Two evenings showcasing Los Angeles composers who routinely collaborate with visual artists to create sound for films, video, performance, and installations. Co-curated by Carole Ann Klonarides and Renée Petropoulos.

Friday, August 26, 2005 Saturday, August 27, 2005
MAK Center for Art and Architecture Schindler House 835 N Kings Rd West Hollywood, CA 90069

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Friday

  • Michael Webster, known for his work with Sharon Lockhart , Simon Leung, and Joe Sola premiers “Fade on Family” — a song without a singer — with text by Diane Ward;
  • George Lockwood, a long time collaborator of Pat 0′ Neill, presents an improvisation based on a recent trip the pair made to Ireland and inspired by John Cage’s “Roaratorio” featuring Patrick Darcy – uilleann pipes, Des Regan – accordion, Kurt Festinger – sax, Steve Pribyl – uilleann pipes, Kevin Crehan – fiddle and Michelle Crehan – voice.

Saturday

  • Tom Recchion screens early film and video solo works and collaborations with Janie Geiser, Branda Miller plus a silent film made with John Duncan. Recchion improvises a live score for this rare screening
  • Mark Wheaton, collaborator with the Shrimps, Johanna Went and Martin Kersels creates a live soundtrack for the unique indoor/outdoor environment of the Schindler House.

An award-winning filmmaker in his own right, George Lockwood has worked extensively in both the visual and aural arenas as director of photography, editor and sound designer. Among Lockwood’s many Hollywood credits, best known are his visual effects for Beetlejuice, The Addams Family and Lethal Weapon 3. He designed and produced the soundtrack for independent film maker Pat O’Neill’s 1989 landmark Water and Power (Grand Prize, Sundance Film Festival). Additional sound work includes O’Neill’s The Decay of Fiction (on which he also served as Director of Photography), Gregg Araki’s The Living End, Jeffery Levy’s Drive (Critic’s Prize, Venice Film Festival) and David Lebrun’s Proteus. He was picture editor for Le Mystere de Papa Loko (Burning Man Festival) and designed both the optical effects and soundtrack for Les Bernstein’s Night Train. In addition, he has contributed to the work of visual artists Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw and Donald Byrd.


Michael Webster is a composer and recording artist. He studied with Mel Powell, Stephen “Lucky” Mosko and Michael Fink. He primarily composes vocal music, writing art songs, cantatas, songs for children’s television and, most recently, opera. His operas include Proposal for the Side of the Mountain (libretto by Simon Leung) and Hell (libretto Eileen Myles). He has contributed music to films and exhibitions by many visual artists, including Sharon Lockhart, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Jorge Pardo and Joe Sola. His album credits as a composer include the seminal Native Shrubs of the Santa Monica Mountains and the solo Lotus Festival . He has worked as player, engineer, arranger or editor with recording artists such as Van Dyke Parks, Leo Kotke, Negativland, and Tracy Chapman.


Tom Recchion is a sound and visual artist/composer/art director & graphic designer based in Los Angeles. He has been making weird and wonderful sounds since the 1970s as a co-creator of the legendary Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS). In the LAFMS his group The Doo-Dooettes became one of the 3 anchor points for the collectives’ endeavors as well as playing in AIRWAY, Smegma and many other groupings of the collective. He’s collaborated with Half Japanese, Carl Stone, Aaron Moore, Jad Fair, David Toop, Christian Marclay, Mark Trayle, Oren Ambarchi, Keiji Haino, Max Eastley, Sonic Youth, to name a few.


Mark Wheaton has been composing music since he began collaborating with performance artist Johanna Went in the early 1980’s. In addition to composing for performance art projects, Mark spends most of his time as the recording engineer for the studio Catasonic located in Echo Park California. He has worked in professional studios in Seattle and Los Angeles producing music and film music projects since the mid 1970’s. He was a live sound engineer in the Seattle area from 1970 thru around 1979, and worked as a live sound mixer in the LA area throughout the 1980’s.