People of this multiverse, I had a video recently glimmer and glow before a room full of people here in the transcendent St Johns neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. For those of you who have previously asked yrself: “Could he be any more vague?” I give you this: Afternoon Raga for St Johns from Eric Jordan [...]
Walking back from the central library, from where I picked up treasures of Cecil Taylor and ELO, standing on NW Park, waiting to cross Burnside, I noticed one person, a blanket shrouded shaggy man, across the street, up the block, walking towards me. Burnside traffic was thick and aggressive, so I was going nowhere, so [...]
My next video piece Afternoon Raga for St Johns, will premier during No.Fest 2010 on Sat. June 26 at 3:30pm at Proper Eats, in downtown St Johns.
Not to diminish a totally rehearsed and polished output, I just want to go on record here and posit a question: Why is it that at this point in creative history that visual arts rendered with a loose hand or abstract style are accepted and revered, yet the moment one moves the medium to sound, [...]
Upcoming output: June 26: No.Fest 2010 video premier: aural/visual tone poem/raga for afternoon in St Johns. Portland, OR Sept 2010: Yardmeter Editions video premier: sight unseen meditation on sights unseen. Brooklyn, NY Nov. 2010: Yeah Club collaborative installation. Physical objects and sound/songs. Austin, TX. Upcoming thruput: Sound curation for Trickhouse 10, 11 & 12. Online.
The Trickhouse 8 video is live. I reworked a few of the pieces to fit the readings of the writers and added 3/4 of the video (plus editing). Enjoy! Trickhouse 8: Readings | Soundings | Viewings from Eric Jordan on Vimeo. http://www.trickhouse.org/vol8/sound/ericjordan.html
Passes/pieces 4 & 5 for the upcoming Trickhouse issuance are below. #5 was going to be the final one for about a month until #6 came and made itself known (which is good as it’s more of a toe tapper). To recap: the final piece will appear in the next issue of Trickhouse.org. There are [...]
Today these plowed past the head. They are remnants from another time. Thanks to Troy and Ray for getting these ideas started back in 2005. TMF 3.5 {Resocked 2007} TMF 5.5 {Reflocked 2009} Somehow I can’t leave these be.
One more update on the interview/Trickhouse piece. Brackets or brackish, I don’t know. Part 3 I Don’t Know
At the edge of a park sit four retired men, two Russian, two Mexican – all in America. All wearing black. They are crowded at the far left of the low mossy concrete bench, close to the street and bus shelter. On the passing bus every human is contributing their own verbal overlay. Chatty, like [...]
I’ll be playing with the Ray Talley Dancers Update Oct 9, 2009 Oct 10, 2009 6pmAt the bequest of Raphael UmscheidYardmeter Editions267 Douglass St, Brooklyn, NYThis is a free eventPaintings + Readings + MusicMore details soon.
Above you, the tree gives way to the sky. Above the sky the curve becomes cluttered again. Smashing spinning ice and foil. Clutter chatter pointing fingers. Close yer eyes. Hold yer breath. my belly still aches from the masthead.
Plowing thru the fields, the farmer frames a furrough: I’ve had increasing issues with “too much Discussion there.” There seems to be a boat afloat that has it guns pointed back at it’s bow and engine room. Who would pilot such a boat? I’ve been raised to ask “what the fuck?” but it is beginning [...]
2009.08.19 First the good news: The Trickhouse gig is on. Many thanks to Noah and deep gratitude to Shelton. The idea pitched was that I would interview several people, asking them all the same 5 questions. From their responses, I would pull out the common thread (whatever that happened to be) and render it in [...]