10 Mayo St
Portland, ME 04101
USA
LOCULUS with aj cornell and anne-f jacques
In a new performance work LOCULUS draws from their research into their own physical impulses and desires to explore ideas of witnessing and embodied listening. With surreal dance breaks and absurd amounts of tin foil, they build a world where time warps and where the strange and uncanny break their way through the surface and then submerge again into the dreamstate that always vibrates beneath what is visible. Body, material, and sound are multiplied, mirrored, and doubled while bits and pieces of pop culture weave their way in and around the piece like snaking black sound cables.
The evening will open with an exploration in aural textures and dynamics by aj cornell and anne-f jacques.
Artist bios:
LOCULUS is the creative platform of Olana Flynn and Madison Palffy–dance makers and performance curators based in Holyoke, MA. Their work is often performed in bars, yards, and houses; responding to site and everyday material, they weave together improvisational structures across movement, sound, and object.
IG: lo.culuscollective // www.loculuscollective.com
aj cornell and anne-f jacques have interacted across the sonic plane in a sporadic manner for a decade, maybe even two? Based in Portland, ME, AJ employs dense layers of electronic sounds, field recording and other found sounds to create enveloping soundscapes. She composes and designs sound for moving images, and is a member of Le fruit vert. Based in Montreal, QC, anne-f is interested in amplification, oblique interactions between materials and construction of various contraptions and idiosyncratic systems. Her particular focus is on low technology, trivial objects and unpolished sounds. Also a member of a.hop and involved with the label presses précaires.
aj cornell: IG: @antennae.jane // web:https://andrea-janecornell.bandcamp.com/
anne-f jacques:IG: @annefannefannef // web: https://www.anne-fjacques.com/
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Join LOCULUS on March 1st for their Movement Workshop, find more info here.
Or for Night Moves featuring special guest Rosie Borden, more info here.
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Friday, February 28 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 90-minutes, no intermission
Tickets are available for $15 in advance, $18 at the door, and $25 for preferred seating (pay-what-you-can available)