the biophony project

Biophony 2.1

05/18/2022 / 2pm / Jitu Weusi Plaza

Biomes Performed

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Flocking
Flocking

This piece revolves around mimicking the motions of birds in a flock – individual variations moving together towards the same direction. While there’s a beginning and end to the piece, everything cycles back on itself much like birds migrating and returning home. The paths of the flock as a whole remain largely the same, but the movement of each individual varies slightly each time

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Flightpath
Flightpath

As a kid, I dreamed of being a bird. To me, they were truly free: soaring across the sky, singing, looking down at us from the treetops, nesting anywhere they liked. As I got older, I was fascinated by the stories of their epic migrations. I imagine that though the departure and arrival points of these migrations are probably similar, each journey must be unique; when one rests, how close to the flock one flies, and the weather must make each trip unique. My hope is that flightpath provides a similar experience, where one knows the points of departure and arrival, but is free to shape their individual journey.

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Meet the Artists

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Akiva Jacobs
Akiva Jacobs

Lately Akiva has been enjoying slowly writing songs by process of long walks and occasional journaling, as well as organizing weekly no-barrier-to-entry conduction sessions. They play upright bass and electric bass in a handful of rock and improvised-music bands that are all different combinations of the same six people who are mostly named Maya. Akiva is from Newton, MA and will graduate Princeton University mere days from now.

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Matt Hull
Matt Hull

Matt Hull is a trumpet player and composer from Boston, MA, currently residing in Brooklyn, NY.

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Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg is an improviser and songwriter who uses guitar, pedals, the tenor banjo, the computer, the synthesizer and the voice. Their work spans genres, from jazz to noise to avant-rock to delicate songs; their performances span venues, from international festivals to intimate basements…

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Cleek Schrey
Cleek Schrey

Cleek Schrey is fiddler, improviser, and composer from Virginia, now based in NYC. Frequent collaborators include David Behrman, the viol da gamba player Liam Byrne, traditional fiddle icon Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and the avant-pop collective Exo-Tech. He is currently a Sound Artist-in-Residence on Governor’s Island and pursuing doctoral studies in Music Composition at Princeton University.

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“Biophony" is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.