CORPO- Research Residency
Sep
25
to Oct 1

CORPO- Research Residency

In the last week of September, CORPO will host Family Dinner as we take over their studio for one week for a research residency. We will focus on the relation between food, the body and capitalism. There will be some public moments announced closer to the date.

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Goethe Investigating: Hache Collective Research Residency
Dec
15
to Dec 23

Goethe Investigating: Hache Collective Research Residency

The third week of December, Hache Collective will work from Goethe-Institut Niederlande in Rotterdam on our research project, Hache goes Cumbia. During Goethe Investigating, Hache will have a full week to make use of the studios- living, rehearsing, studying, and cooking together. We will use the time to further develop our research in cumbia- learning a full set of tunes, following workshops, and presenting our work to the public. There will be a public presentation of our work on Thursday 22 December at 19.00.

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After December: A Letter from the Planet E
Nov
20
7:00 PM19:00

After December: A Letter from the Planet E

On the evening of 20 November, I will present an event combining elements of music, performance, text and projection. The featured piece is After December a string quartet which had its premier postponed due to Covid and will finally be performed in public. This event is supported by funds from the municipal government of Utrecht.

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Finassage Performance with Koen Boeijinga
Jul
31
6:00 PM18:00

Finassage Performance with Koen Boeijinga

Koen Boeijinga and I will perform a spontaneous celebration of improvised music during the closing of AKA MAMA. Koen works with MOA and BUI and I work with Hache and Fire is Scary, both exploring different facets of experimental music. Our set will play on the energy of the room, picking out frequencies and rhythms from the air to weave a musical moment, unpremeditated and unexpected.

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a.k.a MAMA Exhibition
Jul
22
to Jul 31

a.k.a MAMA Exhibition

‘Named lover but not lover’ made a fire to heat the fire. a music video that I created with Fire is Scary will be part of the exhibition, a.k.a MAMA at Showroom MAMA in Rotterdam. The exhibition is a showcase of Team MAMA, a group of employees, volunteers and artists that make up MAMA.

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Fire is Scary release
Jun
1
5:00 AM05:00

Fire is Scary release

The Fire is Scary album is officially up for sale now! You can send an email for more information on how to get your copy. We are still looking to do a release party when more of the group is in the Netherlands together. More info coming soon!

You can also purchase a copy of Fire is Scary at KIOSK in Rotterdam.

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Hache @ Jardin Rouge Festival
Mar
20
4:00 PM16:00

Hache @ Jardin Rouge Festival

Hache Goes Cumbia is an expansion of Hache’s study in classical, jazz, and experimental music to include cumbia music, a genre of popular and folk music from Colombia. For two months in the spring of 2021, Hache worked out of Casco Art Institute, taking a workshop with musicologist Ruben Pastor Perez on the history and rhythms of cumbia, arranging popular cumbias for their ensemble and beginning to combine improvisation and movement with early forays into cumbia. They continue to study and connect with musicians with a deep connection to cumbia and bring together elements of music, movement and theater.

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SoC x Campus Gegenwart — An Infinite, Incomplete Series: On ways of working within the School of Commons
Jan
26
4:00 PM16:00

SoC x Campus Gegenwart — An Infinite, Incomplete Series: On ways of working within the School of Commons

Marea Hildebrand will speak on the concept of School of Commons (SoC), the future of learning and international peer-to-peer learning from her experience as the founder of School of Commons.

Fire is Scary, a collective of musicians and artists, is conducting research on the subject of translation, while participating in SoC. Fire is Scary will speak about their working methods and ways of working, researching translation through music recording, performance, workshops and exhibitions within the commons-based environment of SoC.

For more info head over to: https://campusgegenwart.de/commons-fuer-wen-ist-die-kunst/

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Fire is Scary Workshop- HKU Master of Fine Arts
Jan
18
to Jan 19

Fire is Scary Workshop- HKU Master of Fine Arts

Fire is Scary will present workshop for students of the HKU MAFA program. This workshop will explore translation as an artistic method, based on the research project Fire Is Scary: Translations of Sound and Image. The session will include activities in various approaches to translation and interactive discussion around the topics of translation and the borderlands (living between/across cultures). Fire Is Scary will share their experience of working with translation, offering practical examples of how translation can function as an artistic method. The workshop will be a moment for co-learning and collective research through experimentation and dialogue. By participating in this workshop, you will gain insight into using translation as an artistic method and have the opportunity to begin to imagine, along with other participants, how you might apply these methods to your own practice.

