Abraham Brody to Kick Off National Sawdust Residency This Weekend

The (mostly) Vilnius, Lithuania-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Abraham Brody is artist-in-residence at Brooklyn's National Sawdust for the venue's third season in 2017-18.

As part of the residency, Brody will present three ambitious performances at National Sawdust, and will show/perform new work at the Brooklyn gallery happylucky no.1.

Brody's music is rich in folk traditions. His recently released album, From the Rich Dark Earth, is a set of often mystical compositions based on Lithuanian folklore. Brody will perform works from this collection on September 23 as part of National Sawdust's Opening Weekend. On October 5, he performs with his Moscow-based ensemble Pletai in an exploration of the ancient and modern connection between Slavic and Baltic folklore. Finally, in April, Brody performs with renowned Lithuanian folksinging ensemble Trys Keturiosein a ritualistic and meditative examination of ancient polyphonic 'sutartins', which mean in Lithuanian 'to sound in harmony, to agree.'

ABRAHAM BRODY @ NATIONAL SAWDUST:

Sept. 23
Season 3 Opening Weekend: Guided Discovery

Oct. 5
Pletai: Kosmosjam

Apr. 12
Abraham Brody & Trys Keturiose: Ancestors

ABRAHAM BRODY @ HAPPYLUCKY NO.1:

Sept. 23
The Violinist is Present (2014, created in collaboration with Marina Abramovi?)

Oct. 14
Pletai premieres a new work

Nov. 14-22
Video installation of ONGON: Journey to Buryatia with opening performance

Abraham Brody creates unique multidimensional experiences for his audiences. Bringing together music, performance art, and multimedia, he blurs the lines between artist and audience, challenging the traditional notions of a performer in the 21st-century. For Brody, performance is a vehicle to transform himself and his audience.

Drawing inspiration from the roots, rituals, and folklore of diverse backgrounds, he weaves them into performances combining his own compositions, improvisation, and multimedia works. He has collaborated with renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic, has travelled to far-eastern Siberia in search of shamans, researched and collaborated with musicians from Ukraine, the Republic of Georgia, and also creates the bulk of his solo works drawing on the folklore and music of his Lithuanian roots.

He has performed and shown his works in residency at London's Barbican Centre; The Public Theater in New York; in London at the Tate Modern and Southbank Centre; the Fondation Beyeler in Basel; and the Sziget Festival in Budapest; among others.

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