That thicket is already gone. (Some Trees) (2006/2016)

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incorporating:

some trees (2006) [Ashbery series]

Mayakovsky in Toronto, for Istvàn Zelenka & Francesco Gagliardi (2016)

readings 54, for Manfred (2016- )

 

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performed by Ensemble Negro & Mark So

2 xii 2016 at Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca

readings 44 – though we haven’t read it, we know there is a script (2012)

c90 audio cassette with field recordings-readings of “The End of New England” by Eileen Myles

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released in 2014 by DEATH-SPIRAL on the tape DARK INTERIORS/PLACES OF THE HEART (D-S 0,0) in a limited edition of 200

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20 xii 2014 – played through the sound wall at Various Small Fires Gallery, Los Angeles

Brainchild Part 3 (2015) [Kathleen Johnson & Mark So]

text/concept by Kathleen Johnson; vocal/sounding scenario for 5 reading vocalists, tones, and field recording by Mark So; costumes by Kelly Marie Conder; poet laureate: E. E. Cummings

brainchild 3 guidelines & flow brainchild 3 “songbook”

performed with field recording: SLEEPY HOLLOW (DARK INTERIORS) (2015)

draft sketch of vocal scenario

project info

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(songbook/score detail)

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performed by Dominique Cox, Julie Brody, Kate Brown, Mari, Gabie Strong & Mark So

11 x 2015 at Mars Desert Research Station, UT; 25 x 2015 at LA><ART

readings 49 – Pale plumes of dullness (2013) [Ashbery series]

two c30 audio cassettes comprising a recorded realization of “The Vermont Notebook” by John Ashbery & Joe Brainard

tape 1 – field recordings made while walking circa Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles

tape 2 – readings of the text recorded in my apartment, Koreatown, Los Angeles

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released in 2013 by Motor Image Recordings as MI01 in a handmade limited edition of 20

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