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Forest in the City

I had a great time at the recent Forest in the City event at Eyedrum in Atlanta, Georgia. The hybrid installation/concert featured the Bent Frequency Duo and was organized by Adam Mirza. The event was part of the SEAMUS 2024 distributed national conference. The event featured custom-built wooden panels outfitted with transducers so that they function as speakers.

Saxophonist Jan Berry Baker of the Bent Frequency Duo
Saxophonist Jan Berry Baker of the Bent Frequency Duo

My work A Record of the Air from the Middle of a Cloud was adapted for percussionist Stuart Gerber and saxophonist Jan Berry Baker of the Bent Frequency Duo. They played beautifully and the sounds were truly immersive with the speakers arranged throughout the space.

Read a review of the event at EarRelevant.

Program

David George HASKELL: Field Recordings from Georgia Woodlands
Alex CHRISTIE: tuning for now & again
Daniel SMITH: Side B
Iddo AHARON: Xylem Dreams
Giorgio MAGNANENSI: il Guadagnini, sound sculpture, 2017
Kerrith LIVENGOOD: the smallest flock
Jeremy Castro BAGUYOS: Respite
Daniel KARCHER: Circles of the World
Holland HOPSON: A Record of the Air from the Middle of a Cloud
Kittie COOPER: the lightest things float to the top
Garrison GERARD: Within Ice
Nicholas CLINE: When We Speak of the Land
Adam MIRZA: Cracks
John MOELLER: Induction/Transduction
Scott L. MILLER: A Garden Within a Forest

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Esther and Holland

Esther Morgan-Ellis holding fiddle and bow beside Holland Hopson holding a banjo

Fiddler Esther Morgan-Ellis and I have been working on a set of original banjo and fiddle tunes. We’ll be playing them out in public beginning in May 2024. We’ll also record the collection for future release.

Get a jump start on the shows by visiting Esther’s website to hear some sample tunes.

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Brush Mind: Begin To – Screening and Performance

The University of Alabama Art and Art History Department will present Hank Lazer and me in a poetry and music performance along with a screening of our latest collaborative video Brush Mind: Begin To.

Holland Hopson (L) and Hank Lazer (R) at the Blue Ridge Art Center, Seneca South Carolina

Wednesday February 7, 2024 at 12pm
Brush Mind: Begin To – Hank Lazer and Holland Hopson
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
Tuscaloosa AL
part of the 2024 Biennial Faculty Exhibit

Hank and I have collaborated over the last four years on a variety of projects including three installments of the Brush Mind series, the book with accompanying album field recordings     of mind     in morning, and recent performances at the New Orleans Poetry Festival and Blue Ridge Arts Center.

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Building a Pyramid in a Day at Primal III

Flyer artwork by Michael Okum

I’m happy to have my newest work of plotter art, Three Ways to Build a Pyramid in a Day included in the Primal Disposition III: Sacred Triangle exhibit at the Vestige Concept Gallery in Pittsburgh. The exhibit runs through November 12. There’s an opening reception on Saturday, October 7 at 6pm.