Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems, Part Four: Auroville

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Nick Hallett—singer, composer, and downtown impresario—creates a four-part
series at the New Museum theater connecting the human voice to multimedia
ritual. Performances are every Thursday in May at 7pm.

On Thursday, May 28, Halletts monthlong residency ends tonight with a new
multimedia ritual created by Auroville, a tribute band to the experimental
community dedicated to the guru Sri Aurobindo on the southeastern coast of
India, founded by his spiritual partner, known as the Mother. Auroville is
performed as an immersive, audiovisual travelogue by a collective of
musicians and multimedia artists, featuring Hallett, Ana Matronic, Seth
Kirby, Zach Layton, Brock Monroe, and Ray Sweeten. A wraparound projection
design will set the stage for Halletts chanting and electronic music while
Matronic performs on the glass armonica, an integrated series of glass
bowls, popularized as a musical instrument by Benjamin Franklin. Hallett and
Matronic, alongside performing artists Caitlin Kirby, Renée Soucy and
Juan-Carlos Castro, act as celebrants for a universal ritual of art, devoid
of specific icons or dogmas (much like its namesake in India). Sound design
and electro-acoustics by Jeff Cook. This performance will make heavy use of
stroboscopic imagery.

RE:NEW RE:PLAY continues in June with a new residency from LEWIS FOREVER.

More information:
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