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ANNA HOMLER
Pharmicia Poetica
Wed, April 9, 7:30pm
“...a singer who can take the audience by the hand and lead them along the weird path between atmospherics and surreal humor... A witch with a few home-brewed spells and a ray gun.” –Resonance Magazine
Visual and sonic performance artist, Anna Homler, presents an informal history of her work, from her 1961 Cadillac shrine sound chamber, The Whale, to her performance persona Breadwoman, and her ongoing installation project, Pharmacia Poetica. She will discuss the importance of wearing bread, and how she discovered a melodic, phonetic language while driving in her car. Other topics include the project instigated by Steve Peters and recorded through the Jack Straw Artist Assistance Program, involving many members of Seattle's rich improviser community. Part of the evening's presentation will be a birthday party for the Pharmacia Poetica, celebrating its 21st year of existence. Please join us for cupcakes!
Encompassing music, spoken word, and installation, intermedia artist Anna Homler's alternative languages extend the possibilities of meaning and communication. With a sensibility that is both ancient and post-modern, Homler makes words musical and music like words. Since 1982, she has collaborated in America with composers and musicians Steve Moshier, Davis Moss, Ethan James and Spastic Colon, and in Europe with the Voices of Kwahn, Steve Beresford, Peter Kowald, Richard Sanderson, Geert Waegeman, and Pavel Fajt. Homler has performed at well-known venues throughout the United States and Europe, including appearances at P.S. 122, the Kitchen, Dixon Place, and the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church in New York; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.); Supraclub in Prague; Klarinsky in Bratislava, Slovakia; Ketty Do in Bologna, Italy; the Stadgarten and the Loft in Koln, Germany; and the Melkweg and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. more
| About Composer Spotlight | |||||||||||||
The Composer Spoltight series is presented by Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composers Forum (WCF). This series of talks and performances of new music highlights an innovative composer or performer every second Wednesday of each month at Jack Straw Productions. If you are a composer and would like to present at a Composer Spotlight event, please conatct arts manager Van Diep. |
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| About Washington Composers Forum | |||||||||||||
The Washington Composers Forum is a non-profit arts organization that nurtures the creation, performance, and dissemination of new music by composers living in Washington State. Since its founding in 1984, WCF has produced concerts, readings, and lectures in the U.S. and Canada, representing many composers in the region. Visit their website for more information. |
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