Saturday, July 23, 2011
7:30pm
THE STEPHANIE TAYLOR SONGBOOK
sound. at The Schindler House: The Stephanie Taylor Songbook is the premier performance of 8 songs by Los Angles artist Stephanie Taylor. The songs were originally written between 2002 and 2007 to accompany sculpture based installations. Taylor utilizes a rhyme based process to generate an elastic method of storytelling in which the traditional order of narrative elements is both acknowledged and upended. Working with a conceptual model of "logical thinking" which is twisted into absurd narratives that are not, in the least, logical, each song, technically, tells a story, yet the stories are abstract, and barely sensical. The songs are derived from the stories using a 5 note system based on dominant vowel sounds present in the sentences.
This performance accompanies the publication of Taylor’s second book,The Stephanie Taylor Songbook: songs 2002-2007 by Ood Press, Rio.
Stephanie Taylor is a sound artist who creates environments using rhyme to generate sculptures, songs and photographs. She writes melodies using found texts and she creates installations in which each object rhymes with the material with which it is made. Taylor has exhibited and performed her work internationally and is represented by Gallery Christian Nagel, Berlin-Antwerp and Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York. Her books include The Stephanie Taylor Songbook, Ood Press, Rio, 2010 and Chop Shop, Les Figues Press, 2007. Upcoming events include LACMA: Offsite at Charles White, and Home; Revisited, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF). Her exhibitions have been reviewed in Frieze, ARTEXT, ARTUS, Texte zur Kunst, Flash Art, Artforum, Modern Painters, and X-tra.
Presented by SASSAS and the MAK Center for Art and Architecture.
Performances feature:
Arlys Alford
Jessica Catron
Dealers Choice
Gordon Halligan
Alice Könitz
Simon Leung
Vince Meghrouni
Natalie Moran
Milena Muzquiz
Laura Steenberge
Stephanie Taylor
Matias Viegener
Sachiyo Yoshimoto
MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069
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advance tickets $23; SASSAS and FOSH members $18; tickets at the door $28.<<BACK TO sound.
sound. 2011 is produced by Cindy Bernard in collaboration with Scott Benzel, Gregory Lenczycki, Jorge Martin, Renee Petropoulos, Joe Potts, Dawson Weber, Board of Directors; Danny Gromfin, Board of Advisors.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission and the support of our members. For further information on SASSAS: www.sassas.org or contact us at 323.960.5723.
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Designers from left to right: Djego Padilla (2008); Hedi El Kholti / Channa Horwitz (2007); Wendy Furman (2006); Linda Nishio (2005, 2004); Tom Recchion (2003,2002, 2001); Cindy Bernard (2000; 1999). 2009 anniversary logo by Cindy Bernard.
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