Join us Sunday, November 27th for a LIVE hybrid violin/electronic performance from Brooklyn's multi-talented Christopher Tignor, presented by Heron Arts. This will double as the closing night party for fellow Brooklynite Christian Joy's "Bok Joy," an exhibition of her mesmerizing fabric work presented by Open Color.
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Christopher Tignor
http://wiresundertension.com/
Christopher Tignor is a composer, violinist, and software engineer. His emotionally charged scores and unique focus on live, performance-based electro-acoustic practice has won acclaim within both the classical and experimental communities across 8 LPs on the Western Vinyl and New Albion record labels. He creates the live performance software he uses, shared freely. As a composer he has written and recorded work for ensembles including The Knights, A Far Cry string orchestra, and Brooklyn Rider string quartet, performing alongside them at premiere venues including Carnegie's Zankel Hall. As a string arranger he has worked with John Congleton, This Will Destroy You, Meshell Ndegeocello, and several other artists at the boundaries of popular music. As a result of his unique performance technique using tuning forks, Christopher is a sponsored artist of the German tuning fork maker Wittner. Likewise, renown software leader Antares sponsors Christopher for his inventive application of Auto-Tune as a "choral" violin harmonizer.
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Christian Joy
http://www.christianjoy.us.com/
Christian Joy is a costume designer and artist living and working in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She is best known as Karen O’s (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) resident costume designer, and her work has also been worn by acclaimed artists such as Santigold, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Childish Gambino and others. Christian’s art is most easily identified by the palette she creates for each piece combining flowing graphic shapes, bright colors, bold prints and playful textures. Christian’s work has been featured at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London as well as galleries in Tokyo and New York.
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Open Color
http://www.weareopencolor.com/
Open Color was founded to reinvigorate the San Francisco arts community by building a new, united front that brings together both underground and established creatives and exposes their work to the expanding city network.
Join us Sunday, November 27th for a LIVE hybrid violin/electronic performance from Brooklyn's multi-talented Christopher Tignor, presented by Heron Arts. This will double as the closing night party for fellow Brooklynite Christian Joy's "Bok Joy," an exhibition of her mesmerizing fabric work presented by Open Color.
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Christopher Tignor
http://wiresundertension.com/
Christopher Tignor is a composer, violinist, and software engineer. His emotionally charged scores and unique focus on live, performance-based electro-acoustic practice has won acclaim within both the classical and experimental communities across 8 LPs on the Western Vinyl and New Albion record labels. He creates the live performance software he uses, shared freely. As a composer he has written and recorded work for ensembles including The Knights, A Far Cry string orchestra, and Brooklyn Rider string quartet, performing alongside them at premiere venues including Carnegie's Zankel Hall. As a string arranger he has worked with John Congleton, This Will Destroy You, Meshell Ndegeocello, and several other artists at the boundaries of popular music. As a result of his unique performance technique using tuning forks, Christopher is a sponsored artist of the German tuning fork maker Wittner. Likewise, renown software leader Antares sponsors Christopher for his inventive application of Auto-Tune as a "choral" violin harmonizer.
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Christian Joy
http://www.christianjoy.us.com/
Christian Joy is a costume designer and artist living and working in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She is best known as Karen O’s (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) resident costume designer, and her work has also been worn by acclaimed artists such as Santigold, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Childish Gambino and others. Christian’s art is most easily identified by the palette she creates for each piece combining flowing graphic shapes, bright colors, bold prints and playful textures. Christian’s work has been featured at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London as well as galleries in Tokyo and New York.
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Open Color
http://www.weareopencolor.com/
Open Color was founded to reinvigorate the San Francisco arts community by building a new, united front that brings together both underground and established creatives and exposes their work to the expanding city network.
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