upcoming events.
Splinter/ed
Artists: Jessica Blinkhorn, Angela Bortone, Jessica Caldas, Shanequa Gay, Melissa Huang, Hanna Newman, David Robinson
Gallery hours Friday and Saturday, 12 - 4pm, and by appointment.
Closing Reception, March 2, 6 - 9pm
KBC presents: RYOSUKE KIYASU
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
February’s KBC delivers a night of experimental brass, deep drones, dark ambient soundscapes, and total noise obliteration—culminating in an explosive and highly anticipated avant-garde solo snare performance.
Featuring:
RYOSUKE KIYASU (solo snare)
It’s About Time
tONY cURTIS
RARALALA
Alexandria Smith & Klimchak Duo
The Language of Men Dying
Leviathans of Black Hollering
MOMM
Lilith Smith - solo tuba
Thursday, Feb. 20
Doors open at 8PM, the program begins at 8:30PM.
Admission $10
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.
WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8–11:30PM
WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery, 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org
Splinter/ed Artist Talks
Join us for an artist led tour of Splinter/ed
Exhibiting artists will deliver brief talks explicating their works. With:
Angela Bortone | David Robinson | Hanna Newman | Shanequa Gay | Jessica Caldas
Hospitality and viewing at 6:30pm;
Tour and talks start at 7
Cin-e-logue
a film club with the mission of fostering community around independent, international, and experimental film.
Jack Thorpe (saxophones) and Celeena Corbin (percussion) w/ RE: duo (Wilson Poffenberger and Elsie Bae Han)
Local Atlanta musicians Jack Thorpe (saxophones) and Celeena Corbin (percussion) will be joined by RE: duo (Wilson Poffenberger and Elsie Bae Han) for an evening of exciting contemporary chamber music, ranging from eclectic new works to free improvisations.
Saturday March 1, 2025
eyedrum art gallery space
Doors at 6:30pm
Show starts 7pm
$10 suggested donation
RE:duo (“Reply Duo”) engages audiences with innovative programming that blurs the lines between artistic disciplines. Consisting of saxophonist, Wilson Poffenberger, and violist, Elsie Bae Han, the duo formed following an interdisciplinary collaboration exploring the intersection between sound and movement. RE:duo has since expanded its repertory to include works that feature performative elements such as theater, improvisation, movement, and speech. With a principal objective of elevating and connecting with other artists, both duo members founded and hold executive positions with New Music Mosaic, a new music collective dedicated to promoting a more equitable musical community through the performance, creation, and dissemination of new music by artists of diverse backgrounds and identities. Through New Music Mosaic, RE:duo curates a series of concerts across the U.S. as a part of their open call for scores initiative.
Celeena Corbin is a percussionist, educator, and author active in the southeast. Before all else, she is an artist musician capable of working in a wide range of styles from new art music, to classical, to pop/rock and jazz. The breadth of her skillset is broad and commanding-Celeena is as comfortable in the concert hall as she is in the pop music venue. Her ability to bridge styles, genres, and percussion disciplines with ease and fluidity is nothing short of remarkable. Whether on drum set or hand drums, behind marimba or timpani, or delivering soulful solo performances on vibraphone while she sings, Celeena’s musical presence is authoritative.
Celeena is currently the Director of Percussion Studies at West Hall High School in Oakwood, GA. As an educator, Celeena has worked with high school, university, and Independent World WGI marching ensembles, percussion ensembles, and concert groups by providing engaging, effective, and efficient instruction. Additionally, her writing and arranging for marching and concert percussion ensembles is interesting, musical, and instructional-facilitating successful/competitive performances for the ensembles for which she composes.
Celeena completed her Masters in Percussion Performance in 2021 at Middle Tennessee State University and studied with Lalo Davila, Julie Davila, Brian Mueller, and Russell Wharton. Celeena also received her B.A. in Performance from University of North Georgia in 2018. Celeena is a proud endorser of Innovative Percussion.
