Grotto Dances, Video Installation by Naomi Fisher
Sound by Garcia and Jessie Gold
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Dark Continents, Group Exhibition, Curated by Ruba KatribOpening Reception, Thursday, October 25th, 2008 7PM - 9PM
On view September 26th - November 9, 2008
OVERNIGHT
HEALING SENSATION
PULLS IT OUT
FROM THE KNEELING
July 23, 2008 Cake Shop, Monotract w/ MYTY KONKEROR & La Otracina, New York, NY
August 7th, 2008 Glasslands Gallery, Monotract w/ Heaven People, MYTY KONKEROR & Source of Yellow, Brooklyn, NY
August 8th, 2008 88 Boadrum, Williamsburg Waterfront @ East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11211
Cost : Free, but tickets need to be reserved for admission
August 14th, 2008 Garcia / Jessie Gold Duo, at D'Amelio Terras Gallery, part of West Nile Style show (NYC)
August 15th, 2008 Rhys Chatham’s 200 Guitars - Damrosch Park Bandshell (NYC)
Southwest corner of the Lincoln Center Plaza (62nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue)
Cost : Free, no tickets required.
September 11th, 2008 Glasslands Gallery, Garcia / Biba Bell Duo w/ The New Monuments (trio of C. Spencer Yeh of Burning Star Core-violin, voice, electronics, Don Dietrich of Borbetomagus-saxophone, electronics and Ben Hall of Graveyards-percussion), Oa, Carlos Giffoni / Okkyung Lee Duo, and DJ Steve Loewnethal
Duo Collaboration: Thurston Moore + Nancy Garcia
Photo: Seth Tisue
at No Fun Fest, May 16, 2008
Thanks to Gian Pablo Villamil designer of the Rhythmic Synth which I played for some of this set.
And to Megan Byrne who was the lighting designer for our set.
"No Keys", Green Naftali Gallery, June 21-23, 2007
Choreography, Music, Lighting Design, Costumes and Wall Drawings: Nancy Garcia
Performers: Biba Bell, Jacqueline Fritz, Nancy Garcia, Jessie Gold and Jean Marie Leary
Installation Assistance: Nick Hasty
Duration: 85 minutes
Description: Drawing inspiration from my background in New York’s experimental music community, I created 45-minutes worth of movement and sound and “looped” it one time over. The piece was performed twice a day for three days at Greene Naftali Gallery, and the audience was invited to walk freely through the space during the performance.
Through dance and live sound within and throughout four rooms, five performers activate the spaces with various rhythms using movement, electric guitars and vocal sounds. Amidst guitar cables and a sound installation, sisters sing deconstructed versions of their favorite songs. You'll watch their relationships to each other in action, reproducing themselves and destroying old forms of themselves through repetition.
"localstwang", Movement Research’s About Town at Dance Theater Workshop (NYC), January 2006
Direction and Concept: Nancy Garcia
Development and Performance: Nancy Garcia and Jessie Gold
Description:Inspired by the city of Miami, Florida, localstwang, is the result of the process of composing dance and music simultaneously. Using contact microphones connected to guitar effects pedals and amplifiers, the dancers affect changes in the sound throughout the performance.
This piece toured through various venues in California and showed in New York venues such as Exit Art Gallery (La Superette Festival), Chashama (Movement Research Festival), and Dance Theater Workshop (Movement Research’s About Town Series).