eco modular engages the audience into our ecological crisis through art the artist in residency acts as the modulator , the one that carries the message to the audience and collaborators nature can reveal itself as waveforms : audio and visuals. the artist shapes and is shaped by the interaction with other artists art can transform people hearts’ and raise awareness to issues that seem distant. this is key for our ecological

4 COMPONENTS

research: a constant work of exploration of new forms of sonic, visual and installation

installation.art : an installation at Grace Space basement, consisting on inflatable recycled plastics

Performance : joint performances between artist in residency Raimundo Atal and guests: dance+visual art

Workshop : hold one or more workshop for the community to introduce children to science through music, sound modulation in particular.

RAIMUNDO ATAL CHOMALI

(Santiago, Chile, 1985 is a multi instrumentalist and environmentalist Known for being the drummer of Pinc Louds, iconic band of NYC

He is also the artistic and musical director of “Chile de Arriba a Abajo”, an transdisciplinary musical covering the human and physical nature of his home country, Chile He holds a Phd in Sustainable Development from Columbia University and currently teaches Economics of Sustainability at CUNY

He is one of the leading researchers of an estimation of the value of ecosystem services along the Chilean coastline. Musically, his work blends tradition with what are typically labeled “ sounds." He is working on his first solo album. In March and April he is curating “Humans and the Machines” a series of performances at Hart Bar, NYC, featuring more than 10 artists from NY and the east coast

main collaborators

visuals> Juan David Figueroa visual and multimedia artist from Colombia he works extensively with mapping of vegetation and natural spaces www jdfigueroa com

installations> Maria Feuereisen award winning installation artist from Chile she holds an MFA in set design from NYU her work focuses on the use of recycled materials She has worked with Pinc Louds as a set designer www mariamaria.cl

sound> Diego Las Heras Canadian/Chilean composer, producer, and mixing engineer as a sound artist he has been invited to participate in several projects with contemporary artists such as Sylvia Palacios Whitman, Maria Veronica San Martin, and Patricio Jijon His work has been performed at numerous venues including the Artist Space, ISP/Whitney ( Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen ( Germany), Region(es) SUD Festival ( Flux Factory ( Synesthesia ( Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Archives of Chile www diegolasheras com

research

sonic spaces that are open through modulation and interact with other media and performance art.

modulation + FM synthesis + visual + performance

installation art

using recycled plastic, light and mapping transform spaces into interactive nature

photo credit: reference: teamlab (at SuperBlue)

performance

sound and light interact with the human body, through mapping

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An Avenue C storefront is filled with people watching two guys hunched over their electronic devices as another messes with his bass and a fourth, cloaked in a hoodie and stroking his beard, sends seemingly random imagery from his laptop onto the walls.

The space is the Grace Exhibition Center – a venue normally devoted to Performance Art – and the group is Mo.Tom.Bo!, a trio (sometimes a quartet) who are creating a collective soundscape that is completely improvised.

The group began with Raimundo Atal, Kevin Emilio Pérez and Brian Cabello, who gave the combo it’s name. With Cabello unavailable for this gig (their second) special guest Marc Mosteirin stepped in on bass and synthesizer.

Atal manned a drum synthesizer as well as a frequency modulator. Perez made use of a a mixer, delay, reverb and modulation pedals and a drone noise machine.

With only a vague idea of what they will be creating, the trio produced improvised compositions that had more beats than Lou Reed’s infamous “Metal Machine Music” but still lacked the melodies of Miles Davis’ landmark “Bitches Brew,” a touchstone for Atal.

“Everyone does whatever they want,” explains Atal, who plays drums most frequently in the beloved downtown band Pinc Louds along with bassist Mosteirin. “Nothing is set. The main thing is to be open to whatever happens.”

Mosteirin concurs. “We didn’t decide anything beforehand,” he says. “Rai and Kevin made a soundscape with plenty of space for me to misbehave in with my bass guitar rig, which I did quite freely. I look at Rai for emotional reactions to what I’m playing. He’s pretty easy to read.”

Noting the visual component, he states that, “sometimes I’d start with a bass gesture suggested to me by Juan or Preston’s video art, and just grow it organically. I periodically check back with the video for new rhythms or attacks.”

The video artists, Juan D. Figueroa and Preston Spurlock, were not just providing a backdrop, they were also influencing the process of the creation of the music.

“My sound experiments are informed by visuals and colors,” explains Pérez. The musician, a former actor who also performs under the name Papo Cucaracha Vertedero El 3ro, is “a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on painting, sculpture and sound.”

Influenced by “the work of Lee Scratch Perry, Brian Eno, Suzanne Cianni and others,” Pérez says that what he does is ” shape my sound experiments like I shape a painting or a sculpture.”

“The shapes influence the sounds,” adds Atal. “It’s a feedback process . We’re really open to what is coming from the screen. It’s all really free.”

That freedom is grounded, though, in the beats provided by Atal.

“I’m taking some leadership,” he admits. “Drums have a special place in establishing the structure – the tempo and the density. But it’s still so, so much a collaboration.”

One spectator, Margalit Cutler, had an unexpected reaction to the experience.

“At first, I was intrigued by the chaos I was hearing,” she mused. “Then it started to feel unexpectedly familiar and emotive. I was surprised to have such an emotional reaction to something so experimental.”

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eco modular engages the audience into our ecological crisis through art the artist in residency acts as the modulator , the one that carries the message to the audience and collaborators nature can reveal itself as waveforms : audio and visuals. the artist shapes and is shaped by the interaction with other artists art can transform people hearts’ and raise awareness to issues that seem distant. this is key for our ecological