RELAY New York museum of modern art november 19 & 20 2005
In celebration of both the renovation of the new MoMA building and the bringing together of free improvisers and new art, MoMA and the Per Cubic Second performance group presented the first ever Relay in New York. In association with the 2:13 club, this event has travelled across the globe, transforming itself and generating constantly changing and evolving music in real time.
Organised by Jane Rigler
3 spaces in MoMA 13 musicians: Ricardo Arias (New York, USA), balloons Burkhard Beins (Berlin, Germany), percussion John Bisset (London, England), guitar Rachael Elliott (New York, USA), bassoon Joan La Barbara (New York, USA), voice Miya Misaoka (New York, USA), koto Wade Matthews (Madrid, Spain), bass clarinet Ikue Mori (New York, USA), electronics Pauline Oliveros (New York, USA), accordion Jane Rigler (New York, USA), flute Nikos Veliotis (Athens, Greece), cello Jack Wright (PA, USA), sax