Borderbend Programming in 2010

Experimental Piano Series concert
at PianoForte on February 12

with performances by Adam Marks and Janice Misurell-Mitchell - Larry Axelrod Duo

Experimental Piano Series concert
at PianoForte on April 9
with performances by  Renée Baker's TUNTUI 
and Sebastian Huydts

Mingus Awareness Project Concert
at the Jazz Showcase on June 23

Ekphrastic Nexus
at Chicago Urban Art Society on June 25 
     
part of the "Studio Chicago" calendar of events

Borderbend Performance Event
on World Listening Day (July 18)

Multimedia Performance Event
in Pritzker Park on September 17

audience-interactive performance event
with three pianos, laser graffiti & more

Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (October 1-10)

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"Bicycles and the Arts"
at Happy Dog Gallery on October 1

“Bicycles and the Arts” creatively explored connections between these two vital elements of culture and society --

• Wheels on the Ground and in the Sky, a group exhibition with paintings, sculptures, and videos -- a sculpture by Andrew DelaRosa; Yellow Bike on the Green Line, photographs by Janina Ciezadlo; Ridin’ in the Sky, a musical sculpture by John Bambino; First Ride on Milwaukee Ave., a painting by Alpha Bruton; Portland to Portland Prototype, a bike-book sculpture by Regin Ingloria; Ferris Cycle, a kinetic sculpture by Matt Weber; Pigeon-toed About Homage by Catie Olson, a sculpture with kinetic sound and video projection which is inspired by Jean Tinguely’s Homage to New York; a video of Rob Frye’s recent FLUX Bike ride in Los Angeles; and Bikes Make the World Go ‘Round, an interactive kinetic sculpture presented by Working Bikes Cooperative;  
• John Greenfield read from his new book Bars Across America: Drinking and Biking from Coast to Coast;
• Chicago Underground Library presented a Pop Up Library;
• The Chicago Bike Band performed -- Derek Repsch (electronics and amplified bicycle), Andrew Royal (violin), Jon Godston (soprano saxophone), Robin Boudreaux (tenor saxophone), Dan Godston (trumpet), Jayve Montgomery (reeds, percussion, electronics), Alex Wing (guitar), and Jimmy Bennington (drums) -- including a telematic performance with  Sonia Paço-Rocchia (Quebec) and the Spokesmen Bike-A-Stra at BICAS (Tucson) -- Steev Hise (live video manipulation) and Glenn Weyant and Scott Kerr (playing traditional instruments, bike-centric instruments, and found objects that were electrified and processed to produce a transmutating, omnivibrational soundscape);

• conversations between members of different bicycle groups across the U.S. -- Steven Lane (Chicago) talking with Clay Dykstra at Spearfish Bike Cooperative (Spearfish, SD) and Carly Evans from Working Bikes Cooperative (Chicago) talking with Victor Pizarro at the Plan B: New Orleans Community Bike Project;
• images and sounds of projects by U.S. and international artists and organizations are presented -- sounds by Emeka Ogboh (Lagos, Nigeria) and SoundFjord | London, and images from a recent exhibition about bicycle culture at the Museum of Copenhagen, and those by Ultra Grøn (Copenhagen) and Cay Brøndum (Copenhagen).  

“Bicycles and the Arts” involved partnerships with the Active Transportation Alliance, Copenhagen Cyclery, Working Bikes Cooperative, and the League of Illinois Bicyclists. We would also like to thank Lulu B. for providing beverages, and the Copenhagen Center for Traffic for their help. 

Above: pictures taken during "Bicycles & the Arts."

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Above: video of the Spokesmen Bike-A-Stra at BICAS (Tucson) performing during Bicycles & the Arts -- with Steev Hise, Glenn Weyant and Scott Kerr. 

Going Away, improvisation for bicycle solo from musinou on Vimeo.

Above: Sonia Paço-Rocchia created this video after performing during Bicycles & the Arts. 

"Banned Books Abecedarian Read-Out"
at the Logan Square Library on October 2

part of Banned Books Week

"Two Way Tarot Mirrors"
at Myopic Books on October 2

"Temperatures and Shapes :: Arctic Live/Chicago"
at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery on October 3

“Temperatures and Shapes :: Arctic Live/Chicago”creatively explored the themes of temperatures and shapes -- such as ice, mountains, climate change, bodies of water, the shape of things to come -- and Arctic Live, which also celebrates the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This event included performances, video presentations, soundscape, and 2D and 3D artworks:

• Here Come the Plants / A Flora-Utopian Transformation, a project by The Seed Project -- including Bite Me (a video by Kasia Ozga) and FloatingIceSage
• Under the Iceberg -- a presentation by Alpha Bruton, inspired by the great African American explorer Matthew A. Henson. Alpha also read notes from Henson’s memoir A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (1912).

• performance by Chicago Phonography -- including Chad Clark, Eric Leonardson, and Gregory O’Drobinak
• two Wild Sanctuary/Arctic Live™ videos -- Arctic Boogie, with Amy Campion, and Arctic Soundscape II
• performance by Michael Bettine (gongs) and Jon Hey (piano)
• Ground Truth – Arctic, a two-channel video by Andrea Polli
• Letters to a Lost Penguin, an animation by Annie Heckman
• Extinct Animals, a video by The Gluts
• audio recordings by Nimalan Yoganathan, Kat Krause and Wild Sanctuary/Arctic Live™, and the World Listening Project
• photographs from the USGS Repeat Photography Project found in the Glacier National Park’s archives, which document how glaciers in the park have been receding since 1910

pictured: Alpha Bruton giving
her "Under the Iceberg" presentation -- 

audio from the Michael Bettine - Jon Hey Duo performance -- 

Here Come the Plants / A Flora-Utopian Transformation, a project by The Seed Project -- including Bite Me (a video by Kasia Ozga) and FloatingIceSage

Chicago Calling - Waiting 4 the Bus event
at Café Ballou on October 4

"Translating 2010" - Reconstruction Room Event
at Black Rock Café on October 6

"Aural Architecture"
at WNUR  on October 7
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"I Remember Fred"
at the Velvet Lounge on October 8

Chicago Calling / Experimental Piano Series Concert
at Curtiss Hall on October 9

“Chicago Equinix”
at Soapbox Music on October 10

"Facets of Southeast Asia"
at In Your Space on October 10

"DIY Arts Projects, Collectives, Networks, Innovation" Session on October 19

during the 2010 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference

Mingus Awareness Project Concert
at CenterStage Rhythm Hall (Richmond, VA)
on October 24

Adam Larrabee Trio plays Money Jungle


Mingus Awareness Project Big Band
Directed by Doug Richards