A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations between Eric Theise, Zyanya Yax, and Chino Ortega
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Cine Mayahuel
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, in collaboration with saxophonist Zyanya Yax and bassist Chino Ortega. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Acoustic roundabouts and cul-de-sacs. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches from crowdsourced data.
The performance will last one hour and will occasionally introduce strobing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.
7:30pm doors, 8pm performance
Eric Theise is a San Francisco-based artist and geospatial software developer. Through video and performance he reinvigorates the perceptual inquiries of structural filmmakers, experimental animators, the Light and Space movement, and 60's light shows as new possibilities in the realm of digital cartography.
Zyanya Yax is a musician from Guadalajara, Mexico. She participates in different local music projects and has toured nationally and internationally. She has experimented with forms ranging from Balkan and Klezmer to Free Improv.
https://youtu.be/wZkfNdJy7Wc?si=klIfaXFb4rNPOg8V
Chino Ortega A trained musician who understands sound as an element to explore different narrative possibilities. He is a member of the projects Tabula Raza, Chiasma, Proyecto 3010, SOP, LATEROR, AFEG GALO, Tirantes, among others. He also records, mixes and masters musical projects and multimedia art, runs the recording, mixing and post-production studio Sismo Studio and the independent music label Helicoidal Records, as well as being the curator of the Helicoidal Sessions concert series. He has taught at various institutions in Guadalajara and Mexico City.