NYC Events: METAL Xiu Xiu is happy to announce the premier of a new collaboration with visual artist Danh Vo at the historic and venerable Kitchen in New York City entitled METAL. Wielding massive hammers, two Thai gold leaf pounders, will work for three hours while Xiu Xiu (Shayna Dunkelman, Ches Smith,Jamie Stewart) plays 36 out 52 randomly selected 5 minute pieces for metal percussion. Changes will be signaled by a fire alarm bell and a new piece will begin. The sound and poly rhythms of the hammering gold against marble will be juxtaposed with gongs, vibraphones, cymbals, bells, crotales, bowls and rocar. opening September 27 6-8 with shows Tuesday through Saturday September 30 to October 18th. ____________ KLING KLANG On September 27 at noon Xiu Xiu will premier a sound installation at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Using 999 pink vibrating eggs neon duct taped one at a time to the enormous copper sculpture, We the People, a clanging and sonorous chord will emerge. As the batteries in the eggs die the pitch of the chord will slowly get lower and quieter until it is silent again. _____________ XIU XIU Xiu Xiu (Shayna Dunkelman, Jamie Stewart) playing songs from 2002-2004 and 2014 with very special guest yvette at Glasslands new york october 18 2014 289 kent brooklyn NYC early show doors at 8 TICKETS 18+
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:24:31 +0000
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