[atlantaprog] [eyedrum-announcement-list] October 5 – October 9, 2006

Eyedrum events October 5 – October 9, 2006


Regular Gallery Hours are Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday from 12pm – 5pm.


Now or Never! Small Gallery exhibit featuring: Alison Weldon-‘She’s A Beaut!’ ends Saturday!


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This week’s events: (more info below or click on the link)

Thursday October 5   9:00pm  Free
First Thursday Open Improv

Friday October 6   9:00pm  $10
Xiu Xiu, Barr, Congs for Brums

Saturday October 7    9:00pm $5
Vietnam, Broken Symmetry, Amalgamated Cliff Divers

Monday October 9   8:00pm  $5
Therefore I Live, Part 1…Film Series

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October 5  Thursday

First Thursday Open Improv
Music
9:00pm
Free

This month’s theme:  Repetition

Anything goes at Eyedrum's monthly open improv night as a gaggle of Atlanta jazz aficionados & freaked out freebirds come together in a celebration of skrinks, skronks and experimental whispering and wailing. Reined in by Eyedrum Executive Director Robert Cheatham, the Thursday night event is a marathon of cool, spaced out and bizarro sounds laid down by everything horns and drums to howling dogs. Chad Radford

Repetition: not exactly minimal-ISM or maximal-ISM but
Over and over again … what 'information' can there be in it??!

' It's not even noise!'

Well, can be….can noise repeat itself or are all noises the same? How would we know?

Maybe like Pi: repeating/not repeating … who can tell? The important thing is that the circle stays the same, even through not-repeating/ repeating sequences…

Maybe,then, things change through repeating/repeating sequences, each individual, each the same. But…different somehow, before it decays into the other

We are so small


October 6   Friday

Xiu Xiu
Barr
Congs for Drums
Music
Doors open 9:00pm
$10

Xiu Xiu (pronounced "shoo-shoo") is an experimental indie band originally from and currently based in San José, California, with time often spent in Seattle, Washington. The band is the sonic brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who tours and records with his one and only current bandmate, and cousin, Caralee McElroy (Xiu Xiu are also, on occasion, joined by Cory McCulloch). Past members include Lauren Andrews and Yvonne Chen. Some, including McCulloch, have played in previous bands with Stewart such as Ten in the Swear Jar and IBOPA. The band's name is taken from the 1998 Chinese film, Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.

Xiu Xiu's music draws heavily from several disparate genres including punk, noise rock, ambient noise, and folk. The majority of lyrics deal with morose topics such as suicide, AIDS, war, and taboo experiences. Musically, Xiu Xiu will often blend cacophonous percussion with lush hooks and diverging lyrical styles. Xiu Xiu's music appears also to be influenced by bands of the UK post-punk scene such as The Cure, Joy Division and New Order (the latter band's song "Ceremony" being covered by Xiu Xiu themselves on the Chapel of the Chimes EP.)


$10 DAY OF SHOW / DOORS OPEN AT 9PM

BROUGHT TO YOU BY STICKFIGURE DISTRO



October 7    Saturday

Atlanta Bands of the 80’s:
Vietnam
Broken Symmetry
Amalgamated Cliff Divers
Music
9:00pm
$5

More info on each group:
http://www.pd.org/~eyedrum/calendar/index.php? eventTypeId=2&id=1097&month=10&year=2006


The evening will start with a set by Broken Symmetry.
The headline act will be the newly re-formed VieTNam.
Another set by Broken Symmetry.
The feature act will be served up at the end of the evening by Amalgamated Cliff Divers.

