Pisaura (Michael Pisaro-Liu & Zizia) – Non-Event At Home: Program 25b
PISAURA (Michael Pisaro-Liu & Zizia)
Non-Event At Home: Program 25b
Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 5:45pm
a/v premiere | YouTube
"Asteraceae 26. ht21 º72 inimeG atseV"
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Composed from field recordings of performances around Los Angeles during winter 2018-2019. Pisaura used astrological charts to determine patterns of composing, performing, recording, and producing music with celestial and terrestrial rhythms. Special version with video created during the coronavirus quarantine for Non-Event at Home to be premiered on the solstice.
About the artists
MICHAEL PISARO-LIU (Los Angeles) is a guitarist, composer, and member of the Wandelweiser collective. Pisaro-Liu works with silence, field recordings, electronics, improvisation, and diverse instrumental ensembles. Pisaro-Liu teaches composition and experimental music at the California Institute of the Arts.
ZIZIA is Amber Wolfe Rounds and Jarrod Fowler (both based in MA). Wolfe composes musical scores from celestial maps. Fowler samples environmental sounds from terrestrial habitats. Zizia harmonizes celestial and terrestrial rhythms to create ecological sound art with field recordings, natural objects, and (non-)musical instruments.
Pisaura's debut album, Asteraceae will be released on June 20 on Sedimental records.
Pisaura request that you show your support by donating to Agrarian Trust.
