TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars

Art in Odd Places 2023: DRESS curated by Gretchen Vitamvas

Sat., Oct. 14th, 12-3pm, 14th Street between Fifth & Sixth Avenues

TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an ensemble created and led by composer Patrick Grant.The project takes on aspects of spectacle informed by the tradition of urban street bands, avant-garde theater, and ancient music. It takes music out into the world and seeks transformative situations meant to change the conversation.

TILTED AXES performs their latest spectacle OUTFITS & ENSEMBLES as part of Art in Odd Places 2023: DRESS,on Sat., Oct. 14th, 12-3pm, 14th Street between Fifth & Sixth Avenues

OUTFITS & ENSEMBLES: The ensemble of mobile electric guitars and percussion perform original music with choreography. The ensemble uses their traditional black and turquoise concert dress to define the liminal threshold of their imaginary proscenium in public spaces. In this work, the members will be taking this concept many steps further with changes of costume and color-coded accessories. Using the language of clothes combined with new music and movement, the group will create a narrative performance that communicates ideas of inclusion, and even exclusion, using the language of clothes.

Art in Odd Places 2023: DRESS is curated by Gretchen Vitamvas with Curatorial Assistant: Tasha Douge. Curatorial Manager: Sarah Starpoli. — artinoddplaces.org

Tilted Axes: OUTFITS & ENSEMBLES — Electric Guitars: Gene Ardor, Angela Babin, Ryan Due, Patrick Grant (director), Liz Hogg, Kyle Miller, Dmitri Shapira —Accordion: Dean Olsher — Electric Bass: Jeremy Nesse, Kevin Pfeiffer — Percussion: John Ferrari, Alec Miniero, Bileshia Sproling — Choreography: Christopher Caines —Media Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a project of Peppergreen Media andis powered by Vox Amplification courtesy of KORG USA. We thank our performance partners The Indonesian Consulate of New York City, Strange Music Inc., and Alchemical Rehearsal Studios.

Taking New Music Out Into The World — The 12th season of Tilted Axes is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of you the public through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas.