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 …
Sonic Postcard – Holy Conch – Airing February 14 on AFM
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
Khal – about
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 …
Radio Concept Tour
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
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 …
Three for Malachi Ritscher exhibited at Whitney Biennial 2014
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 and Europe Tour – Oct 5 – Oct 25
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
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
Bullets Through Space
Window Box Gallery - 436 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 BULLETS Through SPACE - An installation by Helga Fassonaki April 9 – May 31, 2013 On Sunday February 24th 2013, EC stepped outside of the planet, taking with her one thing only - a 20GA Remington Shotgun. Once she started to be lifted …
yek koo + Caitlin Mitchell – 9/21/12
Human Resources gallery 9-21-12 Documentation (excerpt) of live performance collaboration between yek koo and Caitlin Mitchell. The actual performance was 15 minutes long and featured a radical symbiotic relationship between drum and guitar sounds as the drumming vibrations were picked up by the guitar and further layered and distorted, building up till the projected video …
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