Atlanta-based saxophonist Jack Thorpe currently serves as Artist Affiliate of saxophone at Georgia State University. As a soloist and chamber musician, Thorpe has performed throughout the United States, Japan, and Spain and is a frequent masterclass clinician at colleges and universities. He has performed with ensembles including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Bent Frequency, and New Music Mosaic. As an educator who is passionate about community engagement, Thorpe coordinates Atlanta Saxophone Day, an annual event that attracts middle school through collegiate students from across the southeastern US. With funding from the Presser Foundation, Thorpe recently commissioned six solo and electroacoustic works for saxophone, which were recorded and released as his debut album, Illusory Dreams in 2023. He has performed as a concerto soloist at institutions including Berry College, the University of Illinois, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Georgia State University.
JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT - A sound and visual meditation
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JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT
A sound and visual meditation
Jon Mueller’s singular performance idiom is an awe-inspiring display of elegant athleticism, preternatural focus, brute restraint, and ecstatic, monastic reverie. Paired with Tom Lecky's photographs, it becomes a deliberate focus on form, shape and detail. It requires and demands a state of inner quietude from witnesses. Yet, from this seemingly metronomic exercise blossoms every possible tint and hue of infinite spectral sound.
Renowned percussionist and drummer Jon Mueller is celebrated for his uncommon technique, rigor and virtuosity. Mueller’s aim has been to move drums, percussion and rhythm from its anticipated backbeat to a central musical focus, something more intuitive and natural than usually imagined. Audiences throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United Kingdom have experienced this idiosyncratic point of view as, paradoxically, both ‘cathartic’ and ‘meditative’. Notable solo performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Issue Project Room, SXSW, Big Ears Festival, Hopscotch Fest, and Witching Hour Festival. Beyond his solo work, Mueller has performed and recorded with Olivia Block, Aaron Turner, James Plotkin, Who is the Witness?, Mind Over Mirrors, Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Pele. www.rhythmplex.com IG: @jonmueller
Tom Lecky has worked in photography, music (as Hallock Hill), the book arts, prose and poetry writing, and literary criticism. His creative work concentrates on memory, place, and environment, the work of the imagination, perception, and the intersections of abstraction and representation. He often interweaves appropriated texts and images with his own, evoking a conversation with the history of book design and illustration.
These creative pursuits are linked to Tom’s career as an internationally recognized expert in the field of rare and antiquarian books and manuscripts. He has worked in the auction world – notably in a 17-year run as a specialist and Head of Christie’s New York Books and Manuscripts Department – and as an advisor to collectors and institutions.He is the owner of Riverrun Books, and the founder of the rare book and manuscript appraisal and advisory firm Lecky Art Group. www.tomlecky.com
ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
Splinter/ed Closing Performance and Reception
• Jessica Blinkhorn will perform in the eyedrum performance space from 5-6pm;
• Followed by a closing reception from 6-9pm in the gallery next door.
Blinkhorn’s work advocates for the LGBTQ+, disabled, and aging communities. Blinkhorn, who uses a powerchair, focuses her work on acceptance through acknowledgment of difference, body positivity, disability education through experience and exposure, human sexuality, and story-telling. More on Jessica can be found at her website jeblinkhorn.com.
KBC’s 21st Birthday Bash
Kirkwood Ballers Club turns 21, so we’re throwing a birthday bash at eyedrum on March 20, 2025! Do you want to play our party? The submission form opens February 21 at 10 AM—be ready to sign up! Tap here to find the KBC submission form
Established in 2004, KBC takes place every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery from 8:00-1130pm.
In its various incarnations over the years, Kirkwood Ballers Club has created an environment where generations of avant-garde musical energy and talent have flourished throughout periods of existence and inactivity.
During its early years at Lenny’s Bar, a parade of local punk, hip-hop, jazz, and indie rock musicians would sign up to perform including everyone from garage punks and experimental musicians Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, Janelle Monáe to Grammy-winning saxophone player Kebbi Williams of Tedeschi Trucks Band. All utilized the format to create music in the moment that expanded upon their typical repertoires.
