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The Dutch composer and saxophonist returns to New York for a mixed-media solo concert.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Press Contact: Carol Parkinson 212-431-1130 x 120

Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center present:

THOMAS ANKERSMIT:  

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2008, 7PM FREE

HARVESTWORKS DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS CENTER
596 Broadway #602 
New York City (at Houston St)
Subway: F/V Broadway/Lafayette, 6 Bleecker, W/R Prince

Harvestworks is pleased to present a solo concert by Dutch composer and saxophonist Thomas Ankersmit. Using a wide variety of tools, including a Serge modular synthesizer, computers, analogue tape decks, saxophone, and a set of highly directional loudspeakers, the composer will improvise a work that integrates analogue, digital and acoustic processes into an interconnected system. This concert is produced with support from the Dutch consulate.

BIOGRAPHY:

Thomas Ankersmit (born 1979, Leiden, the Netherlands) is a musician and sound artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam. Initially an improvising saxophonist, his activities have expanded to include live electronic music and installation pieces based on architectural acoustics and infrasound. He performs as a soloist and in collaboration with other artists such as New York Minimalist Phill Niblock, Milan-based electroacoustic improviser Giuseppe Lelasi, Tony Conrad, Kevin Drumm, Jim O'Rourke, Gert-Jan Prins, Borbetomagus and Alvin Lucier.


His saxophone work focuses on the abstract, timbral extremes of the instrument, combining sustained streams of intense multiphonic sound with acoustically amplified micro-events occurring inside the instrument. His electronic music combines realtime performance on analogue modular synthesizers with digital editing and multitrack recording. Ankersmit's few releases include a 3" solo CD, a CD-R with guest contributions by Kevin Drumm and a split LP with Jim O'Rourke.

About Harvestworks:

Harvestworks is a nonprofit Digital Media Arts Center that provides resources for artists to learn digital tools and exhibit experimental work created with digital technologies. Our programs are made possible with funds from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Materials for the Arts, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, the Jerome Foundation, media The foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, The New York State Music Fund, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, The Argosy Foundation, The Carnegie Corporation, The NY Community Trust, The Andy Warhol Foundation and the Friends of Harvestworks.