“A Morricone showdown in a John Cage rock garden.” - Paris Transatlantic Magazine
Portable Sanctuary contributors:
Stuart Dempster, trombone. Bill Horist, Guitar. Eyvind Kang, Viola. Tari Nelson-Zagar, Violin. Maria Scherer Wilson, Cello. Paul Kikuchi, Percussion and Composition.
Video: Noah Dassel
Portable Sanctuary at the 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival
Open Graves is a musical duo that creates evocative, exploratory music using unconventional sound-makers in unique acoustic spaces. Members Jesse Olsen Bay and Paul Kikuchi use invented percussion, stringed, wind, and electronic instruments, as well as voice and found objects, weaving together their shared knowledge of improvisation, modern composition, electro-acoustic music, and sound art.
“…sounds like it belongs with some kind of ritual for a world we do not yet know." -Gapplegate Music Review
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Location: Dan Harpole Cistern
Open Graves with Stuart Dempster (2009)