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The House of 1000 Dust Catchers
Tuesday January 12 - Saturday February 13, 12noon - 5pm
Reception Saturday January 16, 6-9pm
photo by Setheyny Pen
Items and Ephemera from the collection of Marc Bisson and Dei Xhrist
with additional treasures provided by Dave Bacon
The majority of these pieces are second hand; garage sales, ex-garage sales, swap meets, second hand stores, friends with no use or lost storage space. The majority of these pieces were mass produced; part of a collection, variations on a popular theme, some sort of necessary element to complete a group, cheap efforts to fulfill a casual demand.
Marc and I find appeal in things that, out of their original context, are bizarre, horrible, silly, poorly executed, distorted, patinaed. There is a mix of pathos and brilliance; what kind of production environment birthed some of these figures? At the very least, everything here is the result of someone’s endeavors. We’ll never know their names but we can at least preserve their fruitiest of labors from the trash bin for a little longer.
We would like to thank Dave Bacon for lending a few boxes of his most easily reached toys and soup boxes. Dave is an auction and thrift store trawler with a predilection for stacking things and standing calmly as gravity overcomes his precarious towers. He can be reached at yottoys1@gmail.com
Dei Xhrist and Marc Bisson
The House of Goings-On, Manchester, NH.
bopant@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/birdorgan
Squawk-a-Doodle Workshop
Sunday February 14 11am-3pm, $20
Crank Sturgeon instructs this workshop on how to build a Squawk-a-Doodle, which is a simple tone generator using an ordinary speaker cone and 9 volt battery. Also known as a “Victorian Synthesizer”, the class delves into building a lo-fi noise instrument using a 19th Century technological approach. For all experience levels, the workshop will also teach proper soldering techniques; and everyone will get to take home their very own!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVEu-g1I_sY
Additionally, Crank will show microphone techniques with the synth (using contact microphones); so bring your own mic! Crank will have mics available at reduced pricing.
$20 per person, limited to 20 persons! Only 1 space left, to sign up email me artguy[at]119gallery[dot]org
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Big Big Bucks + Luau + Sinbusters + birdorgan
Saturday February 6 8pm, $5 donation requested.
The Big Big Bucks [Allston]
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Luau [Dover NH]
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Sinbusters [Lowell]
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birdorgan [Lowell, Nashua & Manchester NH]
Mobius Artists Group Quartet
Friday February 5 8pm, donations welcomed!
Mobius Artists Group Quartet: [Boston]
Tom Plsek - trombone,
James Coleman - Theremin,
Derek Hoffend - electronics,
Jed Speare - laptop
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Coleman / Dulberger / Wright Trio: [Boston, Brooklyn NY, Lowell]
James Coleman - Theremin,
Shayna Dulberger - double bass, delay & video,
Walter Wright - analog synths.
Mambo Mantis
Sunday January 31 8pm, donations encouraged!
Mambo Mantis: [NYC]
Bonnie Kane - sax/flute/electronics,
Blaise Siwula - sax,
Chris Welcome - guitar,
Melissa Burke - movement
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Welcome / Wright Duo: [Lowell, NYC]
Chris Welcome - guitar,
Walter Wright - analog synths
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EMU: [Lowell, Boston]
Joe Burgio, Paul Kafka-Gibbons - movement
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Andrew Eisenberg - percussion,
Walter Wright - analog synths.
Bonnie Kane is a computer artist/animator and musician. Born in Philadelphia. Her early work is in Classical Guitar. Music work concentrated in improvised composition for live performance. Bandleader and musician, director of the WOOWEB. Active as guest soloist with other artists. Bonnie plays flute, soprano and tenor saxophones, analog electronics.
Blaise Siwula grew up in Detroit, MI. He began studying the alto sax at the age of 14 in middle school and has played studied ever since. After periodic explorations of drama, poetry, architecture, visual art, a BFA, an MFA and a stint in Europe, he arrived in NYC in 1989 with family and an alto sax. He is actively involved with the NYC Improv Scene: Amica Bunker, the Improvisers Collective and most recently the C.O.M.A. series at ABC No-Rio.
Chris Welcome plays the guitar and the cello. Sometimes accordion. Sometimes electronics.
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The Doctors Fox
Saturday January 30 8pm, donations at the door
photo by Andrew Tamulynas
The Doctors Fox: [Boston]
David Ladon - bass, mandolin, vocals,
Jon Dashkoff - guitar, vocals,
Ryan Aylward - violin,
Josh Kiggans - drums
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Older than Hours [Brattleboro VT]
One Man- his iPod and his voice.
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Highway Hymnal:
Lukas Goudreault - guitar,
Hadden Stemp - guitar,
Amy Gormley - bass,
Travis Hagan - drums.
Mass Recovery Productions Showcase Extravaganza
Friday January 29 8pm, donations at the door
Fishing The Sky
Two dudes, two drumsets, one bass, and a laptop
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The Brave Little Abacus
Energetic Avant-Garde Indie
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From Sky to Sea
Beautiful ambient soundscapes
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Comma
Noodly instrumental stuff
All proceeds from this show are put towards the making of Everyday Use, a compilation tape.
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BLENDER
Friday January 22 7:30pm, donations accepted
Connect to/with ART, ART EDUCATORS, ARTISTS and ART LOVERS
“You are a work of Art,” dress as you see fit.
Come support the Arts.
Donation$ appreciated.
“A party for social and anti-social folks. Dress as your favorite artist or figure in a painting. Do a little dance. Do a little doodling.” — Setheyny Pen
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New England Phonographers Union
Saturday January 16 8pm, donation at the door
The New England Phonographers Union is a fluid congregation of sound artists and field recordists who work with untreated and unprocessed recordings of the rich and varied sounds around them. Through the exploration and documentation of urban and rural public spaces, sound objects and events, the Union captures auditory phenomena otherwise lost, and re-interpret the particularity of individual places as a newly idealized sonic environment. Within a focused listening environment the members present their recordings, both individually and as collaborative improvisations. The project is modeled after the Seattle Phonographers Union, which was founded in 2002 and has spawned like-minded groups in New York, Chicago, London, Montreal, and Cork, Ireland.
For this concert: Rick Breault, Derek Hoffend, Jed Speare, Asher Thal-Nir
nephono.org