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James Hoff (US) + Eli Keszler (US) at Copenhagen Jazzhouse

Courtesy of JazzDanmark | Posted on October 11, 2017

Where

Copenhagen Jazzhouse
Niels Hemmingsens Gade 10
Copenhagen
Map
+45 33 15 47 00

When

Thu, October 19, 2017
23:00

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About

Jazzhouse presents a dual-programme with two of the most interesting and genre-transcending contemporary audiovisual artists today, Eli Keszler and James Hoff. Both share a love and deep obsession for deconstruction and subsequent reconstruction of sound, vision, space and place.
Drumming wizard, composer and installation artist Eli Keszler twists and amplifies the acoustic to make sure that conventional experiences of architectural space are severely challenged. An avantgarde-jazz enthusiast, the eclectic Keszler has collaborated with names such as Tony Conrad, Phill Niblock and Joe McPhee. Digital artist James Hoff is a master of simultaneously conjuring the joy of recognition and almost comical estrangement. Using i.e. computer vira and worms to infect and mutate both painting and sound files, he has long worked with code to distort from within. At Jazzhouse, Hoff will perform his ever-changing audiovisual piece ‘HOBO UFO’, mashing up distorted cityscapes and music composed on raw radio frequencies....

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