"The Kirkwood Ballers Club was always a place of pure freedom. I learned from KBC at Lenny’s Bar and from the scene at Eyedrum how to be free. I saw some of the most original and provocative things at the KBC, and it totally affected my life as an artist.”- Kebbi Williams
WHEN: Every Third Thursday of the month from 8-11:30pm
WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org
The Long Dream: A Retrospective of mixed media works by Matthew Sugarman
The Long Dream: A Retrospective of mixed media works by Matthew Sugarman
March 22-April 27, 2025 Closing Reception and Artist talk: April 27, 3-6pm
at eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
MASKerade: A rave for trans Appalachia w/ DJ Chooch, Jagu4r, La COCHINO and twofold
A rave for trans Appalachia
Proceeds to @pansy.collective
DJ chooch @ashley1202vlzpro
Jagu4r @jagu444r
la COCHINO @shanisiaperson
twofold @2xtwofold
NOTAFLOF
Saturday, February 15
8-midnight
@eyedrum
515 Abernathy Blvd
Tickets & accessibility info to come
WEAR A MASK
Newgrounds Death Rugby w/ Bummer Hill, Buckshot Mouthwash, Page Girl
Newgrounds Death Rugby is back at eyedrum with support by Bummer Hill and Buckshot Mouthwash and Page Girl! Don't miss out on this in-person event that promises to be legendary. Grab your friends and come join us for an unforgettable experience!
Doors open: 7:00PM
Admission $12 advance / $15 at door!
All ages welcome
ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
A.M.P.S. / ATLANTA MONTHLY PLAYERS SESSION
A.M.P.S. / ATLANTA MONTHLY PLAYERS SESSION
Bring your instrument and make some sweet improvised music with us!
HOSTED BY SCOTTY B., SAUDE, AND JARRED PEPPER
SWEET TEA, Atlanta’s longest running queer variety show!
Your thirst has been quenched! SWEET TEA, Atlanta’s longest running queer variety show, is back! Happening Thursday, Jan 30th at 10PM at Eyedrum Gallery (515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312), come enjoy a lovely mix of live music, burlesque, drag, and more.
Featuring performances by:
Amaia Wake
Flossie Monroe
Jungle Cat
Kolor the Rapper
Hosted by TAYLOR ALXNDR
Featuring DJ sets by wav_maker
Doors at 9PM. Show at 10PM.
This event is 18+.
This event is MASK REQUIRED & provided.
This event has a $5-$20 sliding scale cover; no one turned away for lack of funds.
RSVP to the event here: sfqp.info/sweettea130
Javelinas and Meghan Yost at Sound Now Festival 2025
Join Javelinas and Meghan Yost to kick off 2025's Sound Now Festival.
Javelinas will be premiering "Counting Cards", a graphic-based improvisational score.
Meghan Yost will be performing pieces by Caroline Shaw, Reena Esmail and Nokuthula Ngwenyam.
Doors at 7pm
Free admission
Music begins 7:30
KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB
Join us for the first installment of #KirkwoodBallersClub for 2025—the avant-garde monthly forum held every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery.
From delicate piano improvisations and loop-based sound collages to harsh noise rituals, this month’s lineup invites you to experience music beyond the ordinary.
Featuring:
Jaycie Carver
Ipek Eginli with Killick Hinds
Aileen Loy & Ann Delay
Iriamu
Frank Schultz
laclaire
Kenito
Wizard Hotel
SOOTHSAYER
Guri Guri
Miracle Curse
Brandon Beachum
Doors open at 8PM, the program begins at 8:30PM. Admission Free.
Established in 2004, KBC takes place every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery from 8:00–11:30PM.
In its various incarnations over the years, Kirkwood Ballers Club has created an environment where generations of avant-garde musical energy and talent have flourished throughout periods of existence and inactivity.
