Sound + Video collaborations by: Blank Thomas + Zlatko Ćosić / StL String Collective + William Morris / JoAnn McNeil + José Garza

 

NMC is excited to partner for a second time with Downtown Central Library to present an evening of experimental audio and video collaborations between St. Louis artists. These will be first-time collaborations between musicians and video/film artists, and explore the intersection of sound with image. This event is free and open to the public.

* Please note this event will begin early

   

JoAnn McNeil

JoAnn McNeil – electronics

Sonically materializing pulsating colors.

  Bandcamp

 

 

José Garza

José Garza – video

José Garza is a St. Louis based artist and educator artist working in traditional and new media. He earned a BFA in Drawing from the University of Florida and an MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. Currently, he’s the Museum Academic Programs Coordinator at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and part-time faculty in Photography and Social Practice at St. Louis University. Before deciding on a full time career in visual art and education, Garza served in the US Navy for eight years.

   

St. Louis String Collective

Alyssa Avery – violin / 5-string violin
Ranya Iqbal – cello
Sarah Vie – violin

The St. Louis String Collective is a 501(c3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational and performance opportunities in and around the St. Louis region. StLSC focuses on techniques and styles outside of the traditional classical pedagogy, such as developing improvisational skills, learning by ear and exploring global music traditions. We support violin, viola, cello and bass players who embrace all styles of music, especially those not taught at music schools – jazz, blues, rock, folk, experimental, anything considered “alternative” and especially those that incorporate improvisation. Their performances range from modern compositions, to traditional folk string tunes, as well as abstract scores utilizing improvisational techniques.

   

William Morris

William Morris – video

William Morris is a video artist who lives and works in St. Louis, MO. He has a body of work spanning nearly four decades. His works have screened internationally in Paris, France, Busan, South Korea, and Izmir, Turkey, as well as part of festivals throughout the United States. His work has been awarded several times by the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission. Morris is represented by Bruno David Gallery.

   

Blank Thomas

Blank Thomas – electronics / synthesizers

Blank Thomas is the performance moniker of St. Louis electronic musician, Blake Butler. For over a decade he has been recording and performing frenetic cut-up electronic sounds, which draw comparisons to Aphex Twin and Richard Devine. Employing both digital hardware, computers, and modular synthesis, his sets are anything but dull. He has toured throughout the midwest with the likes of Nadir Smith, and is a regular on many underground concerts in St. Louis.

Bandcamp

 

Zlatko Ćosić: A Murmuration, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Sept. 8-Dec. 31, 2017. Photo courtesy the artist.

Zlatko Ćosić

Zlatko Ćosić – video

Zlatko Ćosić is a video artist born in Yugoslavia whose work includes short films, video installations, theater and architectural projections, and audio-visual performances. Ćosić’s experience as a refugee influenced and shaped the content of his early artistic practice. His work began with the challenges of immigration and shifting identities, evolving to socio-political issues related to injustice, consumerism, and climate crisis. Ćosić’s artwork has been shown in over fifty countries in exhibitions such as the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Video Vortex XI at Kochi-Muzeris Biennale, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, St. Louis International Film Festival, Torrance Art Museum, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, /si:n/ Video Art and Performance Biennale, Institut Für Alles Mögliche, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Kunstverein Kärnten, Art Speaks Out at UN Climate Change Conference, and the Research Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. He has received grants including the WaveMaker Grants at Locust Projects, a Kranzberg Grant from Laumeier Sculpture Park, and the Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowship.