Sound artist, media artist and composer for both humans and computers. So much banjo, too
Hank Lazer and I have released a live recording of our recent poetry reading/performance, Abundant Life, at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers.
Find it at on my Bandcamp as a pay-what-you-wish album: https://hollandhopson.bandcamp.com/album/abundant-life-live
“I went to the woods
to be deliberate
& to lose
my other reasons”
–Hank Lazer from “September Days, A Bit at a Time”
I’m performing Saturday April 4 as part of a poetry reading/performance with Hank Lazer at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers to celebrate the release of Lazer’s latest poetry collection The Silver Bowl is Filled with Snow from Dos Madres Press.
Saturday, April 4, 2026 11am
The Silver Bowl is Filled with Snow
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
Tuscaloosa AL 35401
I’ll provide ambient field recordings along with other electronic sounds; no banjo this time. I say it every time we perform: our work together continues to change and evolve while circling around a common interest in poetry and sound as opportunity for stillness, presence, and attention. This iteration leans into the soundworld of the recently departed Eliane Radigue.
Hank Lazer and I are returning to our recent performance celebrating the release of Lazer’s poetry collection Abundant Life. Hank will read selections from the book. I’ll provide some ambient field recording sounds, play my electric clawhammer guitar, and deploy some voice-responsive electronics.
“[Art is] a craft-based tool for the study of consciousness.” — Caroll Dunham
I think this description fits what Lazer and I do together.
Friday, February 13, 2025 5:30pm
Abundant Life
Lorrie Lane Studio
2420 Gary Fitts Street
Tuscaloosa, 35401
Reading and performance with Hank Lazer
We’re happy to be performing in Lorrie Lane’s recently expanded studio on an evening’s program that includes some hands-on art marking, too!
I’m appearing tomorrow at a poetry reading/performance with Hank Lazer at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers to celebrate the release of Lazer’s poetry collection Abundant Life. I’ll provide some ambient field recording sounds, play my electric clawhammer guitar, and deploy some voice-responsive electronics.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 5pm
Hank Lazer
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
Tuscaloosa AL 35401
Hank and I have been performing together for the last 5 years–less than a quarter of the time represented in Abundant Life. And like the poetry in the collection, our work together continues to change and evolve while circling around a common interest in poetry and sound as opportunity for stillness, presence, attention.
I’m headed to Florence, Alabama, today for a performance with poet Hank Lazer. We’ll perform sections from his newest book, As We Vanish from Public View and a variety of other material with banjo and electronics.
I’ll also play a few tunes on acoustic banjo using Wilbur, my Dobson-style banjo. Wilbur was my very first banjo–it was a gift from Margaret Darby. She had kept it for many years in the attic or garage of her beautiful Victorian home in Florence. I named the banjo after her late husband, Wilbur, who she claimed was a friendly ghost in the house.
Friday, October 4, 2024 6-8pm
As We Vanish from Public View
Abraham Rowe Photography
204 Cypress Mill Road
Florence, Alabama 35630