Billy Martin Set for DRAWING SOUND Performances at The Drawing Center This Week

For its 2015-16 season, The Drawing Center has developed two multi-evening events for its newly renovated galleries that demonstrate the institution's increased focus on the intersections between drawing, sound, and performance-based art.

Interspersed between major exhibitions, Drawing Sound will bring commissions of new work to The Drawing Center's space and will build upon the institution's recent explorations of drawing and music in the work of Iannis Xenakis and William Engelen.

Billy Martin and String Noise (Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim) will curate the two Drawing Sound performances in July and September of 2015, respectively.

Co-produced by Brett Littman, Executive Director, and Jessica Man, Curatorial Assistant.

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PART I: BILLY MARTIN
July 8-10, 2015
For the Wandering performance series in July of 2015, Martin has invited world-renowned musicians to interpret and perform his graphic scores and automatic drawings. You can listen to the sample recording here.

Night 1 - July 8 at 7:30pm
Soloists: Chris Cochrane (guitar), Billy Martin (percussion), John Medeski (keyboard synthesizer), Ikue Mori (electronics), and Ned Rothenberg (clarinets, saxophone, shakuhachi)
Interpreting Billy Martin's graphic scores

Ensemble: Alarm Will Sound (vibraphone, marimba, clarinet, trombone, viola, gongs) with guests Chris Cochrane, John Medeski, and Ned Rothenberg
Performing Coral Sea, Heart Strings, The Animated Veve, Chaman

Night 2 - July 9 at 7:30pm
Soloists: Cyro Baptista (percussion, voice) and Anthony Coleman (keyboards)
Interpreting Billy Martin's graphic scores

Yoshiko Chuma (dancer) and Billy Martin (percussion)
Performing Pas de deux

Ensemble: Fang Percussion (3-20 percussionists)
Performing Stridulations for the Good Luck Feast (for temple blocks and bamboo) and Drawing Sound (gongs, water phone and other metallics)

Night 3 - July 10 at 7:30pm
Soloists: Annie Gosfield (electronics) and Billy Martin (percussion)
Interpreting Billy Martin's graphic scores

Paul Auster (spoken word) and Hal Willner (tape machines)
Reflections on the wandering mind, improvisation, and chance

Ensemble: Sirius Quartet (violins, viola, cello)
Performing Sam, My Morning Feldman, Stridulations, and Martin's graphic score

Throughout the three-day event, Stridulations for the Good Luck Feast, a "scentstallation" by Phaedra Martin that encompasses sound, visuals, and scent, will be installed in The Drawing Room.

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Drawing Sound will continue September 11-13, 2015, when String Noise will present a three-night event featuring different performers at The Drawing Center.

Drawing Sound is made possible by the support of an anonymous donor, Charles Price, Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, and Isabel Stainow Wilcox.

At The Drawing Center:

Portraits from the École des Beaux-Arts Paris, Through June 28, 2015
Natalie Frank: The Brothers Grimm, Through June 28, 2015
?nci Eviner: Runaway Girls, Through June 28, 2015
Abdelkader Benchamma: Representation of Dark Matter, Through March 2016
Rachel Goodyear: Restless Guests, Through March 2016
James Sheehan: Death of Malevich, Through October 2015
Drawing Sound - Part I, July 8-10, 2015
Open Sessions 2014-2015, July 17-August 30, 2015
Robin Rhode: Drawing Waves, July 17-August 14, 2015
Open Sessions 4, August 5-August 30, 2015
Drawing Sound - Part II, September 11-13, 2015

The Drawing Center, a museum in Manhattan's SoHo district, explores the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture, the future of art and creative thought. Its activities, which are both multidisciplinary and broadly historical, include exhibitions; Open Sessions, a curated artist program encouraging community and collaboration; the Drawing Papers publication series; and education and public programs.

Located at 35 Wooster Street (btwn Broome and Grand St) in SoHo, New York. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday: 12pm-6pm; Thursday: 12pm-8pm. Tickets: Adults: $5; Students & Seniors: $3; Children under 12: Free. Thursdays 6-8pm free admission for all visitors. The Drawing Center is wheelchair accessible.

Pictured: Billy Martin aka Illy B, Veve 32, 2009. Ink on paper , 13.5 x 11 inches,.Courtesy of the artist.