its that time of year again... a night at subtropics curated by
Boniato,,, this time: ATTACK OF THE NINJAS, with the world's first
cartoon-laptop band, DINO, DESI & DESI (featuring Dino Felipe), with
stunning support by PHOENECIA (aka Soul Oddity).
ST-18 / Saturday, February 25, 2006
Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 Street, Miami
9 PM – PHOENICIA • DINO, DESI & DESI
Dino, Desi & Desi in ATTACK OF THE NINJAS stars Dino Felipe, Edward
Bobb, and Eddie Peel as Dino, Desi & Desi. It features the cartoon
stylings of visual artist Zach Danesh, which premiered during Art
Basel Miami Beach 2005. Catch the world premiere live performance
Saturday night along with PHOENECIA, which consists of Schematic
Records honchos Joshua Kay and Romulo del Castillo.
Subtropics 18 (ST – 18)
Subtropics Experimental Music & Sound Arts Festival
Presented in partnership with the
Miami Performing Arts Center
February 23 – March 4, 2006
Dorsch Gallery,
151 NW 24 Street, Miami
Additional Events on Lincoln Road and Española Way in Miami Beach in
conjunction with ArtCenter/South Florida and Miami Beach Cinematheque
The Subtropics Experimental Music & Sound Arts Festival turns 18 this
year and continues its mission to open our ears to new sounds.
Headquartered again at Dorsch Gallery in Miami's Wynwood District and
hosted for a night by ArtCenter/South Florida and Miami Beach
Cinematheque in Miami Beach, Subtropics will offer a daily dose of new
and experimental music and sound works from an international
collection of composers and performers. Subtropics is the largest and
oldest festival of its kind in the region and one of South Florida's
true Cultural treasures.
ST-18, presented by SFCA's interdisciplinary Sound Arts Workshop in
partnership once again with the Miami Performing Arts Center,
concentrates a wide array of events into a ten-day period, from
February 23rd to March 3rd, 2005. At once a world-class exposition of
new music and sound art and a venue for an exchange of ideas between
local, national, and international artists, Subtropics creates a
public dialogue along with engaging entertainment unique to Miami and
most parts of the world.
Can bio-acoustician David Dunn talk to the animals? Not exactly, but
after experiencing his performance on opening night of the Subtropics
Festival, the possibility may seem closer than you think. Come listen
for this and other near-superpowers as Dunn engages the audience and
the environment with simultaneous performances of In Air, In Water, In
Earth, In Trees and Three Strange Attractors. Just before that,
experience an opening performance of Alvin Lucier's sound installation
Music on a Long Thin Wire and get ready to dodge hypersonic sound
beams in Gustavo Matamoros and Charles Recher's Hypersonic Test:
Florida I.
Can Gino Robair play a concert on anything, anywhere, in any
situation? This amazing percussionist, who has recorded with Tom Waits
and Derek Bailey and performed with the likes of John Zorn and
Japanese turntablist Otomo Yoshihide, attempts to do just that as he
appears in residency during the Subtropics Festival. He will make
appearances in street theatre improvisations on Lincoln Road and as
part of the Zoo Band, which also features the ingenious digital
drawings of Portugal's Jorge Gonçalves. Robair's residency will
culminate with the Miami premiere of his experimental real-time opera
I, Norton, as he conducts a performance by members of the FIU New
Music Ensemble.
Subtropics' reach extends to the airwaves this year with Eugenia
Vargas and Odalis Valdivieso's Talking Head Transmitters, a low
frequency AM radio station broadcasting to cars and passersby in Miami
Beach. In other festival highlights, New Zealand's David Watson makes
us reconsider the bagpipes, guitar virtuoso Seth Josel presents an
evening of art music for acoustic and electric guitar, Ben Manley
explores the acoustics of everyday objects, and NODUS treats us to
solo and chamber music for the 21st century, plus, Miami mavericks
Edward Bobb, Phoenecia and Dino Felipe. Sound and image come together
in screenings of Visual Music and We Jam Econo: The Story of the
Minutemen. Everything draws to a conclusion on March 4 with a
celebration of the Subtropics Marathon's 18th birthday, featuring a
variety of performers from Miami and around the world.
To satisfy your belly along with your ears, Subtropics Barbecue is
available for purchase at all Dorsch Gallery events. Miami artist Alex
Steneck will be donning his alternate "Playa-Personality" to bring
gourmet BBQ to festival attendees. Bring your appetite! Drinks and
refreshments will top off this aural and culinary experience that's
not to be missed.
Subtropics 18 will be held from February 23 - March 4, 2005. The
experimental music & sound arts festival will be held at Dorsch
Gallery located at 151 NW 24 St in Miami's Wynwood Arts District.
Miami Beach events will be hosted by the Miami Beach Cinematheque on
Española Way and at ArtCenter/South Florida on Lincoln Road. Admission
to events at Dorsch Gallery ranges from $5 - $15. Subtropics on the
Beach events are free. The ST-18 Pass admits one to all Subtropics
events and is available for $75. ST-18 events are free for members.
Individual memberships can be obtained for $50 for one year; students
and seniors $40. For more information, call 305.981.0600 or email
info@subtropics.org.
Subtropics 18 is made possible in part through grants from the
Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, the State of Florida
Division of Cultural Affairs, Miami-Dade County Department of Culture
Affairs, and Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council.