Jennifer Lucy Allen of the Wire asked me the following questions about my project Khal on March 30, 2015. As far as I know it was never published. I thought I would share the Q&A as my responses offer insight into the project's early landscape. Jennifer Lucy Allen: Can you tell me a bit about the residency - who …
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Friday, March 20, 2015 - April 9, 2015 Los Angeles Contemporary Archives 2245 E Washington Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90021 The original 16 scores and their recorded interpretations by the participating artists was exhibited at LACA for the second iteration of Khal. Special guest artist Fariba Safai opened the event on March 20th with a vocal interpretation of …
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March 11, 2015 Glasshouse 246 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Glasshouse presented the first iteration of Helga Fassonaki’s project Khal. Sketched animation of visual scores was accompanied by performing artist and environmental activist Suki Dewey’s spoken word interpretations. Three artists performed Fassonaki’s scores live: Zaïmph - ‘One Two Sides Dirty’ Kathleen Kim - ‘Punk Standards’ Kali …
Rachael Melanson, producer of Sonic Postcards presented sounds from my project, Holy Conch on AFM, the radio station at Audio Foundation (Auckland, New Zealand). Airing February 14, 2015 at 4pm NZST LISTEN HERE More on Holy Conch Here
Helga Fassonaki began the Khal project in 2014 while living in Tabriz, Iran for a month. As a visual artist in Iran, what she was able to share in public was restricted. Furthermore, as a female performing artist, the use of her voice in public performance was restricted. After the establishment of the Islamic Republic …
An ongoing project developed for radio only - explores the relationship between body, microphone and air movement. investigates a sound concept without exposure to the 'missing element' - the physical contact between audience and performer. 2014 Thursday April 2 - KCHUNG (Los Angeles, CA) - Crystalline Morphologies w/ DJ Gabie Strong, 7 - 9pm PST Sunday October 26 …
HOLY CONCH Helga Fassonaki, Oaxaca 2014 ‘…one does not speak in a shell, one listens’ – (Patti Smith from poem ‘Conch’) This project was inspired by Akio Suzuki’s ‘Listening Point’ project, Oto-Date, which I had the opportunity to experience under Suzuki and Aki Onda’s instruction during Field Studies 2014 in London. A group of us …
Whitney Biennial 2014 - March 7 - May 25, 2014 Metal Rouge's 'Three For Malachi Ritscher' album appears at the Whitney Biennial as part of Public Collectors' show about Ritscher's life, work and death. We also contributed some words to Marc Fisher's essay that accompanies the exhibition. Public Collectors @ 2014 Whitney Biennial Whitney Biennial 2014 …
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Metal Rouge UK/Europe Tour with Chalaque and J. Collin OCTOBER 5th - Volcanic Tongue, Glasgow, UK 6th - Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK 7th - Kraak, Stevenson Square, Manchester, UK 9th - Trades Club, Hebden Bridge w/Acid Mothers Temple, UK 10th - Ecuyes, Caen, France 11th - Odyssée, Rennes, France 12th - La Cantine de …
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DUETS at The Fields in Bedminster, New Jersey June 22, 2013 Video contains performance excerpts The duos included: yek koo + Zaimph Tom Carter + Tom Surgal Ashley Paul + Greg Kelley and DJ/video unit: tren::azul Hosted by EMM Curated by Helga Fassonaki
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