A night of Indigenous American composer/musicians working in noise, experimental sound, and performance art
https://ravenchacon.bandcamp.com/music
https://kitekitekitekite.bandcamp.com/
https://wingrobbie.bandcamp.com/
https://luischavez-gonzalez.bandcamp.com
Raven Chacon is a composer and artist born in Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, AZ. He has recorded and performed works for classical and electronic instruments with ensembles nationally and abroad. Chacon received an MFA in music composition from the California Institute of the Arts. He has taught in the music and Native American studies departments at the University of New Mexico and has been a visiting artist in the New Media Art & Performance program at Long Island University. He is composer-in-residence for the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project and is a founding member of the First Nations Composers Initiative.
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Kite aka Suzanne Kite is an award winning Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, composer and academic, known for her sound and video performance with her Machine Learning hair-braid interface. Kite’s practice explores contemporary Lakota ontology through research-creation, computational media, and performance. Kite often works in collaboration with family and community members.
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Robbie Wing (Cherokee Nation) is an artist, musician, and composer. His artistic practice focuses on immersive and spatialized sound installations, ecological sound art, and composition for acoustic instruments, electronics, and field recordings. Robbie holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Sustainability and a master’s degree in Urban Design from the University of Oklahoma where he developed sound art installations based on his research on environmental psychology and acoustic landscapes.
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Luis Chavez-Gonzalez (Caxcan/Tepehuan/Xicanx) is a composer, performer, and researcher raised between Mexico and California. Luis composes music for solo, chamber, and electronic music. As an interdisciplinary musician-researcher, his compositions focus on the creative application of sound and new music informed by ethnography. Luis’ solo work explores the intersection of humans, technology, and sound. He received his PhD in ethnomusicology with a Designated Emphasis in Native American Studies from the University of California at Davis.