Join Bent Frequency and Ken Ueno for Wattage at the Atlanta Contemporary
Sip on a creatively crafted cocktail from the monthly Mixologist-in-Residence, peruse the SHOP, and experience current exhibitions, programs, or events for the evening.
Admission is free – cash/credit bar
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Prepare to immerse yourself in an evening where art, music, and experimentation collide! Atlanta Contemporary is thrilled to host an electrifying performance featuring Bent Frequency—the Southeast’s premier contemporary music ensemble—and their esteemed guest performer, Ken Ueno, in a collaboration that promises to challenge the boundaries of sound, form, and artistic expression.
Bent Frequency, led by percussionist Stuart Gerber and saxophonist Jan Berry Baker, has been a leader in Atlanta’s avant-garde music scene since 2003. Known for their commitment to diverse, socially conscious programming, they create immersive performances in unconventional venues. This event features new experimental works showcasing their adventurous spirit.
Joining them is Ken Ueno, a visionary composer and performer recognized for his innovative vocal techniques and sound installations. His collaboration with Bent Frequency promises a thrilling blend of experimental sound and virtuosic musicianship.
Ken Ueno is a composer, performer, sound artist, and scholar. Leading performers and ensembles around the world have championed Ueno’s music. His piece for the Hilliard Ensemble, Shiroi Ishi, was featured in their repertoire for over ten years. Another work, Pharmakon, was performed dozens of times nationally by Eighth Blackbird during their 2001-2003 seasons. A portrait concert of Ken’s was featured on MaerzMusik in Berlin in 2011. As a vocalist, Ueno is known for inventing extended techniques and has performed as a soloist in his vocal concerto with orchestras in Boston, New York, Warsaw, Vilnius, Bangkok, Sacramento, Stony Brook, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, and Berkeley. As a sound artist, his installations have been commissioned and exhibited by museums and galleries in Beijing, Guangzhou, Taipei, Mexico City, Art Basel, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. One of his largest projects, Daedalus Drones, an installation (a fence-labyrinth housing a swarm of flying drones choreographed for performance with instrumentalists) was installed at the Asia Society of Hong Kong and featured on the New Vision Arts Festival in 2021.
Ueno currently serves as a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His writings have been published by the Oxford Handbook, the New York Times, Palgrave Macmillan, and Wiley & Sons. His bio appears in The Grove Dictionary of American Music. www.kenueno.com
Funding for this program is provided by the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Fulton County Board of Commissioners, the Amphion Foundation, the Copland Foundation, and the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.