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Jason Kao Hwang’s Orchestra: Myths of Origin for 30 Strings
Violins: Charles Burnham, Mark Chung, Keir GoGwilt, Rosi Hertlein, Gwen Laster,Talice Lee, gabby fluke-mogul, Elena Moon Park, Ben Sutin, Tom Swafford, Johnna Wu
Violas: Ginger Dolden, Melanie Dyer, Judith Insell, Pete Lanctot, Eric Salazar
Cellos: Dara Bloom, Kirin McElwain, Lester St. Louis, Tomas Ulrich
Guitars: Che Chen, James Keepnews, Anders Nilsson, Hans Tammen
Bass: Ken Filiano
Drums: Andrew Drury
Myths of Origin, a diverse improvising orchestra, defies mainstream society’s enduringfetish for Orientalist fantasies, a history woven inextricably into unconscious biases thathave progressed into explicitly racist violence. Myths of Origin inspired by jazz, funk,new music, classical and world traditions, forges a unique language, free of genreexpectations, to revolutionize our relationships to each other. Through a notated scoreinteracting with improvisations shaped by a lexicon of conducting gestures,the flow ofspontaneous music illuminates the possibilities of our journey. To be transformed bypossibilities grounded in truth, is to transcend all Myths of Origin.
Recorded Friday, June 25, 2022 as part of the 2022 Arts for Art Vision Festival, held at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY
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Jason Kao Hwang’s Orchestra: Myths of Origin for 30 Strings
Violins: Charles Burnham, Mark Chung, Keir GoGwilt, Rosi Hertlein, Gwen Laster,Talice Lee, gabby fluke-mogul, Elena Moon Park, Ben Sutin, Tom Swafford, Johnna Wu
Violas: Ginger Dolden, Melanie Dyer, Judith Insell, Pete Lanctot, Eric Salazar
Cellos: Dara Bloom, Kirin McElwain, Lester St. Louis, Tomas Ulrich
Guitars: Che Chen, James Keepnews, Anders Nilsson, Hans Tammen
Bass: Ken Filiano
Drums: Andrew Drury
Myths of Origin, a diverse improvising orchestra, defies mainstream society’s enduringfetish for Orientalist fantasies, a history woven inextricably into unconscious biases thathave progressed into explicitly racist violence. Myths of Origin inspired by jazz, funk,new music, classical and world traditions, forges a unique language, free of genreexpectations, to revolutionize our relationships to each other. Through a notated scoreinteracting with improvisations shaped by a lexicon of conducting gestures,the flow ofspontaneous music illuminates the possibilities of our journey. To be transformed bypossibilities grounded in truth, is to transcend all Myths of Origin.
Recorded Friday, June 25, 2022 as part of the 2022 Arts for Art Vision Festival, held at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY
Support Arts for Art!
artsforart.org/support
