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National Sawdust Community Day

Experimental Australian violinist Jon Rose engages the public with a 10-foot-tall interactive electronic musical instrument. Via sensors and radio transmission, the movements and speed of the ball determine the sonic results. In partnership with D’Addario, composer and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, a NS artist-in-residence, will create an installation in a new work with kids from the Williamsburg-Based El Puente Center for Arts and Culture, a NS partner. Puppeteer/designer/director Julian Crouch and musician/composer Saskia Lane, who are NS curators, will perform a preview their new work Birdheart in a workshop for kids, then will join forces with Asphalt Orchestra in interactive puppet parade to the East River. NS group-in-residence Found Sound Nation, a collective of musicians and artists who leverage the unique power of creative sound-making to help build strong, just, healthy communities, will hold mobile studios throughout the parade for the public.











When: Sun., Oct. 4, 2015 at 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Where: National Sawdust
80 N. 6th St.
646-779-8455
Price: Free
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Experimental Australian violinist Jon Rose engages the public with a 10-foot-tall interactive electronic musical instrument. Via sensors and radio transmission, the movements and speed of the ball determine the sonic results. In partnership with D’Addario, composer and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, a NS artist-in-residence, will create an installation in a new work with kids from the Williamsburg-Based El Puente Center for Arts and Culture, a NS partner. Puppeteer/designer/director Julian Crouch and musician/composer Saskia Lane, who are NS curators, will perform a preview their new work Birdheart in a workshop for kids, then will join forces with Asphalt Orchestra in interactive puppet parade to the East River. NS group-in-residence Found Sound Nation, a collective of musicians and artists who leverage the unique power of creative sound-making to help build strong, just, healthy communities, will hold mobile studios throughout the parade for the public.

Buy tickets/get more info now