Trans|Optic Thursday 12.10.09



December 3-5
Thursday Dec. 3- 7:30pm Staged Reading of Ginsberg’s HOWL
Friday Dec. 4- 11-5 day viewing; Performances and video 6:30-10pm
Saturday Dec. 5- 11-5 day viewing; evening performance 6:30-10pm
West Berkeley’s Pacific Basin Building presents,
“Ice on the High” a feral art/music event for three nights and two days in the first week of December. Ice on the High [...]
Green Sight + Sound
A Benefit for ME’DI.ATE’s Soundwave ((4)) Festival and ecoartspace: Celebrating Ten Years of Art and Ecology Programming
BUY NOW at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88482
MORE INFO at http://www.me-di-ate.net/green-sight-sound/
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Art Exhibition and Silent Auction of small works by over 40 environmental artists
Wine-Appetizers-Sweets by Terra Savia, Bi-Rite, Marin French Cheese Company, Paulding & [...]

UPDATE: DARWINSBITCH WILL BE PLAYING INSTEAD OF DATE PALMS
Gregg’s grandfather passed away, and he will be out of town, so I will do a solo set instead.
OVERLAPPING WORLDS
SUN CIRCLE / FILMS BY PAUL CLIPSON
ELM / VIDEO BY JON PORRAS
DARWINSBITCH / VIDEO BY BEN BRACKEN
An evening of experimental sound, music and image.
Artist’s Television Access
Friday, [...]
from Junkmedia
Ore, the latest release from Oakland-based composer Marielle Jakobsons’s solo project darwinsbitch, evolves in a fashion similar to Darwin’s coral model: it grows in seemingly anarchic ways. Expressionistic brushstrokes paint the solid droning soundscape with violin interpolations and complex, detailed harmonies; but as you look back, the previously obscured hinges that hold it [...]
Below are two videos of my installation String TV, which was presented in San Francisco at the LAB’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition August 2009. The first video is a demo explaining the system and inspiration for the piece. The second video is a performance on the instrument by Gregg Kowalsky, who also did the [...]
I’m really excited to be playing at the Swedish American Hall next Saturday and to be part of this awesome lineup the Root Strata folks put together. Along with Jim Haynes, William Fowler Collins, Starving Weirdos, Metal Rouge, + others, we’re on EARLY at 2pm… so don’t dawdle!! Check out the [...]