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Spectral Density: An Evening of Performances Dedicated to Tony Conrad with Henry Flynt, Dan Conrad, Lary 7 and Special Guest
Friday, April 7th, ISSUE gathers together a group of artists who all have shared with Tony Conrad a friendship and a deep devotion to music and art. In honor of Tony, who passed away April 9th, 2016, Spectral Density presents an evening of music and expression that sees original works by Henry Flynt, Dan Conrad, and a special guest, as well as a performance of Tonys Three Loops for Performers and Tape Recorders, (1961), by Lary 7. The performances are curated by Tonys close friend and 2010 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence MV Carbon.
Longtime ISSUE Project Room friend, collaborator and Board Member Tony Conrad (1940 2016) was a true polymath: composer, filmmaker, video artist, media activist, philosopher, writer, and educator. Amongst his countless contributions to experimental culture, Tony was associated with the founding of minimal music and underground film -- well known for drafting post-Cagean music compositions and text pieces, video works such his his 1966 film masterwork The Flicker, and collaborations with artists such as Henry Flynt, Jack Smith, Faust, andas part of legendary drone ensemble Theatre of Eternal MusicLa Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and John Cale. He performed and exhibited extensively, influenced countless artists, and was loved widely -- a profound and inspiring creative legacy. Tony was also a founding member of the ISSUE Project Room Board and a fundamental part of the ISSUE family.
This event is part of a series planned by Greene Naftali with friends, family, curators, and collaborators of Tony, including concerts and screenings at venues such as The Kitchen, Anthology Film Archives, Knockdown Center and ISSUE Project Room. The series centers around a memorial the afternoon of Saturday, April 8th, at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center. The memorial will feature speeches, videos, and musical performances from artists and writers that were close to Tony. For more information, please see: http://tonyconrad.memorial/
Henry Flynt is a philosopher, musician, and exhibited artist. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1940. At the age of 17, he was accepted into Harvard where he studied mathematics and became close friends with Tony Conrad. Henry became interested in composing serious modern music at that time and concluded that academics had little to offer him intellectually. He dropped out of school to devote his time to creative endeavors. He has created a genre he calls New American Ethnic Music which combines sounds from the South with an avant-garde influence. Henry was an active part of the post-Cage milieu in the 1960s and realized the term concept art. He is known for his political and artistic expressions in the 60s. He picketed two museums and Lincoln Center with Tony Conrad and Jack Smith. Flynt sat in for violist John Cale for a handful of Velvet Underground concerts in 1966. He studied with Hindustani singer Pandit Pran Nath, the mentor of La Monte Young and Terry Riley. Flynt graduated from NYU in 1970, then entered the New School as a graduate student in economics. Flynts work is interwoven with the study of mathematics, philosophy, spirituality, politics and economics. Flynt has releases dating back to 1963, Acoustic Hillbilly Jive. Archival recordings were released in the early 2000s on labels Ampersand, Locust, and Recorded. Flynt has infrequently performed in public.
Dan Conrad pursues the challenge of developing technology-assisted art, while continuing to work with traditional media in visual and sound art. Experimentation opens fresh avenues of expression, and the cross-stimulation of diverse artistic interests furthers the development long-held core concepts. Dan Conrads flute music has been a creative reference point for him since the age of six. Twenty years ago he joined the experimental music scene in Baltimore, Maryland. Looking for further possibilities in sound, Conrad set aside the flute to invent other instruments. One product of these projects was a combination of electronic devices, which, when used with the flute, have redefined Conrad's relationship with his original instrument and opened fresh areas of experimentation and collaboration. Conrad received an MFA in painting from the Hoffberger School (MICA ). He taught physics and related subjects in high school for 23 years in Baltimore, where he lives and makes music and color-changing luminous art using LEDs and electronic circuitry.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Lary 7 is a multimedia artist who coaxes profane, inscrutable sounds and images from various mysterious devices. Eschewing the digital, his work mainly features vintage and forgotten electronic instruments and technologies. In the past he has taken the unique approach of modifying household appliances in order to give them a musical voice. Lary is a co-founder of Plastickville Records and has been a major figure in the New York experimental underground music scene since 1970. He has worked on exceptional musical projects with diverse artists including Jimi Tenor, Jarboe, Foetus, Tony Conrad, Alexander Hacke, Larry Mullins, Dorit Chrysler, Bernhard Gal, Jacob Kirkegaard, Gen Ken Montgomery, and Gordon Monahan.
The performance also features a Special Guest, to be announced.
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LocationISSUE Project Room (View)
22 Boereum Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
United States
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