VieTNam
http://www.myspace.com/vietnam80

Vietnam formed at the dawn of the new decade---the 80's, and ushered in a fresh era of music to the Atlanta new wave scene. Embraced by the early 80's cavalcade of Athens bands like Pylon, Method Actors, R.E.M., Love Tractor, Limbo District, etc., Vietnam wowed the patrons of the legendary 688 club, 40 Watt club, and the Agora Ballroom, but unfortunately never released a record---until now

After the original Vietnam disbanded in 1982, Drew Davidson, Vietnam's first guitarist, moved to Cologne, Germany with Vietnam's former bassist Lee Self's invitation and started the band Silent Agency with his German girlfriend (on bass and vocals) and a drummer. They recorded an LP in 1985 entitled "A Dream Goes Walking By." You can hear 4 of the albums tracks by clicking this Silent Agency icon:

BROKEN SYMMETRY
http://www.myspace.com/brokensymmetry

Broken Symmetry, a 3 piece electronic synthesis project, uses a variety of analog and digital synthesizers to create a collage of sound, which flow and morph in interesting textures and sound patterns. They can at times produce sounds reminiscent of 1950's era science-fiction films and 1970's electronic space environments. They also incorporate contemporary electronic elements, but without the beats normally associated with techno and chill music.

The band members, Chris Swartz, Doug Hughes and Gene Thompson are primarily inspired by the experimental sound architects of the past but as avid collectors of music over the years, they have been inspired by many artists spanning the past 5 decades. The band members are all former drummers, and as such appreciate the importance of percussion in music, but also believe that music can exist totally without the element of time, and still remain interesting to the listener.

The focus is on creating space music that exists as ambient background but which can also draw the listener in by mixing in unique and never before heard sounds. Synthesizers can be edited in a variety of ways such as, reprogramming supplied sound patches as never imagined by their original designer, and creating sound from scratch, using the basic tools of the synthesizer, which adds character and flavoring to the mix. The tools of choice are Moog analog and various digital "virtual analog" synthesizers, which allow for this type of sound manipulation.

Broken Symmetry are a unique outfit in today’s current musical environment, and are available to perform in a variety of settings, but currently prefer to book art galleries, and coffee houses. They have performed in clubs, but have found the sound levels there to be needlessly too intense, the band prefers to play quietly and unobtrusively these days.


AMALGAMATED CLIFF DIVERS

Formed as a large ensemble group from many other 80's Atlanta scene bands, this marks the return to performance after a 20+ year hiatus. Mostly rock improv, the Cliff Divers fearlessly approach the stage with full knowledge that the odds are that you fall, but just every once in a while you fly...



October 9   Monday

Therefore I Live Part 1
Film Series
8:00pm
$5

Therefore I Live: Home Movies, Personal Cinema, and the Avant-Garde
Part 1
See the World: Travel Films, Anthropology, and Personal Cinema

See the World presents films from the very earliest days of cinema to 2006, including rare selections from the Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archive.

From the beginnings of cinema, starting with the Lumière brothers, travelers and explorers set out to document journeys and places which had never been seen by most people. Itinerant filmmakers from the early twentieth century such as Burton Holmes toured the U.S. with their films of faraway locales. Marie Menken and Rudy Burckhardt, masters of the handheld camera, fashioned small, exquisite film works with a profound sense of movement and place.

Over the course of the century, film became a widely used method of fieldwork for anthropologists and ethnographers. Margaret Mead's Bathing Babies in Three Cultures shows an everyday ritual from different vantage points, and provides us with a glimpse of family life in the 1930s. Timothy Asch's humorous, revealing film shows a group of young boys in a Yanomami village, imitating their fathers' shamanic ritual. In an extraordinary ten-minute single take, Jean Rouch uses his intense, deeply involving camera style to document the drums and dance of a possession ritual in Niger.

In Trevor Fife's poignant Meridian Days, a sea journey provides the occasion for reflections on the life of the filmmaker's 82-year-old grandmother. Pablo Marín's travel reels of New York capture the hyperkinetic energy of the city. We end the screening with Warren Sonbert's 1989 masterpiece Friendly Witness, which presents a succession of shots from his world travels, weaving different people and locations into a work that is both intimate and global.