During its early years at Lenny’s Bar, a parade of local punk, hip-hop, jazz, and indie rock musicians would sign up to perform, including everyone from garage punks and experimental musicians Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, Janelle Monáe, and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter to Grammy-winning saxophone player Kebbi Williams of Tedeschi Trucks Band. All utilized the format to create music in-the-moment that expanded upon their typical repertoires.
“The Kirkwood Ballers Club was always a place of pure freedom. I learned from KBC at Lenny’s Bar and from the scene at Eyedrum how to be free. I saw some of the most original and provocative things at the KBC, and it totally affected my life as an artist.” – Kebbi Williams
This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.
WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8–11:30 PM
WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery, 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 -eyedrum.org
A.M.P.S. / ATLANTA MONTHLY PLAYERS SESSION
A.M.P.S. / ATLANTA MONTHLY PLAYERS SESSION
Bring your instrument and make some sweet improvised music with us!
HOSTED BY SCOTTY B., SAUDE, AND JARRED PEPPER
RESPITE 16
Please join us for the 16th edition of Respite, your locally-sourced evening of solace, focused on warm climes, relaxing sounds, and friendly company. This year boasts another unique lineup! In alphabetical order:
Anagrams - sax-er Jeff Crompton and guitarist/electro-guy Dan Walsh delight with jazzful instrumentals and ambient great-scapes!
https://anagramsband.bandcamp.com/album/blue-voices
Dubb Normal - back to woo us with his distincive brand of visual radicalness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw7u5tVjmPs
Stuart Gerber/Katherine Young - percussion and bassoon/electronics duo that blends modern classical astuteness with stellar in-the-moment-ness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGIRDI01DA
In a Kythe - Athens based Lydian Brambila cross-county travels to deliver lush cello-based ambient scapes !
https://lybram.bandcamp.com/album/brides-of-the-mystery
Ipek Eginli/Nathan Brown/ Rob Sepanski - a slew of like-minded racketeers in a new improvising trio!
https://weirdcry.bandcamp.com/.../field-recording-in-a...
https://themosquitogang.bandcamp.com/album/1
George Trotter/Frank Schultz - visual artist/guitarist and lap steel wiz will enlighten with video installation work and beautiful improvisations!
https://gtmusic1.bandcamp.com/.../subsequentattemptsmadew...
https://frankschultz.bandcamp.com/album/blots
Weatherly - Weatherly Knighton enchants with lush environmentals and gauzy vocals!
https://weatherlymusic.bandcamp.com/track/there-is-an-echo
Nadya Zeitlen/Sammy Spriggs - local movement experts bring a touch of site-based dance!
https://www.bautanzt.art/
DOORS OPEN: 8PM
MUSIC STARTS: 8:30PM
ADMISSION: $10
W8ing4UFOS, Flea Circus, Okapi
Yearning for a musical adventure off the beaten playlist? Make plans to visit eyedrum on Monday, Dec. 16 for a triple bill guaranteed to lead you astray. By now, everyone recognizes W8ing4UFOs as Atlanta’s preeminent no-fucks-to-give chamber rock ensemble. One of the fun factors about seeing the band of misfit boys and girls led by Bill Taft in person is that, due to life’s vagaries, you can never be certain what the instrumental lineup will be. Here’s hoping the whole crew shows up at eyedrum including that weirdo guitarist from Athens. Every time I’ve seen Flea Circus, they’ve honed their trippy jazz-rock thing to an ever keener edge. Can’t wait to hear how sharp they are this time around.
