NowNet Arts Online Performance Series 2021

Live Contemporary Network Arts Works

Admission by donation

Online Location: NowNet Arts Venue

December 4, 2021

12:00pmEST
NowNet Arts Hub
Deep Field Synthesis by Sarah Weaver

Deep Field Synthesis is a long-form network large ensemble piece on contemplative concepts of networked synchrony utilizing intuitive gesture, composition, and improvisation. The piece is performed by the NowNet Arts Hub, an international virtual contemporary arts performance group. The Hub is open to contemporary musicians, actors, dancers, and live visual/video artists.

Performers: Viv Corringham, voice, electronics (New York), Lisa Sokolov, voice (New York), Cássia Carrascoza Bomfim, flute (Brazil), Christian Pincock, trombone (Seattle), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Colin James Gibson, guitar (Toronto), Jim Mansfield, drums (New York), Jane Wang, multi-instrumentalist (Boston), Gloria Damijan, toy pianos, percussion, objects (Vienna), Rebekkah Palov, electronics (New York), Cecilia Wu, electronics (Denver), Mike O’Connor, audio technology, Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

October 16, 2021

3:30pmEDT
Synthesis Series: Contemporary Chamber Works by Sarah Weaver
Presented by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center

Performers: Yoon Sun Choi (voice), Robert Dick (flute), Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Marty Ehrlich (saxophone), Jen Baker (trombone), David Taylor (bass trombone), Sarah Weaver (electronics)

Synthesis Series is a collection of solo, chamber, and large ensemble pieces on contemplative concepts of networked synchrony across realities, transformation of distance, and synthesis activation for healing and transcendence. This concert will feature works from the series titled "Sound in Peace", "Interpolation Space", and "Isomorphic Now". The performance utilizes JackTrip network audio technology. Ensemble recordings available at SyncSource Label.

This concert is supported by the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.

May 23, 2021

2:00pmEDT
NowNet Arts Ensemble: Synthesis Series

NowNet Arts Ensemble premieres contemporary network arts works by composer Sarah Weaver for pioneering musicians in New York, California, and Switzerland performing together live via the internet. With collaborations spanning over fifteen years in network arts, NowNet Arts Ensemble expresses works at the forefront of the medium and artistic interconnection. "Synthesis Series" is a collection of solo, chamber, and large ensemble pieces on contemplative concepts of networked synchrony across realities, transformation of distance, and synthesis activation for healing and transcendence. The concert audio will take place utilizing JackTrip network music technology.

Artists: Yoon Sun Choi (voice), Julie Ferrara (oboe), Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Marty Ehrlich (woodwinds), Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds), James Zollar (trumpet), Ray Anderson (trombone), David Taylor (bass trombone), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerry Hemingway (percussion), Sarah Weaver (conductor, composer)

Program:

Infinite Beauty
Mark Dresser (solo bass)

Isomorphic Now
Yoon Sun Choi (voice), Julie Ferrara (oboe), Marty Ehrlich (clarinet), Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Ned Rothenberg (alto saxophone), James Zollar (trumpet)

Interpolation Space
Ray Anderson (trombone), David Taylor (bass trombone)

At the Intersection of Eternity and Time
Gerry Hemingway (solo percussion)

Integral Infinity
Yoon Sun Choi (voice), Julie Ferrara (oboe), Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Marty Ehrlich (woodwinds), Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds), James Zollar (trumpet), Ray Anderson (trombone), David Taylor (bass trombone), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerry Hemingway (percussion), Sarah Weaver (conductor)

May 1, 2021

12pm-11pmEDT
OptoSonic MayDay Marathon

OptoSonic MayDay Marathon is a collaboration between OptoSonic Tea and NowNet Arts with Experimental Intermedia, XFest and Kunsthaus Langenthal. This 11 hour non-stop virtual event will feature audio-visual performances put together by: NowNet Lab Ensemble (NYC), OptoSonic Tea (NYC and Langenthal, Switzerland), PataLab (Berlin, Bogotá, Cologne), APO33 (Nantes, France), Harvestworks (NYC), XFest (Lowell, MA), Sonic Gatherings (NYC), Grace Exhibition Space (NYC), Vampÿrates & Clockface Orange @ Synesthesia (NYC).

April 10, 2021

12:00pmEDT
NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble
Synthesis Project by Sarah Weaver

Synthesis Project is a series of network arts pieces by Sarah Weaver with elements of composition, improvisation, and gesture. Demonstration performance by NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble utilizing technologies JackTrip audio, Zoom video, Open Broadcasting Software, Vimeo Live. The Lab Ensemble researches and demonstrates artistic and technological practices in contemporary network arts internationally. Open to contemporary musicians, actors, dancers, and live visual/video artists. Contact NowNet Arts for information.

