Live Ideas | Master Ren: Taijiquan Demonstration and Panel Featuring Lou Reed’s DRONES

Taijiquan is a Chinese internal martial art system. Dating back approximately 400 years, it was founded by a former Ming general, Chen Wang-Ting. As exercise, Taijiquan promotes health and relaxation through a series of continuous, flowing movements while providing powerful tools for self-defense. Chen Xiao-Wang, Ren Guang-Yi (Master Ren)’s teacher, is a direct descendant of Chen Wang-Ting and the 19th generation leader of the family style.

Chen Style Taijiquan is noted for its fluid, coiling movements, punctuated with quick bursts of energy. It is the original style of Taijiquan, from which all the other styles (like Yang and Wu) ultimately derive. Master Ren will host a demonstration of this technique accompanied by Lou Reed’s DRONES. A panel discussion featuring Master Ren and a number of his notable students will follow.

Lou Reed’s DRONES is a three-hour-long visceral, emotional and spiritual installation during which audience members may come and go as they please. Featuring Reed’s guitars and amps in feedback mode, 24 strings create an amalgamation of 360 partial harmonics colliding, cascading and uniting in sound. Introducing gain and sculpting sonic frequencies, a feedback loop is created with each guitar and its respective amplifier.











When: Fri., Apr. 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Where: New York Live Arts
219 W. 19th St.
212-691-6500
Price: Tickets start at $40, select $15 seats available
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Taijiquan is a Chinese internal martial art system. Dating back approximately 400 years, it was founded by a former Ming general, Chen Wang-Ting. As exercise, Taijiquan promotes health and relaxation through a series of continuous, flowing movements while providing powerful tools for self-defense. Chen Xiao-Wang, Ren Guang-Yi (Master Ren)’s teacher, is a direct descendant of Chen Wang-Ting and the 19th generation leader of the family style.

Chen Style Taijiquan is noted for its fluid, coiling movements, punctuated with quick bursts of energy. It is the original style of Taijiquan, from which all the other styles (like Yang and Wu) ultimately derive. Master Ren will host a demonstration of this technique accompanied by Lou Reed’s DRONES. A panel discussion featuring Master Ren and a number of his notable students will follow.

Lou Reed’s DRONES is a three-hour-long visceral, emotional and spiritual installation during which audience members may come and go as they please. Featuring Reed’s guitars and amps in feedback mode, 24 strings create an amalgamation of 360 partial harmonics colliding, cascading and uniting in sound. Introducing gain and sculpting sonic frequencies, a feedback loop is created with each guitar and its respective amplifier.

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