Vibrant Matter

Vibrant matter (Heather Frasch and Rebecca Lane) is a curatorial team that organizes events investigating the borders between text/object and sound. 

New Website about the Project can be found here. Below is information about previous concerts organized from 2017 - 2019

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#1 Studio 8, Berlin | 06.17

  • Sarah Hughes - Architectural Model Making 1.2 /// Realized by Heather Frasch

  • Alison Knowles - Mantra for Jessie /// Realized by Heather Frasch, Joe Houston, Felicity Mangan and Brett Thompson

  • Sarah Hughes - Architectural Model Making 1.2 /// Realized by Lan Cao

  • Maya Verlaak - Clavecin Oculaire /// Performed by Joe Houston

  • Sarah Hughes - Repetition Variation 1.2 /// with Heather Frasch, Lan Cao, Joe Houston, Felicity Mangan and Brett Thompson

Repetition Variation 1.2 by Sarah Hughes /// Realized by: Lan Cao (objects), Heather Frasch( sine tones & object speakers), Joe Houston (piano)Felicity Mangan (objects) & Brett Thompson (guitar)

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#2 Studio 8, Berlin | 08.17

  • CLOUD SCISSORS by lo wie /// Realized by Johnny Change, Heather Frasch, Manfred Werder and lo wie

  • Manfred Werder- 20160 and 20170, Joseph Kudirka - Untitled Paper , lo wie- book, and lo wie- Cloud Scissors_five /// Realized by lo wie & Manfred Werder:

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# 3 Studio 8, Berlin | 15.10.17

  • 'Listening Glasses' by Dawn Scarfe (Installation)

  • 'Pudding and the Inputting' by Felicity Mangan (Installation and performance)

  • 'Hermit' for objects, by Ryoko Akama /// Realized by: Wakana Ikeda, Heather Frasch

  • 'the sound of objects helps me remember' for objects and performers, by Heather Frasch /// Realized by: Wakana Ikeda, Heather Frasch and Felicity Mangan

 

#4 Studio 8, Berlin | 10.12.17

  • Antje Vowinckel: Wieviele Fehler sehen Sie in diesem Bild?“ - Multi-channel sound poetry performance with photos

  • Erica Zingano,
    recordings: echo (2015); scrivonia scrivat tongue (2014);
    russian reading & comments (2014); egg baby - dream translation (2017) performance: porn corn piece (2015-2017)
    poetry, voice, objects & speakers

# 5 Studio 8, Berlin | 03.18

  • Nomi Epstein - Text Series #7: White Noise (2011)

  • Audra Wolowiec - private space in a public time (2010-2016) - waves (água viva) (2018)

  • Peter Ablinger - Das Wirkliche als Vorgestelltes/The Real as Imaginary (2012)

  • Margareth Kammerer - Cartes de Mémoire (2018)

  • Chelsea Leventhal - Diction (2015) - single channel sound sculpture

#6 KM28, Berlin | 12.18

  • Mark So - Girls on the run (Other dreams.) [reading 37] for 10 performers

#7 KM28, Berlin | 12.18

  • Tomoko Hojo: Unfinished Descriptions Exhibition and performance with text scores by Peter Cusak, Cathy Lane, Catherine Clover, Daniela Cascella, David Toop, G Douglas Barrett, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Rie Nakajima and others

#8 KM28, Berlin | 01.19

  • Marisol Jiménez performing Works for Cybernetic Ensemble

#9 Composer Portraits 1: Clara d’Asis KM28, Berlin | 05.19

  • Clara de Asís – De ce côté-ci (2019)
    acoustic guitar and small percussion

    &

    Clara de Asís – Souvent (2019)
    with
    Margareth Kammerer, guitar & voice
    Heather Frasch, sonic objects
    Seiji Morimoto, electronic devices

#10 Composer Portraits 2: Nomi Epstein KM28, Berlin | 06.19

  • Nomi Epstein
    with
    Miako Klein (violin and voice)
    Christian Kesten (voice and percussion)
    Joe Houston (piano and voice)
    Michiko Ogawa (clarinets and voice)

#11 Composer Portraits 3: Sarah Hughes KM28, Berlin | 10.19

  • Sarah Hughes, With Object, Writhing Body (2019)
    performed by Sarah Hughes (zither, piano, objects)

    and

    Sarah Hughes, Kissing Repeat (2019) and Surreal Imaginings of Men (2017)
    performed by Sarah Hughes, Rebecca Lane (flute, objects), Koen Nutters (bass, objects), and Felicity Mangan (field recordings, objects)

#12 Composer Portraits 4: Lucie Vitkova KM28, Berlin | 02.20

#13 Composer Portraits 5: Ryoko Akama KM28, Berlin | 05.20

#14 Composer Portraits 6: Heather Frasch KM28, Berlin | 06.19