Trevor Fife, Meridian Days (2003), 16mm, color, sound, 12 minutes (screened on miniDV)
Marie Menken, Go Go Go (1962-64), 16mm, color, silent, 12 minutes
Marie Menken, Arabesque for Kenneth Anger (1961), 16mm, color, silent, 4 minutes
Joseph Cornell and Rudy Burckhardt, Angel (1967), 16mm, color, silent, 3 minutes
Rudy Burckhardt, Montgomery, Alabama (1941), 16mm, color, sound, 4 minutes
selections by Auguste and Louis Lumière (1890s) (screened on DVD)

Early 20th-century travel films from the Human Studies Film Archive (screened on VHS): Anonymous, Street Scenes at Tokio (1910); Anonymous, The Pyramids and Sphinx and Marrakesh, Morocco (1929); Burton Holmes, In Siamese Society (excerpts) (1919); Anonymous, Japan: Promotional and Theatrical Footage, excerpts (1927)

Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, Bathing Babies in Three Cultures (1930s/1952), 16mm, black & white, sound, 13 minutes (screened on VHS)
Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon, Children’s Magical Death (1974), 16mm, color, sound, 7 minutes
Jean Rouch, Tambours D’avant/Tourou et Bitti (1971), 16mm, color, sound, 9 minutes (screened on DVD)
Pablo Marín, NYC (As Seen for the Second Time in My Life) (2006), Super-8 on video, black & white, sound, 9 minutes (screened on DVD)
Warren Sonbert, Friendly Witness (1989), 16mm, color, sound, 31 minutes

Program subject to change

THEREFORE I LIVE is a Film Love event, programmed and hosted by Andy Ditzler for Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Frequent Small Meals.





In the Galleries:



Small Gallery:

Alison Weldon:  ‘She’s A Beaut!’

The images are derived from 1950s-era pin-up illustrations. The pieces exhibited are drawings created with pin and thread, traditional materials used in and for domestic tasks. By using these materials in conjunction with the images, I create a dichotomy between the traditional comfort of the models' beauty and the aggression inherent in the weapons they wield. This juxtaposition not only magnifies the power of the models' beauty, but also illustrates how their beauty, like the weapons they hold, can be used as a tool.

Through October 7th.





Miscellany

October’s Podcast is now available and this month we devoted lots of time to a revisiting of the Atlanta underground/indie scene of the early/mid 1980s, with previously unreleased recordings by 86, Pillowtexans, Vietnam and Amalgamated Cliff Divers; there's a show at Eyedrum on Oct. 7th that has lots of people from these bands performing for the first time in many years. After the retro fix, we played a few songs by Tunnels, Acid Mothers Temple and Hubcap City, all recorded live at Eyedrum in the past month. We closed with Tuna Helpers (performing Oct. 11th) and a short piece by avant garde luminary Jack Smith.
If you don’t know what all the podcast fuss is about, a podcast is simply an audio file that you can listen to on your computer or portable mp3 player.
For those of you who are familiar with podcasting, please click on podcast. (http://www.eyedrum.org/radioshow.xml ) You can also just download the whole show (right click on "download") although be forewarned that the file is over 50 MB in size. If you’re having trouble, respond to this email… we can help!

September’s Podcast
Click here for the feed or download the show here!
It features lots of Table of the Elements stuff! Tony Conrad, Rhys Chatham, Ruins, all in anticipation / remembrance of the festival happening this weekend at Eyedrum. Also featured were Hubcap City, A.C.M.E., Arthur Doyle, Go! and Tunnels, all recorded at previous Eyedrum engagements and returning to town in September. Check it out!

August’s podcast: August’s show is now available and features performances by Jonathan Kane, Rising Appalachia, Bent Frequency, Daniel Clay, Tiptons Saxophone Quartet and others. The upcoming 5-day Table Of The Elements festival (Labor Day weekend) gave us a chance to play some Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad and Sun Agustin. Finally, the Eyedrum visual arts crew came in to talk about art shows past, present and future, the Warhol grant, and the state of Eyedrum as a gallery in general. A special edition of this podcast that should not be missed!

July’s Podcast is still available…
July’s show is still available and features music from Dirty Projectors, Venus 7, Eastern Seaboard, Z-Axis, Shaking Ray Levis with Erik Hinds, Unbounded Sky and King Congregation, among others. If you're using iTunes or other RSS software, click here for the feed. If not, you can also just download the July show (right click on the link) although be forewarned that the file is 50 MB in size.




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