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Kim Gordon (CKM, Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, etc.) and Bill Nace (X.O.4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange, etc.) will bathe THE WORKS in sound and film for the Portland premiere of their new band Body/Head.
Learn moreIeva Misevičiūtė—former Lithuanian clown, academic, and practitioner of unproductive gymnastics presents her take on sketch comedy that lost its punch line and has been abstracted through dance and free-floating characters.
Learn moreWISHFUL THINKING brings together the musicians of Led Er Est, Blues Control, Further Reductions, and The Coombe—bands that use hardware electronics to subvert the digital abstractions of the personal computer and resist the pure click-and-drag of the soft synth world. They’ll dissolve pop songs into walls of noise, and re-build aggressively rhythmic tracks that embrace the beauty of error in improvisation.
Learn moreEmbark on a spiritual journey into the deepest caverns of YouTube’s collective consciousness, through a participatory artist and audience-curated video screening.
Learn moreMake Well has been composed to heal its listeners in parts of their souls left untouched for unknown reasons. In early 2010, Holland Andrews began a solo project behind the alias of Like a Villain.
Learn moreScored for singers and electronics, Rainbow Passage is a multimedia concert based on a popular diagnostic text by speech scientist Grant Fairbanks, containing every sound of the English language. These sounds are first intoned literally, then fragmented much as the sunlight strikes raindrops, and rewoven into a vocal tapestry that communicates beyond language, simultaneously evoking the myth and science of rainbows.
Learn moreCRITICAL MASCARA honors the lineage and history of a drag ball while inviting artists from PDX and beyond to create community amidst competition. Surprise performances, audience challenges, and queer history lessons are embodied by the future stars of the West Coast.
Learn moreVideo and performance artist Peter Burr presents a live television show featuring 18 short animations from underground video label Cartune Xprez and original music by Lucky Dragons and Seabat. Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Stalker, SPECIAL EFFECT takes a journey to “The Zone," an off-limits place of hope and possibility rumored to make one's deepest desires come true. With laser beams, green screens, and a live webcam, Burr acts as our guide and TV host, collaging live happening with animated experience.
Learn morePICA's seventh annual convergence of contemporary performance, dance, music, new media and visual arts projects in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Learn moreIn 1997, riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) released a solo album under the name Julie Ruin, hoping someday to find a band to play the songs live. She finally assembled her dream team in 2010 as The Julie Ruin...
Learn moreWhen you stay up late to catch all of the artists and activity at the Time-Based Art Festival, you’re bound to get hungry. That’s why we’ve invited a mix of Portland chefs to drop the white tablecloths and cook the kind of food they make after-hours, indulging their secret, guilty pleasure tastes.
Learn moreA taste of the LA bass sound as a closing night TBA party of surreal visions, sideways club trax, and darkside R&B dubs.
Learn moreAromatic poached chicken, fluffy rice, Thai herbs, and salty, spicy soy bean sauce—a perfect package meal!
Learn moreA bizarro cooking demonstration exploring the effects of black light, led by the adorable host of FOOD PARTY.
Learn moreLip-smacking, filled-to-the-brim sandwiches from the crew at Bunk.
Learn moreNew York-based singer, performer, DJ, and personality Penney will travel an emotional journey in song, from childhood to first love to romantic dissolution to ecstatic hope and empowerment.
Learn moreVegan Italian dishes that satisfy everyone: vegetable terrines, beet-pine nut manicotti, corn and mushroom chowder, and more.
Learn morePerformances by collaborators past and present, concluding in a grand-scale, multi-disciplinary concert. Featuring musical guests Golden Retriever, Classical Revolution PDX performing compositions by Jherek Bischoff, and a solo dance by choreographer Allie Hankins.
Learn moreCheck your boredom at the megaplex for performances and videos from Terrifying Women, brand new work from Weston Currie and Liz Harris (Grouper), and B Movie Bingo Wolf Choir.
Learn moreJoin us for a flight of small tastes, eaten with your eyes closed, in this game of sensory deprivation and exploration. Featuring Jason French (Ned Ludd), Chef Naoko Tamura, and Johanna Ware (Smallwares).
Learn moreA multimedia night of live musical performances, Skype video concerts from western Africa, YouTube remixes, and live cellphone feeds.
Learn moreWood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas—simple, charred, and sublime.
Learn moreTwo clever puppeteers play out small-scale dramas live and projected on-screen.
Learn moreFood-cart fine-dining Italian! Pastas, gnocchi, and more with fresh Oregon produce.
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