Space 151, SF, CA
May 18th, 2018
SOUND & TEA
3 Solo Performances
Think Make Tank Artist Collective and 23five present Jason Kahn from Switzerland and Bay Area artists Kanoko Nishi-Smith and Kevin Corcoran in an evening of solo performances followed by a tea exploring the connection between body and instrument.
About the artists:
Jason Kahn
Born 1960 in New York and grew up in Los Angeles. Re-located to Europe in 1990 and is currently based in Zurich, where he is active as a musician, artist and writer. Concerts and exhibitions throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey and South Africa In 2011 started the Editions label to publish his books and records.
http://jasonkahn.net/
Kevin Corcoran
KEVIN works with an open interest in sound as medium as it moves through contexts of art, music, ecology, and communication in performance and fixed media pieces. As a percussionist he is most interested in techniques which extend the sonic possibilities of the instrument emphasizing textural sound, friction, sympathetic vibration, sustained tones and the use of found objects. He works also with environmental recordings, both observing and interacting with sites, and electronic sound through feedback systems, computer software and cassette tapes. Based in San Francisco, he has performed improvised and composed work throughout the US, Europe, Japan and Taiwan and collaborates with artists working in multiple fields.
www.kevincorcoran.net
Kanoko Nishi-Smith
KANOKO is a performer currently based in SF/Bay Area. Though classically trained on piano, receiving a BA in Classical Music Performance from Mills College, her recent interest has primarily been in performing 20th century and contemporary musical compositions for piano as well as for koto (Japanese 13-string zither), and free-improvisation in various different contexts, with musicians, as well as dancers, poets, and visual artists.