An okapi is an endangered mammal native to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which looks like a cross between a giraffe and zebra. It’s also the name of a duo featuring cellist Lindsey Miller and contrabassist Scott Gorski who play intricately composed, intensely ruminative music, which they hope will “stimulate a universal confrontation with reality, with the hope of inspiring consciousness, healthy growth, and individual empowerment.” – Doug DeLoach
DOORS OPEN: 7:00
MUSIC STARTS: 7:30
ADMISSION: $10
CLOSING RECEPTION: KINGS ARRIVE: A selection of works from The UNITED KINGS Atlanta's first graffiti crew
Closing reception Dec 07. 10 6pm-10pm
WOMEN OF NO WORDS MUSIC
GRAB YOUR ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
Catch every amazing performance by original instrumental musicians (who happen to be women): From the revolutionary piano explosions of Ipek Eginli, Grammy award winning flautist Rasheeda Ali, Soul haunting artist Aileen Loy, Improvisational guitarist Ann Delay, Ambient trumpeter, Alexandria Smith, and Improvisational flute and clarinet duo by Al Yasha & Priscilla Smith.
HOTLINE TNT w/ Lorie, Team Deathmatch, Plasticine
HOTLINE TNT w/ Lorie, Team Deathmatch and Plasticine at eyedrum on Friday Nov. 22 - Grab your advance tickets HERE now!
KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB
Thursday, Nov. 21 is the final edition of #KirkwoodBallersClub for 2024—the avant-garde monthly forum held every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery. Don’t miss this month’s packed lineup!
Featuring:
𝑲𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌
𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒖𝒛𝒐𝒘
𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐
𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒆𝒔
𝑵𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒆𝒅
𝑩𝒓𝒚𝒄𝒆 𝑬𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑩𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏
𝑶𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
𝑪 𝑲 𝑷 𝑰 𝑻 𝑺
𝑯𝒀?𝑵𝑶
𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓
𝑴𝑶𝑴𝑴
Doors open at 8pm, the program begins at 8:30pm. Admission Free
Established in 2004, KBC takes place every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery from 8:00-1130pm.
In its various incarnations over the years, Kirkwood Ballers Club has created an environment where generations of avant-garde musical energy and talent have flourished throughout periods of existence and inactivity.
During its early years at Lenny’s Bar, a parade of local punk, hip-hop, jazz, and indie rock musicians would sign up to perform including everyone from garage punks and experimental musicians Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, Janelle Monáe, and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter to Grammy-winning saxophone player Kebbi Williams of Tedeschi Trucks Band. All utilized the format to create music in-the-moment that expanded upon their typical repertoires.
"The Kirkwood Ballers Club was always a place of pure freedom. I learned from KBC at Lenny’s Bar and from the scene at Eyedrum how to be free. I saw some of the most original and provocative things at the KBC, and it totally affected my life as an artist.”- Kebbi Williams
This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.
WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8-11:30pm
WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org
SAVE THE DATE:
Registration for the next KBC on January 16, 2025, opens on Friday, December 20 at 10 AM. Come back then to fill out the questionnaire here and submit it for the event selection process.
PRINT THE KBC PARTICIPATION GUIDE AT HOME!
PUSSY GILLETTE w/ De()t, B.I.M.B.O.S, and Chloride
PUSSY GILLETTE play w/ De()t, B.I.M.B.O.S, and Chloride at eyedrum on 11/15. Doors open 9pm.
KINGS ARRIVE: A selection of works from The UNITED KINGS Atlanta's first graffiti and hip-hop crew
Opening reception & artist talk Sunday Nov. 10 2pm-6pm
Jaap Blonk w/ Grady Cousins
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Netherlands) is a self-taught composer, vocalist, poet and visual artist. His unfinished studies in mathematics and musicology mainly created a penchant for activities in a Dada vein, as did several unsuccessful jobs in offices and other well-organized systems. In the early 1980s he discovered the power and flexibility of his voice, and set out on a long-term research of phonetics and the possibilities of the human voice.
At present, he has developed into a specialist in the creation and performance of sound poetry and a unique vocal improviser, supported by a powerful and uninhibited stage presence. He performs and gives workshops worldwide on a regular basis.
With the use of live electronics and projection of visuals the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension. To this date Blonk’s music has appeared on 30 CDs with his own Kontrans label; many other recordings as well as about a dozen books with his visual work have been published in several countries.
