GUIDED IMPROV: Live at the Frick Collection

Athos Maelstrom realizes score-artworks by 10 composers from around the world, live at the Frick Collection’s Garden Court. This performance is built around audience interruption – composer Brian Ellis's deck of 24 cyanotype cards invites audience members to blend visuals together into a blueprint for Athos.

On-the-spot interpretation and lighthearted, transient socialization mold this evening of performance art into a love letter to human creativity and the whimsical curiosity that fuels it.

Program:

SEESSA –– Sermon 85 (WORLD PREMIERE)

Sermon 85 (daytime)
Athos Maelstrom, SEESSA

ALIREZA KHODAYARISketch No. 3 (WORLD PREMIERE)

Sketch No. 3
Athos Maelstrom, Alireza Khodayari

JACQUELYN DESHCHIDN –– La Mort d’Hyacinthe (WORLD PREMIERE)

La Mort d'Hyacinthe (closure)
Athos Maelstrom, Jacquelyn Deshchidn

BRIAN ELLIS –– 24 Cyanotype Score Cards: (observations on the edges of light) (WORLD PREMIERE)

24 Cyanotype Cards: (observations on the edges of light), "internal heterogeneity"
Athos Maelstrom, Brian Ellis, anonymous gallery guest

JIMENA MALDONADO –– Two steps back / Two steps forward

Two steps back / Two steps forward, 1.
Athos Maelstrom, Jimena Maldonado

MARGIN ZHENG –– magnetic poetry meditation 1.

magnetic poetry meditation 1.
Athos Maelstrom, Margin Zheng

(intermission)

NAAMIA RIVERA –– You can’t force nature (WORLD PREMIERE)

You can't force nature
Athos Maelstrom, Naamia Rivera

MARTHA CARGO –– Vox aurore (WORLD PREMIERE)

Vox aurore (uninterrupted)
Athos Maelstrom, Martha Cargo

JAMES HAMILTON LOWRIE –– Something For…

Something For...
Athos Maelstrom, James Hamilton Lowrie

CANDELARIA GÓMEZ –– Composer-Performer (WORLD PREMIERE)

Composer-Performer
Athos Maelstrom, Candelaria Gómez

ECHO_O_O –– A Playful Body

A Playful Body
Athos Maelstrom, echo_o_o

SEESSA –– Sermon 85

Sermon 85 (nighttime)
Athos Maelstrom, SEESSA

Featuring:

Athos Maelstrom, cello

Brian Ellis, composer (and instigator)

Guests of the Gallery (anonymous), composers

THE FRICK COLLECTION, Garden Court – 5:30 pm

NEW YORK, NY

*FULL ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW ON BANDCAMP AND SOUNDCLOUD!*

(album cover shot by Anh Nguyen)

(Athos Maelstrom at the Frick Collection, shot by Anh Nguyen)

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