A Ballad of Accounting 2009: Composition for Cello and Brooklyn Queens Expressway

Alex Waterman

• Artists Space
• 38 Greene Street #3
• Saturday, November 21 2:00pm

A musical performance by Waterman with a 16-millimeter film by Elizabeth Wendelbo.

Part of Riot Radio Ballad, a series of programs which explore the performative and futurist aspects of spoken word, audio, and radio material.

Alex Waterman is a founding member of the Plus Minus Ensemble, based in Brussels and London, specializing in avant-garde and experimental music. In New York he performs with the Either/Or Ensemble. He has worked with musicians such as Robert Ashley, Richard Barrett, Helmut Lachenmann, Keith Rowe, Marina Rosenfeld, Anthony Coleman, Elliot Sharp, Ned Rothenberg, Gerry Hemingway, David Watson, Chris Mann, Alison Knowles, Thomas Meadowcroft, and Michael Finnissy. As a curator he has organized events at Les Bains:Connective in Brussels, OT301 in Amsterdam, Miguel Abreu Gallery and The Kitchen. Alex is presently working on his PhD in musicology at NYU as well as writing a book about the composer Robert Ashley with the designer and writer Will Holder.

Curated by Mark Beasley. Co-presented by Performa and Artists Space.

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