Hi There,

Coming up, I have several sound performances, a walk for Elastic City, and I did the video design for an Alyce Finwall Dance Theater performance.  I hope that you can make it out to one or more of these events!  (in NYC, SF, and MA). 

MAY 5-7th
EVENFALL
Alyce Finwall Dance Theater
@ The Joyce Soho, NYC
155 Mercer St.
8pm
http://www.joyce.org/joycesoho/

Alyce Finwall Dance Theater collaborates with composer Carson Whitley and video artist Andrea Williams on "Evenfall".  Created as part of RAW (Resident Artist Workshop) at the Garage Theater in San Francisco, Evenfall investigates femininity, innocence, identity and nakedness, through raw movement, improvisation and theater; a surreal and ever-changing world of explosive movement and intimate emotions come to life.  "Evenfall" features eight powerful women, Julia Hollas, Emmaly Wiederholt, Joy Prendergast, Emily Jones, Madelyn Biven, Maggie Stack, Kaitlin Parks and Malinda Lavelle.   

"crepuscular": http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/dance/alyce-finwall-dance-theatre-joyce-soho


MAY 9th
Forest and Stream
@ The LAB, SF
Andrea Williams
Jorge Bachmann
Luca Forcucci
8pm
http://www.thelab.org/schedule/events/538-forestastreams.html


MAY 12th
Experimental Music Series
@19ths Loft
59 Jefferson St. #301, Brooklyn, NYC
Horaflora
Andrea Williams
Glass Bees
Brendan Landis
9pm
BYOB
The 19ths Loft is a 5 minute walk from the Broadway / Myrtle JMZ stop, and a 10 minute walk from the Morgan Ave L stop.


MAY 14th
Mobile Geography Performance Series
SleepWalks
Holyoke, MA
9pm-9am

Andrea Williams and Lee Pembleton perform SleepWalks, an overnight sound performance, in Holyoke, MA.

SLEEPWALKS explores the impact of sound on dreams by playing to a sleeping audience who then journal about their experience in the morning. Our goal for this long-term project is to create soundwalks for dreamers. 


MAY 21-22nd
________Walk
for Elastic City
@ 82 East 42nd Street, NYC
inside Grand Central Terminal, meet at Track 24
3pm and 6pm
Please RSVP your spot here!: 
http://www.elastic-city.com/walks/walk

What you may already know is that Grand Central Terminal is a classy Beaux Arts building with 75-foot windows, a massive marble staircase, and a star-studded ceiling. For _________Walk (whose name will be revealed during the walk), Andrea Williams will lead pairs through listening, whispering and creating public art together in this exquisite container of secrets. We will experience the sensual grandeur of a time-stretched and slowed down walk amidst the urgency of travel and motion.

This walk holds 12 people.  http://www.elastic-city.com/walks/walk

I performed as part of LA artist, j.frede's wine-glass drone ensemble last night.  The performers were spread out among the amazing architecture of the UC Berkeley Art Museum.  More on this soon...
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/late050611

NEXMAP in collaboration with
June Jordan School for Equity
Presents
Students of the New Media Art Class
Friday, April 15, 2011, 5:30pm
Toyoji P. Tomita Performance Space
Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street @ Sutter
San Francisco CA
Free admission
RSVP necessary - limited space
email [email protected] or call 415.871.9992 Students will share their work, their thoughts, what they learned and play some music for you with their instructors Zachary Watckins, Pamela Z and Andrea Williams. Snacks and drinks will be served.

yay!

I led several Sensory ArtWalks at the Palo Alto Arts Center on 4/3/11 for Family Day.  We covered landscape design, landscape art, and all of the senses (well, no tasting until after the walk at the amazing Oaxacan Kitchen food truck).  Pictures soon! 

Evenfall
Alyce Finwall Dance Theater

AFDT performs "Evenfall" at Joyce SoHo , NYC, May 5-7, 2011 and at the Garage Theater, San Francisco, March 30 & 31.  Benefit party after the 3/31 performance

Alyce Finwall Dance Theater collaborates with composer Carson Whitley and video artist Andrea Williams on "Evenfall".  Created as part of RAW (Resident Artist Workshop) at the Garage Theater in San Francisco, Evenfall investigates femininity, innocence, identity and nakedness, through raw movement, improvisation and theater; a surreal and ever-changing world of explosive movement and intimate emotions come to life.  "Evenfall" features eight powerful women, Julia Hollas, Emmaly Wiederholt, Joy Prendergast, Emily Jones, Madelyn Biven, Maggie Stack, Kaitlin Parks and Malinda Lavelle.    

March 30 & 31, 2011, Garage Theater, RAW, San Francisco http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/125140 
May 5, 6 & 7, 2011, Joyce SoHo, New York City http://www.joyce.org/joycesoho/

Andrea Williams and Lee Pembleton cull sounds from their audio files of field recordings, live samples of the room resonance, and various electronically processed acoustic instruments, to create an extended musical composition for an audience who are encouraged to sleep in the performance space.  This will be a 45-minute 'Catnap' version of their project, SleepWalks, an overnight, live electronic music performance exploring the impact of sound on dreams by playing to a sleeping audience who then journal about their experience in the morning. The goal of this long-term project is to compose engaging soundwalks for dreamers; to compose soundwalk experiences in participants' dreams.   Sleepwalks has been performed at numerous venues including Issue Project Room, NYC; Diapason Gallery, NYC; and Mills College, Oakland, CA as part of The Deep Listening Institute's Dream Festival.
http://www.vime.org/ensembles/sleep.html

Time: Friday, March 11 at 10:00pm - March 12 at 8:00am
Location: N O M A Gallery, 80 Maiden Lane (@Grant) San Francisco, CA

An overnight, live electronic music performance exploring the impact of sound on dreams by playing to a sleeping audience who then journal about their experience in the morning. The goal of this long-term project is to compose engaging soundwalks for dreamers; to compose soundwalk experiences in participants' dreams. Lee Pembleton and Andrea Williams have performed Sleepwalks at numerous venues including Issue Project Room, NYC; Diapason Gallery, NYC; and Mills College, Oakland, CA as part of The Deep Listening Institute's Dream Festival.

Listening samples can be found at: http://www.vime.org/ensembles/sleep.html

Pembleton and Williams cull sounds from their audio files of field recordings, live samples of the room resonance, and various electronically processed acoustic instruments, to create an extended musical composition for the entirety of a night for an audience that sleeps in the performance space.

An opening reception takes place at 10pm on the night of the event. The performance begins at approximately 11:00pm and lights dim until lights go out at midnight. Coffee and tea is then served in the morning at 8am as the participants wake up and journal about their dreams and experiences.

Using Ableton Live audio software on their laptops, Pembleton and Williams record the sound samples they use during the performance. Later by reading the timestamp, they make possible correlations between the sounds in the composition and writings from the participants' dream journals.

If you are interested in participating please send an email to [email protected]. Space is very limited, so contact us asap. From 10pm-11pm there will be an opening for Sleepwalks with wine and cheese. Please arrive before 11pm, as that is when doors will close. We will be providing water; there is a restroom with a sink; and there will be muffins served in the morning at 8am. Please bring your own bedding and toiletries, eyemasks, etc.

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at EAST NILE OAKLAND
1510 8th St. ----W. Oakland, CA near the
W. Oakland Bart!
MARCH 6TH SUNDAY NOON UNTIL 2 PM!!!!!----
...Vagino Butcher's All Bee Revue (John Butcher/Gino Robair/Liz Albee)-----------Andrea Williams----------Bonus Beast-------------Mephitic Ooze...remember that's oakland in the morning.