Multimedia double-feature "There Came A Voice" and "She" performed 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 2-3, at ATLAS

There Came A Voice
…unites live music, poetic film, and ambient light design to create an environment evocative of an ancient mountain-top encounter.
Designed and directed by Jacob Herold

She
…fuses live dance and film, using creative video sampling, remixing, and montage to bring a Tarantino-style femme fatale to life. “She” is not to be messed with!
Designed and directed by Esmeralda Kundanis-Grow, Mara Tasker, and Nathan Minatta.

Reserve your seats for Friday, April 2.
Reserve your seats for Saturday, April 3.

A reception will follow performances each night (free and open to the public).

ATLAS has three free concerts this weekend, March 12-14

Explore the creative fusion of traditional music, acoustic instruments and video/sound technology in 3 free ATLAS concerts

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12
Psychoangelo, led by CU music professor Michael Theodore, consists of Glen Whitehead on trumpet and electronics, and Theodore on guitar, electronics and percussion. Music includes elements of jazz, rock, world and ambient electronic music. They will perform against a backdrop of animated graphics produced by Theodore and will be joined by a number of musical guests. Reserve your seats for Friday, March 12.

Safari Trio, led by CU music professor John Gunther on sax and flute, features guitarist Brad Shepik and percussionist John Hadfield. Their music includes jazz, folk and rhythms from around the world. The performance will be accompanied by a backdrop of computer graphics generated in real time. Reserve your seats for Friday, March 12.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13
BLOrk (Boulder Laptop Orchestra), now in its second year, presents new compositions that explore the unique potential of the hemisphere speaker, speakers designed to imitate the sound dynamics of acoustic instruments. Special guests include Naropa's Janet Feder on guitar and artist-in-residence Darwin Grosse, composer and software designer. Reserve your seats for Saturday, March 13.

5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 14
CU and NYU (New York Univeristy) join in their second real-time Internet collaboration exploring the theme: "Memory and the Internet." High-speed video and audio links allow both audience and performers in remote locations to interact in this virtual concert. See a video of an improvised virtual concert, read more about the high-speed technology, and an NYU discussion about artists, production and networks.

Reserve your seats for Sunday, March 14.

Reservations are recommended. Use links above, "Reserve your seats..."

Concerts are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.

This concert series is presented by Interdisciplinary Studies in Music, Art and Technologies, a research initiative of CU-Boulder. Visit CISMAT.org.

Hunter Ewen: "Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster"

"Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster," an interdisciplinary, multimedia production, combines music, dance (both modern and aerial), visual arts, poetry, electronic technology and video. 

The production is written and produced by Hunter Ewen, a CU-Boulder College of Music doctoral program student. Actress and soprano Elizabeth Comninellis plays title character Lily Foster, an 18 year-old abuse survivor. 

The show will be performed one evening only, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27th in the ATLAS Institute's Black Box theater at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A reception, free and open to the public, will follow. Admission is free; reservations are recommended. Reserve your seat now
Note: This show is not appropriate for children.

Writer and director Ewen explained, "The story we're telling is about a young woman, Lily Foster, who suffered sexual abuse as a child. We see what life is like through her eyes." He continued, "She is very artistic, expressive and musical, so we use all kinds of technology, musical genres and media to reveal who she is." 

A related component of the project is an art and video show installed in the ATLAS lobby consisting of 13 paintings by Ewen along with a video running on the ATLAS video wall. The video artwork will cycle through more than 3,000 photos, comments, conversations and interactions from Lily Foster's Facebook page. The Lily Foster art and video installation will run from Monday, Feb. 15th to Wednesday, Feb. 24th. See Lily Foster's web site for more details

Black Box performance: "Gifts From Unknown Islands"

 CU Film Studies instructor, composer and sound designer Mark McCoin creates several multi-media visual/sound performance installations in the ATLAS Black Box. Multi-media technology includes: 
- Microscope camera projecting biological images onto large white spheres in real time 
- Multiple round screens simultaneously serving as drums and screens for montage of projected video and stills 
- Animated images projecting on animated 3D sculptural, shaped surfaces 
- Live hands playing rhythm duet with video hands 

McCoin commented on his production, "When the piece begins to reveal itself and take on it's own life, the ecstasy begins. Soon the work is telling you something important; perhaps something about your nature or past that is meaningful, and if you’re lucky, universal."

Several pieces will be accompanied with live music produced by musical guests.                                                    

The approximate 1.5 hour evening includes a talkback/discussion with artist/producer Mark McCoin.

The evening is free and open to the public.
Reservations recommended. Seating is first come, first served.
Reserve your seats at http://mccoin.eventbrite.com.

Get more information: http://www.colorado.edu/atlas/mccoin/