Live Performance Series

This series is a program spotlighting forward thinking musicians and new media artists from across the Americas. Presenting over 30 artists within 11 showcases through out the month of July, the Live Performance Series spans a spectrum of ideas and genres within music, sound, and new media. Each showcase has a narrative of its own, with focused programming on week- end evenings. Intimate audiovisual experiences, playful and experimental folk shows, post- classical vanguards, and the hot and heavy dance floor of Latin America are a taste of what can be expected within this series at the McNichols building in Civic Center Park, as part of The Nature of Things exhibition.

Curated by: Kate Lesta, Jonathan Root
in collaboration with: Alain Mongeau

First Friday

Description: First Friday is a contrasting showcase, beginning with a visceral surround sound performance, moving into a deep and dubby audiovisual collaboration, and closing with a playful and active vj/dj duo. The three performances all work with immersive performance yet are juxtapositions in this context. Destined to be a powerhouse opening.

Date: Friday, July 2
8:00pm – Jamie Drouin “WHITEOUT” (Victoria / Rio de Janeiro) (World premiere)
8:45pm – Overcast Sound + Moleculagem (Victoria / São Paolo)
9:45pm – SWEATSHOPPE (Brooklyn)

MUTEK A/VISIONS

Description: Dedicated to immersive audiovisual performance, MUTEK’s A/Visions series presents artists and projects that explore the interplay between sound and image.

Date: Friday, July 9
8:00pm – Lissom (San Francisco)
9:00pm – The Jutro Experiment: David Van Teghiem, Brandon Wolcott + Morgan Packard (Brooklyn) (World premiere)

MUTEK Perspectives

Description: MUTEK is famous for presenting cutting edge artists, from both contemplative and intimate audiovisual settings, to activated, non-stop dance floors. The MUTEK PERSPECTIVES evening presents two artists who represent the opposite ends of this spectrum, as well as hailing from two of MUTEK’s festival cities in North America.

Date: Saturday, July 10
8:00pm – Murcof (Tijuana / Rio de Janeiro) (Colorado premiere)
9:00pm – Mossa (Montreal)

Future Folk

Description: Future Folk presents artists who are bridging folk traditionalism with new and edgy musical interests, including heavy use of electronics, unusual tempo and arrangements. With their feet firmly planted in their root music, each of these artists are changing what folk music is, blurring the lines between new and old.

Date: Friday, July 16
8:00pm – Lulacruza (Bogotá / Buenos Aires) (Colorado premiere)
9:00pm – Laura Goldhamer & the Silvernail (Denver)
10:00pm – Juana Molina (Buenos Aires)

Southwest Innovators

Description: This evening hosts two highly talented groups who hail from the South-West. Innovators in their fields, they have actively redefined genres. Both groups have made an impact on their local communities, toured the USA extensively, and yet always maintained a flavor of their home.

Date: Saturday, July 17
8:00pm – D Numbers + AeonChild (Santa Fe / Boulder)
9:00pm – The Dovekins (Denver)

Sight For Sore Eyes

Description: This evening hosts two acts that create sweet and soft environments within an immersive audiovisual setting. In a world where we are constantly over stimulated, many experiences can be challenging for the mind and body. These artists work within the audiovisual and mixed media realms, offering a breath of fresh air, and a sight for sore eyes.

Date: Thursday, July 22
8:00pm – Pillow Garden & Offthesky (Denver)
8:30pm – Miwa Matreyek (San Francisco) (Colorado premiere)
9:00pm – Offthesky & Pillow Garden (Denver)
9:30pm – Miwa Matreyek (San Francisco) (Colorado premiere)

Americana Futurists

Description: Americana Futurists are bands that are bridging American music with new palettes, approach, and processes in music creation and performance. Music that speaks to us all while pushing the everyday envelope.

Date: Friday, July 23
8:00pm – Jonny Woodrose & The Broken Hearted Woodpeckers (Boulder)
9:00pm – Kevin Costner Suicide Pact (Boulder)
10:00pm – Soft Landing (Brooklyn) (Colorado premiere)

MUTEK Nocturne

Description: The MUTEK Nocturne is an energetic and fun night of some of the best modern Mexican dance music. Come move to the traditional grooves of Norteño and Techno, brought together by the Nortec pioneers.

Date: Saturday, July 24
8:00pm – Time for Trees (Denver)
8:00pm – Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible (Tijuana)

Chapter and Verse

Description: Chapter and Verse reads between the lines of the information age, demonstrating the beauty and depth of data as art.

Date: Thursday, July 29
8:00pm – Morgan Packard & Joshue Ott (Brooklyn)
8:30pm – Gabriel Dunne (San Francisco)
9:00pm – Joshue Ott & Morgan Packard (Brooklyn)
9:30pm – Gabriel Dunne (San Francisco)

Vanguard Femme

Description: The forefronts of neo classical music, these two women are modifying their instruments to meet their vision. Prepared piano and electric harp are their counterparts. Female contemporary composers who are inventive and yet serious, they will spark and surprise you.

Date: Friday, July 30
8:00pm – Melissa St. Pierre (North Adams) (Colorado premiere)
9:00pm – Zeena Parkins (New York City)

FINALES!

Description: A highly active day, the FINALES! program lets our children lead with the KidsPatch Parade, the culminating performance of the KidsPatch program. Followed by an evening music that will shake the house down with the urban exploration of traditional Latin American music.

Date: Saturday, July 31
6:00pm – Meow Wolf KidsPatch Parade (Santa Fe)
7:00pm – Ejival (Tijuana)
8:00pm – ZIZEK (Buenos Aires)