Saturday March 12, 8pm
Avalanche: Carlos Casas, Phill Niblock and Robert Poss
Live video and sound performance
curated by Paolo Mele
Microscope is very pleased to present a video screening and live sound performance of the ongoing project Avalanche by filmmaker Carlos Casas with composers/musicians Phill Niblock and Robert Poss.
The work centers around Casas’ nearly decade long filmic exploration of Hichigh, one of the world’s most densely populated villages located in one of the most unexplored regions of the planet, Tajikstan in the Pamir mountain range. Phill Niblock’s 2007 drone composition “Stosspeng” was the sonic starting point for Avalanche and accompanied the filmmaker on his first filming trip to Hichigh.
“Avalanche is an audiovisual meditation about a village and its traditions on its journey to oblivion. Avalanche is also about the archaic, the enduring spiritual relation between landscape and man, and the overlaying of traditions and rituals within the periphery of our modern world.” – CC
The work will presented this time in two parts. The first will consist of a live video mix by Casas of his film Avalanche with reappropriated field recordings and a live performance by guitarist Robert Poss. Poss’ performance will transition into the second part: Niblock’s live manipulation of “Stosspeng”, composed of recorded samples of electric guitars and basses performed by Poss and Susan Stenger.
$8 general admission
$6 students with ID
Program:
Part 1
Carlos Casas live mix + Robert Poss guitar improvisation
approx. 35 minutes
Part 2
Phill Niblock diffusion of “Stosspeng” with live performance by Robert Poss
approx. 60 minutes
