This Window Gallery exhibit will have a reception on April 18th at 6pm. Reception with light refreshments starts at 6 followed by a talk/demo at 7 by Leonard. Admission is FREE with RSVP! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gallery-reception-cheryl-e-leonards-wilding-tickets-826136294897?aff=oddtdtcreator In “Wilding,” newly-conjured musical instruments of wood, bone, shell, seaweed, and stone are combined with an assortment of graphic […]
CURRENT EXHIBIT: Bryan Day’s Vertical Measures
‘Vertical Measures’ showcases a collection of invented instruments and sound art pieces that I developed after moving back to the East Bay in 2017. The pieces presented in this exhibition are constructed using upcycled common household objects, and many of them are midi-controllable through a simple keyboard interface. A recent focus in my work involves […]
ATRIUM: Derek Fenner’s Rhizomatic Will
There is a mysterious boundary between text scores and graphic notation where language breaks down, and image takes on a deeper purpose. The scores in this exhibition arise from one such compositions: Flightlines (an Opera in Sigils), by poet Derek Fenner, written for the Cornelius Cardew Choir. “Flightlines” written during lockdown and explores issues of […]
ATRIUM: Gino Robair’s Letterpress Printing as Graphic Score Generator
Since 2018, Gino Robair has been developing letterpress-printing techniques modeled on the approach he uses as an instrumentalist, in order to transform what is normally considered a craft-based practice into a performing artform. By applying the concept of extended techniques to the printing press, new perspectives about the tools and materials emerge. Chance operations, game-based […]
Victoria Shen’s Zero Player Piano
We’re pleased to welcome Victoria Shen to the Window Gallery for November and December! Be sure to join us for her Gallery Reception on December 14th at 6pm! RSVP for this FREE event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/window-gallery-reception-victoria-shens-zero-player-piano-tickets-758344979247?aff=oddtdtcreator Bio & Artist Statement: Victoria Shen is a sound artist, experimental music performer, and instrument-maker based in San Francisco. […]
Moldover’s HappenCraft Creations
We’re pleased to welcome Moldover to the Window Gallery for September and October! Be sure to join us for Moldover’s Gallery Reception on September 7th at 6pm! RSVP for this FREE event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/window-gallery-reception-for-moldover-happencraft-creations-tickets-676326128657?aff=oddtdtcreator Artist Statement: I love music and technology. Marrying them together in new ways, while preserving traditional artistic values, is […]
Atrium: Jaap Blonk’s Drawings with Asemic Statements
This exhibit will run during August in C4NM’s Atrium! Artist Statement: My asemic writing – writing with no semantic meaning – gradually developed from my notations for sound poetry. These are functional scores with a script consisting of the International Phonetic Alphabet with a lot of added symbols of my own invention. Sometime around the […]
Adventures in Casual Instruments
We’re pleased to welcome Tim Thompson to the Window Gallery for July and August! Be sure to join us for Tim’s Gallery Reception on July 20th at 6pm! RSVP for this FREE event at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/window-gallery-reception-exploring-casual-instruments-the-space-palettes-tickets-661385711467 Artist statement: I am an advocate and developer of “casual instruments” that have a shallow learning curve along with […]
Atrium: Three Part Harmony
Three Part Harmony Kyte Tatt June 1-July 30 Kyte Tatt is an American-born mixed media artist based in Berlin Germany. Kyte has been honing his skills as an artist for many years. It was in 2015 after relocating himself to his beloved Berlin, that Kyte began painting. A natural autodidact and creative, Kyte quickly developed […]
Music Maker Festival
The Maker Music Festival celebrates the makers of innovative, experimental and just plain unusual musical instruments. Currently, it is a virtual community of over 300 makers from around the world. The website is composed of a campus of “buildings” that each house a collection of exhibits. Every year, the campus grows as more exhibits are added […]