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Raven Chacon Performs Improvised Sound Sessions at Park Avenue Armory
Raven Chacon, a Diné musician and artist, performed at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan.
His hour-long improvisations took place on Wednesday and Thursday as part of the Armory’s Artists Studio series.
Chacon used sound mixers, synthesizers, pedals, speakers, whistles, a turkey call and a ceramic horn.
The equipment was set on a table at the center of the Veterans Room, where the audience could watch him perform.
In a conversation about the sessions, Chacon discussed music, the history of the land and reclaiming technologies linked to colonial violence through sound.
The performances brought his exploration of these ideas to a New York audience around Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The coverage does not say what Chacon plans to do next.
Diné artist Raven Chacon performed hour-long improvised sound sessions at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan.
The performances were part of the Armory’s Artists Studio series.
Sound equipment and objects including synthesizers, pedals, whistles, a turkey call and a ceramic horn were arranged on a table at the center of the Veterans Room.
The sessions took place on Wednesday and Thursday night, according to Hyperallergic.
- Who
- Raven Chacon, a Diné musician and artist.
- What
- He performed hour-long improvised sound sessions.
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday night; exact dates are not stated.
- Where
- The Veterans Room at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan.
- Why
- The performances were part of the Armory’s Artists Studio series.
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- Artist
- Raven Chacon
- Venue
- Veterans Room, Park Avenue Armory, Manhattan
- Series
- Artists Studio
- Duration
- One hour per improvisation session
- Performance nights
- Wednesday and Thursday night
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