Featuring support by: Grady Cousins
DOORS OPEN: 7PM
ADMISSION: $15
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
SYNESTHESIA Closing Reception
SYNESTHESIA: COTA FACULTY PERFORMANCE & ART EXHIBITION Closing Reception
With performances by Andrew Ryker, baritone, Geoff Haydon, piano, Maria McDaniel, mezzo soprano, Jack Thorpe, saxophone, Alex Freund, trumpet, Miya Suen, piano, Stuart Gerber, percussion
eyedrum's NEW GALLERY PRESENTS SYNESTHESIA
A musical performance for the closing of the art exhibition.
CLOSING RECEPTION Oct 26th 6PM-9PM
ROGER QUILTER Go Lovely Rose 1923
RICHARD WAGNER O Du Mein Holder Abendstern 1945 - Andrew Ryker, baritone / Geoff Haydon, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT An die Musik 1817
JACQUES OFFENBACH Ah! quel diner (Tipsy Song) from La Périchole 1868 - Maria McDaniel, mezzo soprano / Geoff Haydon, piano
DOINA ROTARU Legend II 1996 - Jack Thorpe, saxophone
PAUL HINDEMITH Sonata for Trumpet and Piano 1939 - Alex Freund, trumpet/Miya Suen, piano
STUART SAUNDERS SMITH Songs I-IX 2019 - Stuart Gerber, percussion
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Fantasy Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66 1834 - Geoff Haydon, piano
ENRIQUE GRANADOS Allegro de concierto, Op. 46 1903 - Geoff Haydon, piano
Chuck Johnson, Bright Red Blood and Nova Aurum
ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
8pm | $15 | All Ages
Chuck Johnson is a California-based composer, producer, and musician. He approaches his work with an ear towards finding faults and instabilities that might reveal latent beauty, with a focus on pedal steel guitar, experimental electronics, alternate tuning systems, and composing for film and television. Recordings of his work have been published by Western Vinyl, VDSQ, Thrill Jockey, Temporary Residence, Kompakt, Ghostly, and Three Lobed, among others.
Between 2011 and 2015 Johnson released a triptych of solo guitar LP’s – A Struggle Not A Thought, Crows in the Basilica, and Blood Moon Boulder – that have become touchstones of 21st Century acoustic guitar. Balsams, his first album to platform pedal steel guitar, was described by Pitchfork as “singular,” and “a mournful hymn built out of layers of sliding strings, cascading with a zenlike stateliness…” In 2019 he collaborated with Marielle V. Jakobsons to release their debut LP as Saariselka for Temporary Residence Ltd. The follow-up to Johnson’s acclaimed Balsams LP, The Cinder Grove delves further into the compositional possibilities of the pedal steel guitar in the context of chamber ensemble arrangements for strings, organ, and piano.
On his latest album Sun Glories, Johnson explores themes of time, memory, and illusion through his unique blend of pedal steel, synths, organs, strings, and drums. Pitchfork wrote about the album “A lot of ambient artists are embracing the pedal steel right now, but none are quite as willing to jettison the instrument’s readymade associations as Johnson.” And All Music Guide wrote “Sun Glories is a magnificent record displaying Johnson’s mastery of multiple instruments and techniques.”
Johnson’s credits as a film composer include scores for the HBO series Burden of Proof and the popular PBS shows Somewhere South and A Chef’s Life. In 2009 he received an MFA in Electronic Music and Intermedia Art from Mills College, where he studied composition and electronic music with Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, John Bischoff, Laetita Sonami, and James Fei.
His work as a mixing and mastering engineer includes releases by Room40 records, No Quarter, Three Lobed Recordings, Temporary Residence, Bill Orcutt, Allison Russell, Nathan Salsburg, claire rousay, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Daniel Bachman, Body/Head, and more.
