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OLD NEWS 2006
Lee and Leah Singer are both included in the current exhibition "Old News" at the CNEAI institution outside Paris. Old News 2006 is a group show of artists works related to newspapers, divided so that each artist clips newspaper pages during an accruing period of 3 months, so the show is ever-expanding throughout it's duration. Lee's works relate to his current drawing series based on clipped newspaper photos. French-language
info.
MUSIC IS A BETTER NOISE
Both Kim and Thurston have pieces in the upcoming exhibition at PS1 entitled 'Music is a Better Noise'. The show aims to bring together musicians who make art and artists who make music, or for whom music is an integral part of their creative process. Others involved include Barbara Ess, Alan Vega, Don van Vliet, Christian Marclay, and Devandra Banhart. More
info.
EPIC MORTE
A new 20 minute composition by Lee for Quartet and Tape, "Epic Morte", will get it's premiere performances this week by the X-Quartet of Switzerland, for whom it was written, and will reappear in January: Nov 11,
Audio Art Festival Krakau, Poland - Nov 13 Katowice, Artistic Agency Silesia, Radio Katowice, Poland - Jan 26
Forum New Music Lucerne, Switzerland - Jan 29
ISCM Basel, Theatre Basel, Switzerland. The complete program features new works by FM Einheit, Knut Remond, Lee Ranaldo and Stephan Wittwer. X-Quartet is Raphael Camenisch, saxophone; J?nneberger, piano; Aleksander Gabrys, double bass and Daniel Buess, drums/percussion.
DRIFT UPCOMING SHOWS
Lee will perform in his guitar/film collaboration with Leah Singer in Helsinki, Finland Nov 19, and Hasselt, Belgium Nov 24. For more info check out the
calendar page.
DAYDREAM NATION 33 1/3
After delays, a real-deal release date has finally been set for Matthew Stearnes' installment on Daydream Nation for Continuum Books' 33 and 1/3 series. In March of '07, you'll be able to find bound copies of the volume in unsucky book and record shops across the land, and through various online channels. In the meantime, an excerpt from the book has been posted on the series'
blog.