Posts tagged Sonic Youth
The Performa Interview: Mike Kelley and Lee Ranaldo
Interview by Mark Beasley
Mark Beasley: In 1977, the composer and writer R. Murray Schafer described “noise” as any unwanted or unmusical sound. What do the terms “noise” and “experimental music” mean to both of you?
A Vertical One-Night Performa
By Performa 11 Staff
On December 1st, 2011, Performa produced a vertical one-night Performa for the tenth- anniversary celebration for Art Basel Miami Beach at the New World Symphony Center in Miami Beach. This site-specific event in the new Frank Gehry-designed building took place over three floors and included performances by Performa artists including iona rozeal brown (Performa 11), Reggie Watts (Performa 11), Bedwyr Williams (Performa 11), Luciano Chessa’s Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners (Performa 09), and the X-Patsys (Performa 07 and 05).
