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DIA:BEACON and dreams coming true



This past Friday i went to the Issue Project Room for director Suzanne Fiol's 21st birthday. lots of roasted chickens, hummus and whiskey were had by all. But the highlight of the evening had to be when I ran into long time friend and sometimes collaborator Stephan Moore. Stephan is an amazing sound artist that created the Hemispherical speakers for Issue Project Room and the main sound engineer for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He is also the guy that invited me to be a part of what i consider the most important artist residency of my career to date. It's a coveted spot as a sound artist in residence for the DIA:BEACON, Bard College and the Merce Cunningham Dance Co.

Having been a long time lover of the DIA:BEACON museum since it's opening (I first traveled there when I was on my solo "Those Eyes of Hers" East Coast tour in 2004) the gallery space within the DIA:BEACON that I remember most is the "Torqued Ellipses" pieces by Richard Serra. When i first walked into one of the pieces, I remembered thinking to myself," I am going to perform in this piece.....I don't know how, and i don't know when, but this is where my work belongs."

4 Years later at a birthday party Stephan the magnificent asked me the question that any sound artist would LOVE to hear:

"Which Serra do you want to play in?"

"Excuse me?" I asked...

"I scheduled us in Richard Serra portion of the residency. There's 4 sound artists, and 4 Richard Serra pieces, which one do you want?"

This is the part where i jump up and down with pure joy and amazement at how the universe works.
Then I started to cry. And I can't stop crying.

It's a real dream come true. To perform WITH Merce, WITHIN a Richard Serra, AT the DIA:BEACON.

Tickets go on sale May 30th and tend to sell out quickly. I would love to see you there. Please bring some tissues, because I will probably be crying the whole time.

http://www.diabeacon.org/prg/special/merce/

I love me some life y'all......

WHEN AND WHERE I'LL BE 2010

May 15 2010

Brecht Forum with Gene Coleman

Brooklyn, New York, US



May 18 2010

Outpost 186, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Boston, Massachusetts, US



May 19 2010

Strange, May 2010 Tour with Seeded Plain

Portland, Maine


May 20 2010

L’Envers, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Montreal, Quebec, CA



May 21 2010

May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Toronto, CA



May 22 2010

Dreamland Theater, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Detroit, Michigan



May 23 2010

Robinwood Concert House, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Toledo, Ohio


May 25 2010

Enemy, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Chicago, Illinois


May 26 2010

Sugar Maple, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Milwaukee, WI


May 27 2010

The Ritz Theater, May Tour 2010 w/ Seeded Plain

Minneapolis, MN



May 28 2010

Ames
Progressive, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Ames, Iowa



May 29 2010

Bemis Center, MAY 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Omaha, Nebraska



May 30 2010

Clawfoot House, May 2010 Tour w/ Seeded Plain

Lincoln, Nebraska



Jun 13 2010

Whitebox Gallery

NYC, New York



Jul 1 2010

Whitney Museum, Christian Marclay Retrospective w/ Marina Rosenfeld

NYC, New York



Jul 2 2010

Whitney Museum, Christian Marclay Retrospective w/ Elliot Sharp

NYC, New York



Jul 3 2010

Whitney Museum, Christian Marclay Retrospective w/ Elliot Sharp

NYC, New York



Jul 4 2010

Whitney Museum, Christian Marclay Retrospective w/ Elliot Sharp

NYC, New York



Jul 9 2010

Whitney Museum, Christian Marclay Retrospective w/ Marina Rosenfeld

NYC, New York



Jul 11 2010

Whitney Museum, Christian Marclay Retrospective w/ Alan Licht and Lee Ranaldo

NYC, New York

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