The CAC & P.A.I.N.T. (Performance Art Integrating New Technologies) present
Electro-Sonic Painting:
An Interactive Art Performance
Contemporary Arts Center
$10 CAC Members & Students with ID, $12 General Admission
A unique style in New Orleans art, PAINT is a performance that meshes visual art and music in one technological process called Electro-Sonic Painting. Electro-Sonic Painting is the brainchild of Marcus Brown, a homegrown artist and graduate of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. After Hurricane Katrina, Brown evacuated to Portland, Oregon. During his two years there, worked on a master's degree, while inventing a process that makes playing music and creating visual art at the same time possible - all with electronically-charged brushes and canvases Brown fabricates and wires himself. Brown's latest tool, a year in the making, looks much like a Star Wars light saber and plays like a guitar. Collaborator Nathan Weidenhaft, programmer and guitarist, plays his own creative space-age instruments. Weidenhaft plays his guitar like an air harp or Theremin, using his hand to bend notes and create different sounds.
PAINT brings the audience into the show with a musical playground of visual tools. During intermission members of the audience are invited to experiment with the "new-art" technology and create their own Electro-Sonic art. Film Artist Zac Manuel will join Brown and Weidenhaft for this extraordinary experience.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Friday, May 20th: Steve Masakowski and Doug Garrison
Steve Masakowski
Steve Masakowski has played guitar with most of the city's greatest musicians including Alvin "Red" Tyler, Ellis Marsalis, Earl Turbinton, and James Black. He has also performed with Grammy Award-winning artists Bobby McFerrin, Nicholas Payton, Allen Toussaint, and Dianne Reeves. Doug Garrison is the drummer for The Iguanas, Alex Chilton, and numerous others.
Doug Garrison
In addition to being the regular drummer for the roots rock band The Iguanas for over 18 years, Doug Garrison has toured or performed with Rufus and Carla Thomas, “Duck” Dunn, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Mose Allison, Snooks Eaglin, Eugene Chadbourne, Steve Bernstein and John Abercrombie, among others. His recording credits include Alex Chilton, Jim Dickinson, Charlie Rich, Helen Gillet, The Naked Orchestra, and numerous tracks for major motion pictures.
Saturday, May 21st: Brian Seeger and Doug Garrison
Brian Seeger
Brian Seeger is on the forefront of the New Orleans music scene. His performance and recording credits include Aaron Neville, Charlie Hunter, Big John Patton, Chris Wood, Jason Marsalis, Davell Crawford, Jo Lawry, Bobby Previte, Rakalam Bob Moses, Stanton Moore, Johnny Vidacovich, Theresa Andersson, Delmark Records tenorman Ed Petersen, Zachary Richard, Rebecca Paris, and many others. www.brianseeger.com
ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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