Friday 16 November 2018, 7pm
The Rain of Applause is an ongoing multi-channel sound installation containing the playback audio of applause, recorded from live events at Cafe Oto from the past month. This sound installation series aims to view the sound of applause as a sound source, separating it from the role of applause as a reaction after a performance/presentation.
By utilizing a 4.1 speaker configuration, Cafe Oto will transform into a room full of non-stop applause, with Maria mixing and performing the piece on site from 7pm to 10pm. All are welcome to come and go as they please.
Afterwards, Maria will be joined by some friends to perform with her solo turntablism work at 10pm until 11pm.
Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turntablist, sound artist and DJ. Coincidence, chance & failures are themes that unite her book objects, sound sculptures, installations & other works with her improvised solo turntable performance practice. Her latest album, “Maria Chavez PLAYS Stefan Goldmann’s Ghost hemiola” was nominated for a Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in Jan. of 2020.
Currently, Maria is on the cover of the textbook on the History of Experimental & Electronic music by Routledge Publishing, was a David Tudor and Robert Rauschenberg Arts Fellow and a Research Fellow for Goldsmith's Sound Practice Research Department (2015-17). Her large scale sound & multi-media installations along with other works have been shown at the Getty Museum, the JUDD Foundation, Documenta 14 in Kassel, Germanyand HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel) amongst many other institutions around the world. She is currently an artist in residence with EMPAC (The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center) until 2022 and will present a new sound installation for BRIC Arts "Latin Abstract" painting exhibition from Jan. - May 2021. She is on a medical sabbatical due to receiving brain surgery in Feb. 2019 and will return to performing for the public in 2022-23. She appreciates everyone's patience and compassion during this difficult time.
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