Performers: Ximena Alarcon, voice, electronics (UK), Viv Corringham, voice, electronics (UK), Cássia Carrascoza Bomfim, flute (Brazil), Biggi Vinkeloe, alto saxophone (Sweden), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Steve Rust, bass (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jim Mansfield, drums (New York), Jane Wang, multi-instrumentalist (Boston), Gloria Damijan, percussion, electronics (Vienna), Kit Fitzgerald, video (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

1:00pmEDT
Katherine Liberovskaya, live visuals, Ursula Scherrer, live visuals, Kit Fitzgerald, live visuals, Beth Warshafsky, live visuals
Shelley Hirsch, vocals, electronics, Dafna Naphtali, electronics, voice

10:00pmEDT
NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble
Synthesis Project by Sarah Weaver

Performers: Lisa Sokolov, voice, piano (New York), Christian Pincock, trombone (Seattle), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Colin James Gibson, guitar (Toronto), Prawit Siriwat, guitar, electronics (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jim Mansfield, drums (New York), Kit Fitzgerald, video (New York), Beth Warshafsky, video (New York), Anna Pasztor, movement (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

March 6, 2021

12:00pmEST
NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble
Synthesis Project by Sarah Weaver
Say that again! by Anne Sophie Andersen, Cássia Carrascoza Bomfim, Viv Corringham, Luisa Muhr, Diane Roblin

Synthesis Project is a series of network arts pieces by Sarah Weaver with elements of composition, improvisation, and gesture. Demonstration performance by NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble utilizing technologies JackTrip audio, Zoom video, Open Broadcasting Software, Vimeo Live. The Lab Ensemble researches and demonstrates artistic and technological practices in contemporary network arts internationally. Open to contemporary musicians, actors, dancers, and live visual/video artists. Contact NowNet Arts for information. The demonstration performances in March are co-presented with Earfest, Stony Brook University.

Performers: Ximena Alarcon, voice, electronics (Oslo), Viv Corringham, voice, electronics (New York), Luisa Muhr, voice (New York), Cássia Carrascoza Bomfim, flute (Brazil), Biggi Vinkeloe, alto saxophone (Sweden), Anne Sophie Andersen, violin (Denmark), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Juan Parra, guitar (Belgium), Steve Rust, bass (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jane Wang, multi-instrumentalist (Boston), Gloria Damijan, percussion, electronics (Vienna), Scott Miller, electronics (Minnesota), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

10:00pmEST
NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble
Synthesis Project by Sarah Weaver

Performers: Lisa Sokolov, voice, piano (New York), Jon Raskin, saxophone (California), Christian Pincock, trombone (Seattle), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Colin James Gibson, guitar (Toronto), Prawit Siriwat, guitar, electronics (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jim Mansfield, drums (New York), Dirk Stromberg, electronics (Singapore), Kit Fitzgerald, video (New York), Katherine Liberovskaya, live visuals (New York), Beth Warshafsky, video (New York), Anna Pasztor, movement (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

February 6, 2021

NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble
Synthesis Project
12:00pmEST and 10:00pmEST

Synthesis Project is a series of network arts pieces by Sarah Weaver with elements of composition, improvisation, and gesture. Demonstration performance by NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble utilizing technologies JackTrip audio, Zoom video, Open Broadcasting Software, Vimeo Live. The Lab Ensemble researches and demonstrates artistic and technological practices in contemporary network arts internationally. Open to contemporary musicians, actors, dancers, and live visual/video artists. Contact NowNet Arts for information.

12:00pmEST Performers
Ximena Alarcon, voice, electronics (Oslo), Viv Corringham, voice, electronics (New York), Cássia Carrascoza Bomfim, flute (Brazil), Biggi Vinkeloe, alto saxophone (Sweden), Anne Sophie Andersen, violin (Denmark), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Steve Rust, bass (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jane Wang, multi-instrumentalist (Boston), Gloria Damijan, percussion, electronics (Vienna), Katherine Liberovskaya, live visuals (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

10:00pmEST Performers
Luisa Muhr, voice (New York), Lisa Sokolov, voice, piano (New York), Jon Raskin, saxophone (California), Christian Pincock, trombone (Seattle), Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegum (California), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Colin James Gibson, guitar (Toronto), Prawit Siriwat, guitar, electronics (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jim Mansfield, drums (New York), Dirk Stromberg, electronics (Singapore), Anna Pasztor, multidisciplinary (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

January 9, 2021

NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble
Synthesis Project
12:00pmEST and 10:00pmEST

Synthesis Project is a series of network arts pieces by Sarah Weaver with elements of composition, improvisation, and gesture. Demonstration performance by NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble utilizing technologies JackTrip audio, Zoom video, Open Broadcasting Software, Vimeo Live. The Lab Ensemble researches and demonstrates artistic and technological practices in contemporary network arts internationally. Open to contemporary musicians, actors, dancers, and live visual/video artists. Contact NowNet Arts for information.

12:00pmEST Performers
Ximena Alarcon, voice, electronics (Oslo), Viv Corringham, voice, electronics (New York), Luisa Muhr, voice (New York), Cássia Carrascoza Bomfim, flute (Brazil), Anne Sophie Andersen, violin (Denmark), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Steve Rust, bass (New York), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jane Wang, multi-instrumentalist (Boston), Gloria Damijan, percussion, electronics (Vienna), Scott Miller, electronics (Minnesota), Katherine Liberovskaya, live visuals (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)

10:00pmEST Performers
Lisa Sokolov, voice, piano (New York), Jon Raskin, saxophone (California), Christian Pincock, trombone (Seattle), Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegum (California), Angelo Branford, guitar (New York), Colin James Gibson, guitar (Toronto), Tom Zlabinger, bass (New York), Diane Roblin, piano, electric keyboards (Toronto), Jim Mansfield, drums (New York), Sarah Weaver, conductor (New York)