{"id":6513,"date":"2016-06-27T23:40:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T23:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/?p=6513"},"modified":"2016-07-04T03:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T03:05:47","slug":"mspsynth-in-meta-tap-digital-tango-w-lucie-vitkova-lisa-mezzacappa-bryan-day-wed-06-jul-canessa-gallery-sf-set-1-phillip-greenliefs-barbedwire-with-evelyn-davis-gabby-fluke-mogul-8p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/mspsynth-in-meta-tap-digital-tango-w-lucie-vitkova-lisa-mezzacappa-bryan-day-wed-06-jul-canessa-gallery-sf-set-1-phillip-greenliefs-barbedwire-with-evelyn-davis-gabby-fluke-mogul-8p\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP+synth in meta-tap digital tango w Lucie V\u00edtkov\u00e1, Lisa Mezzacappa, & Bryan Day Wed 06 Jul @ Canessa Gallery, SF + Set 1: Phillip Greenlief’s BARBEDWIRE, with Evelyn Davis & gabby fluke-mogul, @ 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Brn\u011bnsk\u00e9<\/a>

Brn\u011bnsk\u00e9 drak (The Brno Dragon)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u6709\u670b\u81ea\u9060\u65b9\u4f86, \u4e0d\u4ea6\u6a02\u4e4e<\/p>\n

When friends come from afar, is there not joy?<\/p>\n

– Confucius (\u5b54\u5b50)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m keenly looking forward to once again play with Brno-born Czech composer | accordionist | dancer | sound artist Lucie\u00a0V\u00edtkov\u00e1<\/a>, in a unique quartet with San Francisco instrument-inventor Brian Day, and supreme bass virtuosa Lisa Mezzacappa, just back from Paris.<\/p>\n

The show will be at the current home of the superb Meridian Gallery Composers In Performance Series, Canessa Gallery<\/b><\/a> <\/b>(708 Montgomery St., 2nd Fl., San Francisco, map)<\/b><\/a> at 9pm (Set 2), Wed 06 Jul<\/span><\/b><\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u261e Sliding scale tix at the door<\/p>\n

\u261e Examiner.com preview: here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"(L\u2192R)<\/a>

(L\u2192R) Bob Marsh, Joe Lasqo, and Lucie V\u00edtkov\u00e1 perform Lasqo’s Drak nebo krokod\u00fdl?, Berkeley Arts Festival, 23 Feb 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

Last time Lucie was in town, our progamme<\/a> focused on game pieces like my Drak nebo krokod\u00fdl? (Dragon or Crocodile?)<\/i> <\/b>and Sheldonian <\/i><\/b>\u30d1\u30c1\u30f3\u30b3<\/em><\/strong>\u2026.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2026This time we’re going to balance chairs and turn somersaults on the ethereal tightrope of free improv\u2026 whilst tap-dancing (at least in Lucie’s case).<\/p>\n

\"Lucie<\/a>

Lucie V\u00edtkov\u00e1<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 Lucie <\/b>V\u00edtkov\u00e1<\/b><\/a> is a composer, improviser and performer (accordion, harmonica, voice and tap dance) from the Czech Republic. Her compositions focus on sonification (compositions based on abstract models derived from physical objects), while in her improvisation practice explores characteristics of discrete spaces through the interaction between sound and movement. In her recent work, she is interested in the musical legacy of Morse Code and the social-political aspects of music and art in relation to everyday life.<\/p>\n

\"Lucie<\/a>

Lucie V\u00edtkov\u00e1 at the accordion<\/p><\/div>\n

She graduated in accordion performance at Brno Conservatory and composition at Jan\u00e1\u010dek Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Along with her study of music she taught tap dance at the Theatre Faculty of JAMU. She is a member of the Brno Improvising Unit<\/b><\/a>, Ensemble Marijan<\/b><\/a>, Dunami Ensemble<\/b><\/a>, Dust In The Groove<\/b><\/a>, and Pra\u017esk\u00fd improviza\u010dn\u00ed orchestr (Prague Improvisation Orchestra, or PIO)<\/b><\/a>, co-founded by Bay area expat, George Cremaschi<\/a>. She is a founder of Temporary Ensemble<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Pra\u017esk\u00fd<\/a>

One of Lucie’s contexts, the Pra\u017esk\u00fd improviza\u010dn\u00ed orchestr (Prague Improvisation Orchestra, or PIO). Flyer for concert with guests Tim Perkis &\u00a0Susanna Gartmayer @ Divus, Prague, 14 Apr 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Lucie began her graduate studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague & at California Institute of the Arts. She’s studied with Martin Smolka<\/a>, Jaroslav \u0160\u0165astn\u00fd<\/a>, Martijn Padding<\/a>, Gilius van Bergeijk<\/a>,\u00a0& Michael Pisaro<\/a>. Her Ph.D research began at Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, under Marc Sabat<\/a>, &\u00a0now continues at Columbia University, where she’s a Visiting Scholar with\u00a0George Lewis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She’s analyzing music of Christian Wolff<\/a>, researching hierarchy & social relations in his music and looking for the composition techniques which express this phenomena. Furthermore, Lucie is putting his music and scores into the context of free improvisation to explore the definitions of composition and improvisation.<\/p>\n

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\"Lucie<\/a>

Lucie V\u00edtkov\u00e1 and Pavel Korbi\u010dka performing one of the Akustick\u00fd obraz (Acoustic Paintings) series<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the most mind-opening aspects of Lucie’s work for me is embodied in a series of pieces with collaborator Pavel Korbi\u010dka<\/a> under the rubric of Akustick\u00fd obraz (Acoustic Paintings)<\/i><\/b>, which combine dance, sound production, and ritual, often employing large, or even room-size, invented instruments, sometimes augmented by sound from an unseen source that provides a stark un-physical contrast with the completely physical means of sound production that Lucie is employing. These slay me.<\/p>\n

Check out Akustick\u00fd obraz 10<\/i><\/b>:<\/p>\n