Turn on, tune in, and drop out – it’s August. Avant-turntablist and our friend Maria Chavez made a mix that is sure to put it in perspective. Download it, put it on your e-square or e-rectangle and see you out there. For more of Maria, you can check her site for upcoming performances here.
Tag Archives: Maria Chavez
Even Brighter Than The Moon Moon Moon
July 12, 2011 – 2:54 pm
Fireworks are a funny thing. They celebrate and illuminate and gather people together on the streets and in fields and make them stare at the sky. I’m all for staring at the sky, and this year a week or so before the 4th, I had the idea to have people share with us their firework [...]
A turntable, a mixer and twin nature: sound artist Maria Chavez
August 26, 2009 – 5:30 am
When Maria Chavez decided in 2005 that her performances would no longer be recorded, she was taking a radical stance. In the age of documentation, we hardly differentiate between the recorded event and the event itself. As though gifted with an ability to “play back” time, we watch a video, see a photo, or listen to an audio file, [...]