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so you should play on a swing- Exhibition with Sol Enae Lee and Fire is Scary
Dec
5
to Dec 19

so you should play on a swing- Exhibition with Sol Enae Lee and Fire is Scary

Sol Enae Lee and Fire is Scary will present an exhibition at Bradwolff Projects in Amsterdam. The exhibition will include works by Sol Enae Lee, a visual album of music that I wrote for Fire is Scary, a workshop on translation and two performances of music from Fire is Scary.

https://www.bradwolffprojects.nl/exhibition/upcoming-exhibition-sol-enae-lee/

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Fire is Scary: Translation as Artistic Method @ MaMA
Nov
20
3:00 PM15:00

Fire is Scary: Translation as Artistic Method @ MaMA

Fire is Scary is offering a workshop on translation as an artistic method, based on their research project Fire is Scary: Translations of Sound and Image. The workshop is open to jongeren (18-35 year olds) and will be held in person on Saturday November 20th (afternoon- time TBD). The session will include presentation of work in different formats, interactive discussion and dialogues around the topics of translation and the borderlands (living between/across cultures).

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Fire is Scary: Translation as Artistic Method
Nov
16
4:00 PM16:00

Fire is Scary: Translation as Artistic Method

Fire is Scary is offering a workshop on translation as artistic method, based on their research project Fire is Scary: Translations of Sound and Image. The workshop is open to all ZHdK students and will be held online on Tuesday November 16th from 16.00-17.30. The session will include presentation of work in different formats, interactive discussion and dialogues around the topics of translation and the borderlands (living between/across cultures). RSVP to fire.is.scary2021@gmail.com by November 14th for the link to participate.

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Family Dinner Residency
Oct
3
to Oct 24

Family Dinner Residency

Charli Herrington and I will be hosting Family Dinner, an online residency around the themes of sharing, hospitality and gifts. During the month of October, we will work together with 11 other artists and cultural workers in discussions, workshops and other activities. At the end of our time together we will assemble a cook book publication and present a pop-up exhibition.

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Souls for Foods Market- Second Edition- Arts of the Working Class
Aug
15
12:00 PM12:00

Souls for Foods Market- Second Edition- Arts of the Working Class

Family Dinner , a collaborative project between myself and Charli Herrington, will be at the second edition of the Souls for Food Market in Berlin. Charli will be selling a zine containing two recipes from our forthcoming cookbook and trading tastes of amaro in exchange for stories about gifts, sharing and hospitality.

http://artsoftheworkingclass.org/text/souls-for-foods-market-second-edition

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In-Progress Presentation with guest speaker Rory Pilgrim
Jul
20
6:00 PM18:00

In-Progress Presentation with guest speaker Rory Pilgrim

Fire is Scary will present an in-progress session from their research project Fire is Scary: Translations of Sound and Image on July 20th from 18.00-20.00, with guest speaker Rory Pilgrim. The session will include presentation of work in different formats, interactive discussion and dialogues around the topics of translation and the borderlands (living between/across cultures).

https://www.schoolofcommons.org/event/in-progress-session-fire-is-scary-with-guest-speaker-rory-pilgrim

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Vanity Lane Ballet- Streaming Fundraiser Event
Jul
17
8:00 PM20:00

Vanity Lane Ballet- Streaming Fundraiser Event

Save the date for a streaming fundraiser event for Vanity Lane. Vanity Lane is an absolutely incredible production from my friend, La’Toya Princess Jackson. I had the honor of writing music for the first act of this ballet back in 2018 and it is nice to see it take on new life as a musical film.

Get your tickets here:

https://app.gopassage.com/events/vanity-lane-a-dream-ballet-experience?utm_source=digital&utm_medium=social%20media&utm_campaign=Tickets

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Fire is Scary- Expo Moira Open Studio
Jun
7
to Jun 17

Fire is Scary- Expo Moira Open Studio

Fire is Scary (a collective including myself, Sol Enae Lee, Agustin Faundez Rojas and Ariel Sin Yu Lee) will present early stages of our work on translation and the borderlands (living between/across cultures) at Moiza Zaal in Utrecht. This part of the project is being headed up by Sol Enae Lee and will features images, a short video and a demo of the music we are creating together.

RSVP: https://datumprikker.nl/event/subscribe/ptxkpxbwitkybna9

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Concert with Koen Boeijinga
May
24
8:00 PM20:00

Concert with Koen Boeijinga

I will be performing in a Gamelan ensemble alongside saxophonist, composer and improviser Koen Boeijinga. Gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra made up of xylophone-like instruments with metal bars, gongs, and other percussion instruments. The music will not be traditional, but rather newly composed in a different idiom by Koen. It is also important to recognize that the Netherlands colonized Indonesia up until the middle of the 20th century, which likely explains how this set of instruments came to be present in this country.

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