elements into old things; bringing the found-object art of animators into the sound production; bringing the improvisation of jazz and kraut rock into graphic production and post production.

Thank You is a concert from space. It is an ephemeral transmission and will be bizarre to some and comforting to others. We aim to hypnotize and transport the audience as well as entertain them.

Jordan Fein, 17, is an upcoming senior at the Richardson High School Communications Magnet, a violinist of 12 years and cellist, as well as a photographer and artist whose work has been featured at a handful of local events. Zach Stone, 19, is a recent graduate of the RHS Communications Magnet and will be attending the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has worked as a recording engineer for various productions in the Dallas area. Both intend to go on to transcend time and space.

Source: Hal Samples' Space Studio

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