Jason Kahn (Zürich) + Scratch Orchestra COOP (SHV)

Saturday May 7 minicine? welcomes sound artist Jason Kahn (Zürich, Switzerland) and the Scratch Orchestra Co-Op (Shreveport, LA)!

What is happening? Jason Kahn’s work with electronics involves chaotic feedback systems and placing his body in the circuit flow. Grabbing open leads with his hands makes and breaks circuits, causing the synth to overload or collapse. Various contact microphones and electro magnetic inductors and the synthesizer's own output, via a mixing board, are used to modulate the parameters of the synth. Live radio captures during the concert and recordings made in the performance space and its environs provide further working material for each concert. Kahn’s performances are essentially site-specific works, improvising with the space at hand, both in the sense of its physicality and the sounds found there.

Scratch Orchestra Co-Op is a Shreveport based collective of musicians working with an emphasis on free improvisation inspired by the experimental musical ensemble, Scratch Orchestra (1969) founded by Cornelius Cardew, Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton.

This event is supported in part by FONDATION SUISA and SWISS ARTS COUNCIL PROHELVETIA! Thank you!

http://jasonkahn.net
https://vimeo.com/544697116
https://vimeo.com/663936602
https://soundcloud.com/jasonkahn
https://jasonkahn.bandcamp.com

minicine?
846 Texas Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71101

ALL AGES!
$5 Suggested Donation!
Masks Recommended!