DIS/INTEGRATE: AN EVENING OF EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCES – FEATURING RAULA & WHY CHOIR

UNDERPLAY CONCERT SERIES presented by MRG Concerts West and102.7 THE PEAK

Admission: FREE!

‘Dis/integrate’ is an evening of experimental interdisciplinary performances combining fragments of movement, music, visualizations and invention.

Raula

Raula is an audio/visual collaboration between media artist Kiran Bhumberand trumpeter JP Carter. Together, they explore the relationships between organic and synthesized sounds, performing on preexisting, and newly built instruments and interfaces. This interaction will create a combination of traditional and contemporary, creating a feedback loop which evolves each frame at a time.

Kiran Bhumber will be performing on The Crystallizer, and the Responsive User Body Suit. The Crystallizer is an electroacoustic instrument which generates sound and light. The physical structure is inspired by intricate crystalline structures which illuminate colours when light is casted onto them. The player is meant to interact with the instrument as if they are ‘crystal gazing’; where one casts their focus on the object in order to transcend into a meditative state where they can see images predicting their future.

JP Carter will be performing on his extensive trumpet and electronics setup, which will react along with live visuals.

why choir

why choir is the semi-improvised sonic exploration of Ben Brown andRoxanne Nesbitt. The band is an interplay of acoustic and sampled sound textures and written and improvised lyrics. Both musicians use tools from existing projects, Roxanne (Graftician) voice and electronics, Ben (Pugs and Crows) drums to tell new stories. why choir is also a testing ground for percussion and string instruments that Roxanne designs and makes. They are joined by movement artist Kelly McInnes for this performance.

Bios

Kelly McInnes is privileged to be a choreographer, performer, improvisor and facilitator based on unceded Coast Salish territories. Kelly creates work exploring socio-political issues, through a feminist lens, as a call to action. Her work has been presented across B.C., in Toronto and in Mexico.

Roxanne Nesbitt (M. Arch, B.Mus) is a designer, musician and sound artist based in Vancouver, Canada. Recently, Roxanne completed a residency in Berlin, designing a series of tuned acoustic concrete tiles that respond sonically to the pedestrian step. She also works on the on-going collaboration Mutual Instruments for Movement and Sound, where she designs and makes original percussion instruments that facilitate unorthodox movement. Roxanne performs regularly as a singer and musician in the audio-visual project graftician and works as a set designer for film.