Streets Alive
Streets closed 11am-6pm, Performances 1-5pm by
Craig Dongoski | Jessica Blinkhorn
KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB
Pull up Thursday, Oct. 17 for another installment of #KirkwoodBallersClub, the avant-garde monthly forum held every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery.
This month's artists features:
The Language of Men Dying
Ipek Eginli w/ Chris Childs
2 Part Guitargument
Schlorph
Lake Collins
Dylans room
North Scenic Route Arkestra
C K P I T S
Chuck Scerry?
Doors open at 8pm, the program begins at 8:30pm. Admission Free
This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.
WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8-11:30pm
WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org
Sign-up to participate
The Wild Wild West End Oral History with West End Motel and DJ James Joyce
ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
It's a West End Reunion! Join us for a screening of The Wild Wild West End with special guests West End Motel and DJ James Joyce.
They’ll never believe you. Not without proof.
Let us gather one and all to reminisce of the madness, the freedom, and the music that gave birth to a cultural phenomenon. The Wild Wild West End will explore the Atlanta based epicenter of an anarchy fueled DIY movement that will never be repeated. You’ll just have to watch, listen and go back to a time where you had the space to truly carve out your own destiny.
Return to the West End for the premiere screening of The Wild Wild West End Oral History, Part 1: The Biggest Dreams at Eyedrum Gallery. Afterwards, West End Motel will play and James Joyce will be DJing throughout the night. Let's celebrate the love, friendship, and memories from the warehouse days.
DJ James Joyce
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Wild Wild West End Oral History, Part 1: The Biggest Dreams by Ivette Spradlin
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
West End Motel
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Party
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
(cat)FIGHT! FOR YOUR RIGHTS! A benefit for reproductive justice
Come join Catfight! and a litter of other meaowvelous acts at eyedrum art and music gallery for a purrfect day of live music, activism, and fundraising to support Planned Parenthood and their vital work in providing essential healthcare services! All ages!
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
Artists:
Nihilist Cheerleader
Janie Danger and the Wifesuckers
Foxy Jones
Pylon Reenactment Society
Magnapop
Catfight!
Catch These Hands
The Brower Sisters Band
with DJ interludes by Nerdboink
PLUS
Voter Registration by the Fulton County Board of Elections!
Health Information from Planned Parenthood and Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition!
Food from Coffyn Pyes!
and a raffle!
AMPS: Atlanta Monthly Players Session, 1st Tuesday & Free
AMPS is a monthly improv jam always on the 1st Tuesday of each Month and always free! Bring your voice or instrument to perform and or just come and listen to some of the best musicians in town break it down for a 3-hour session. House band will kick things off around 830pm then the stage opens up to everyone else around 930pm to 1130pm. This has become one of the best monthlies in Atlanta where all are welcome. Doors 8pm, Free to All
SYNESTHESIA: COTA FACULTY PERFORMANCE & ART EXHIBITION
GALLERY HOURS Thu 12-4pm, Sat 1-5pm, and by appointment
CLOSING RECEPTION Oct 26 6-9pm
Artists Exhibiting Adéwálé ('Wálé) Adénlé, Pam Longobardi, Dana Montlack, Jeremy Bolen, Ashley Burke, Blaise Dell, Craig Dongoski, Darya Fard, Cynthia Farnell, Tim Flowers, Luke Hamilton, Stephanie Kolpy, Robbie Land,Serena Perrone, Daniel Powell, Neill Prewitt, Matthew Sugarman
Streets Alive Performances - Oct 20, 1-5pm Craig Dongoski, Jessica Blinkhorn
CLOSING RECEPTION Oct 26th 6PM-9PM
Andrew Ryker, Geoff Haydon, Maria McDaniel, mezzo soprano, Jack Thorpe, Alex Freund,Miya Suen, Stuart Gerber
Cin-e-logue
We’re excited to be back or Cin·e·logue on Tuesday, September 26th! 🎬 Doors open at 6:30 PM, and the film kicks off at 7 PM sharp. This month’s screening dives into the vibrant world of underground raves and the connections formed in spaces of pure joy and freedom. 🕺💫
Plus, we’ll have a post-screening discussion led by the amazing Atlanta-based filmmaker Adesola Thomas! You won’t want to miss it. Check out our review on Letterboxd and join the conversation.
