Dark Leaves Disintegration in Four Parts

Saturdays, March 1st, 8th, 15th
7:00 pm
Studio Ma
$15-$30

Saturday, March 22nd
Carkeek Park
More details coming soon
Donations appreciated

Katrina has been slowly developing this piece over the past five years. The idea began when she and Joey Largent acquired a large amount of branches of vine maple, purple smoke, and red-leaf cherry trees from a gardening job. These branches—with the addition of many more vine maple branches found in an alley in the University District some years later—have already been used in multiple performances/installations, and have been moved throughout Studio Ma many times over the years.

But the vision has always been growing to present a durational performance during which the branches are slowly broken down and eventually returned to the earth. This piece will take place in four parts, during which the installation will be altered within and between each performance, creating a new visual experience as the piece progresses.

Sound artists Michael Shannon and David Stanford will enhance the transformation of the installation by creating a distinctly unique soundscape for each evening of the performance series. Katrina’s movement will be a holistic and open response to her tactile interaction with the materials of the installation, to the sounds created by Micheal and David, to the sounds of the materials themselves, and to the energy of the audience. Beyond this, the theme of these performances will be non-intentional. Further details about this performance series will be shared in the February newsletter.

Michael Shannon is a sound/recording artist, musician, filmmaker, photographer, and performer of experimental media, based in Seattle. He began performing in the punk clubs of San Francisco in the late 1970's evolving performance and sound designs through various venues and media, specializing in the use of a variety of string instruments from Asia, field recordings, percussion, sound objects, electro-acoustic strings, and electronics. Presently a member of Seattle-based performing/recording groups Gyre, Eye Music, Aono Jikken Ensemble, Animist Orchestra, Broken Mask (Seattle-San Francisco). https://vimeo.com/user7291944

David Stanford is a musician and sound artist living and working in Seattle. He currently plays with graphic score group Eye Music, silent movie soundtrack creators Aono Jikken Ensemble, feedback-based electronics trio Gyre, and for the past several years has been focused on staging sound events at outdoor locations such as beaches and forests in collaboration with Michael Shannon and Joan Laage.