Saturday, June 21
SMASHISM
video art screening | art prints | live audiovisual sets with MSHR, Pure Rave, Pod Blotz
Doors 7 pm, $15 cash at entry
SMASHISM is a multimedia event series that explores the connections between video art, live performance, music, and immersive environments. It began in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles around 2011. This event at Trinosophes marks MSHR’s first-ever performance in Detroit. MSHR’s performances revolve around their handmade electronic instruments in feedback systems of light, sound, and movement. The duo acts as elements within the system, navigating its visceral audiovisual environment through a tangle of agency and circuitry. Pod Blotz audiovisual set that mixes datamoshing video with moving mirror sculptures, live electronics, crafting a futuristic-facing experience. Pure Rave will set up an intricate display of layered turntablism and broken electronics with polyharmonic and polyrhythmic effects.
The video art showcase presents work by artists from New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, New Mexico, and Texas, including Will Lawson, Bryan Dulaney, Nicola Kuperus, Shana Palmer, Yoshi Sodeko, Network Glass, MSHR, Destroy All Monsters, Kamau Patton, Sara Ludy, Alex Pelly, Zozo, Jenny Sayaka Norris, Danny Perez, Rolan Vega, Matt Rozensky, Andrew Charles Edman, and interference//. Art prints will be on display by W.C. Bevan, Kyle Pryce, and Suzy Poling will also be on display. The event is curated by Suzy Poling, with installation support from Matt Rozensky.
Tuesday, June 24
Benjamin Miller’s Sensorium Chamber Ensemble presents
Terry Riley's “In C”
Doors 7:30 pm, $10-$20 suggested donation
Once again we're celebrating Terry Riley's birthday with a performance of "In C," this time on the composer's 90th birthday! Riley is considered to be an innovator of minimalism, before Phillip Glass.
The Sensorium Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Miller - Guitar
Ralph Katz - Alto Clarinet
Laurence Miller - Bass Clarinet
Elvin Sharp - Tenor Saxophone
Brice Madden - Cello
Ken Kozora - Cornet
Eric Bernreuter - Trombone
Jonathan Jackson - Marimba
Scott Lockard - Guitar
Martin Schiller - Bass Guitar
Josh Cook - Drum Pulse and Glockenspiel
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Friday, June 27
Earl Davis’ Brain-Stretching Medicine Band
Doors 7:30 pm, $10-20 donation
Octagenarian trumpter Earl Davis returns for his first performance at Trinosophes in 2025. As a young man in the '50s, Davis participated in the lively scene around Minton's Playhouse in New York. Eventually relocating to California, he played with numerous jazz luminaries, including Sun Ra and Gary Bartz. Since relocating to Detroit over a decade ago, his Brain-Stretching Medicine Band has showcased Davis' music as performed by an ensemble of rising star musicians, augmented with a smattering of highly seasoned veterans. Since his first gig in Detroit at Trinosophes, Davis has remained an interesting edition to Detroit's musical sceme that has brought some stellar young talent to our attention over the years.
Benjamin Miller’s Sensorium Chamber Ensemble presents
Terry Riley's “In C”
Doors 7:30 pm, $10-$20 suggested donation
Once again we're celebrating Terry Riley's birthday with a performance of "In C," this time on the composer's 90th birthday! Riley is considered to be an innovator of minimalism, before Phillip Glass.
The Sensorium Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Miller - Guitar
Ralph Katz - Alto Clarinet
Laurence Miller - Bass Clarinet
Elvin Sharp - Tenor Saxophone
Brice Madden - Cello
Ken Kozora - Cornet
Eric Bernreuter - Trombone
Jonathan Jackson - Marimba
Scott Lockard - Guitar
Martin Schiller - Bass Guitar
Josh Cook - Drum Pulse and Glockenspiel
Friday, June 27
Earl Davis’ Brain-Stretching Medicine Band
Doors 7:30 pm, $10-20 donation
Octagenarian trumpter Earl Davis returns for his first performance at Trinosophes in 2025. As a young man in the '50s, Davis participated in the lively scene around Minton's Playhouse in New York. Eventually relocating to California, he played with numerous jazz luminaries, including Sun Ra and Gary Bartz. Since relocating to Detroit over a decade ago, his Brain-Stretching Medicine Band has showcased Davis' music as performed by an ensemble of rising star musicians, augmented with a smattering of highly seasoned veterans. Since his first gig in Detroit at Trinosophes, Davis has remained an interesting edition to Detroit's musical sceme that has brought some stellar young talent to our attention over the years.
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