Buice, Hostage Pit, Split Silk
Buice play w/ Hostage Pith and Split Silk. Admission $12 - Doors at 7:30, music starts at 8:30
IMPROVISATION MARATHON: Double Album Release & Birthday Party for Ipek Eginli!
IMPROVISATION MARATHON: Double Album Release & Birthday Party for Ipek Eginli!
Join us for a night of improvisation with Ipek Eginli and a interstellar lineup featuring Kebbi Williams, The Difference Machine, Daniel Levin, Klimchak, Calla, and The Harmonic Continuum, as Ipek collaborates with each artist throughout the evening to create spontaneous musical experiences not to be missed!
The evening kicks off with the Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra, who will perform throughout different parts of eyedrum, including our new space next door. Experience unique musical moments as duos and trios move through the space, inviting you to wander and explore the sounds.
Hope to see you all there!
Tickets are $15 available in advance HERE
All ticket and merch sales will be donated.
If you do not have the funds, we will not turn anybody away.
Organically Programmed, Psaltery, Aaron Dylan Kearns, Come
Organically Programmed featuring Oliver Domingo will be performing at the eyedrum art & music gallery alongside Psaltery, Aaron Dylan Kearns, Come. Doors open 8pm, music starts at 9pm and admission is $10 at the door.
AMPS: Atlanta Monthly Players Session, 1st Tuesday & Free
AMPS is a monthly improv jam always on the 1st Tuesday of each Month and always free! Bring your voice or instrument to perform and or just come and listen to some of the best musicians in town break it down for a 3-hour session. House band will kick things off around 830pm then the stage opens up to everyone else around 930pm to 1130pm. This has become one of the best monthlies in Atlanta where all are welcome. Doors 8pm, Free to All
Tatsuya Nakatani w/ special guests Ipek Eginli and Naan Violence
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
Join us for a gripping performance by Tatsuya Nakatani, the internationally acclaimed percussionist known for his unique use of bowed gongs. He has spent decades refining his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. You do not want to miss this intimate show at our gallery space!
Tatsuya Nakatani
Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist, composer, and sound artist known for his innovative approach to music. Since the 1990s, he has released over 80 recordings and performs over 150 concerts a year worldwide. Nakatani’s primary focus is his solo work and the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He teaches master classes and lectures globally, combining new music, improvisation, and experimental sound. His distinctive music features his adapted bowed gong, drums, cymbals, and singing bowls, creating an array of shimmering layers of silence and texture. Nakatani’s work retains the formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music.
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:
Ipek Eginli
A native of Turkey, Ipek Eginli is an experimental artist specializing in electroacoustic improvisation on piano, voice, and modular synthesizers. With a background in contemporary classical music, she has performed internationally for over two decades. Recently, she received the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab grant for her multimedia project “Hold on To Your Names.” Eginli is the founder and director of a piano academy in north Atlanta and holds a doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of Georgia.
Naan Violence
Led by Arjun Kulharya from Atlanta, GA, Naan Violence offers transcendental free sitar music enriched with analog synthesizers, acoustic guitars, flute, and tabla. Their expansive sonic palette is both organic and untethered, drawing spiritual and cosmic connections to Sun Ra, Ravi/Ananda Shankar, and contemporaries like Bitchin Bajas.
Join us for a truly engaging evening of avant-garde and experimental music at eyedrum art & music gallery!
Get your tickets now!
Event: Tatsuya Nakatani Live at eyedrum art & music gallery
Date: Saturday, August 24
Special Guests: Ipek Eginli and Naan Violence
Admission: $15 in advance
Age: All ages
Doors Open: 7 PM
Performances Begin: 7:30 PM
Venue Address: 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA
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