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t r a n s f o r m e r
F O R IMMEDIA T E R ELEA S E
Augu st 6 , 2 0 0 7
C ON T AC T : Victoria Reis
202-483-1102
Tra ns for mer presen t s:
Sharon Chesl o w and James Schneider
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Thi s one-night only event at
Transf o rmer will consi st of two
20-25 minute set s, beginning
at 9pm and 9:45pm.
Attendance is $6 or best donation
per per son. Space is limited.
RSVP required.
Sharon Cheslow and James Schneider (aka Matterlink), who both emerged from DC's 1980's punk scene, will be
fusing their improvised sound and image work to create a "sonic image" performance. Appropriately, as they
find themselves in their native town at the same time, they will be confronting themes of "home" and
"homeland."
Sharon Cheslow is a musician/sound artist who uses guitar, electronics, objects and voice in songs, improvised
noise and collages. She leads the collaborative group Coterie Exchange and has performed with Steve Kim
(Silver Daggers), Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers), Christina Carter (Charalimbides) and Yellow Swans. UK
label Curor will be releasing her trio with Liz Allbee and Weasel Walter in 2007. Recent works were at Switch on
the Power! (Spain), Lincoln Center Out of Doors (NYC) and Telic Arts Exchange (LA). Based in San Francisco,
she currently lives in LA. http://www.sharoncheslow.com; http://www.myspace.com/sharoncheslow
Matterlink (aka James Schneider), vampler, performs a "live cinema", playing shots both found and filmed by
the artist and re-sampling them (always with the original sound attached). He has been vampling since 2001,
triggering these "affect pockets" which he transforms into raw, content-driven sound/image-scapes. In 1998,
Schneider moved from his native Washington DC to Paris where he has been vampling since the year 2001, in
collaborations and solo. He recently completed the science fiction feature length tone poem 1,2,3, Whiteout,
starring cult actor Lou Castel, which premiered at this year's Rotterdam Film Festival.
http://www.vampler.net/matterlink ; www.jamesjune.info/matterlink
Reserv a tio ns ca n be secured by co n t a c ti n g D a ve G us ti ne a t d a ve @ tra n s for mergallery.org or
by callin g 202-483-1102. Reserva tio n s are o n a first reserved, first served b asis.
TRANSFO RM E R is a Washington, D.C. based 501(c) 3 non-profit, artist-centered visual arts organization that
connects and promotes emerging artists locally, nationally and internationally. Partnering with artists, curators,
art spaces and other cultural entities, Transformer serves as a catalyst and advocate for emergent expression in
the visual arts. Transformer’s 2006/2007 exhibition series is supported by: The Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, and The Visionary Friends of Transformer.
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