Musica Trinitatis and Ephemeral Arts presented "Kinetic"

Honored to be invited back on Sunday for a one-night performance of music and projections with the electronic collective, Tiger Mountain, and many other talented musicians.

The ambient sounds of Live Footage, Janel and Anthony, and Tiger Mountain filled the Byzantine style, Holy Trinity Catholic Church as part of the Musica Trinitatis series.

One-night performance of music and projections with the electronic collective, Tiger Mountain.

Ephemeral Arts Presents

New York City, Sunday, 11/12, 7pm

Tiger Mountain plays Sunday, November 12 at 7pm at The Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City as part of the Musica Trinitatis series, and co-presented by Ephemeral Arts. Joining us will be Janel and Anthony, an experimental ambient duo from Washington, DC, and Brooklyn instrumental project Live Footage. New York based visual artist and photographer Michelle Repiso will be providing multimedia visuals for our performance. This should be a great night and we'd love to see you there. Also... free show!

DETAILS
Sunday, November 12, 7pm
The Church of the Holy Trinity
213 W. 82nd Street
New York, NY 10024

Mirror, mirror, on the construction paper

What started off as sheets of paper became colorful sculptures and works of art. Tonight at Gilda's Club we created sculptures out of construction paper and we added reflective mirror boards in the center. As one little girl mentioned, "When I look into the mirror it will tell me what outfit I need to wear for the day." 

Tiger Mountain on MNN

Manhattan Neighborhood Network will be airing a show I was able to produce and direct using their studio and equipment. "Tiger Mountain Performing Live" is scheduled to air on MNN2 (channels Spectrum 56 RCN 83 FIOS 34 and livestream on www.mnn.org click on MNN2) on the following dates--July 2 at 7pm and July 5 at 1:30 pm.  It will be rebroadcast on July 7 at 5:30pm--MNN5 (channels Spectrum 1993 and Fios 37 livestream on www.mnn.org click on MNN HD).

powHER Summit 2017

I was honored to participate on a panel with smart, confident and powerful women.  We spoke about our respective fields and discussed all the positive and negative experiences that accompany what we do.  ILEANA MENDOZA works as a Community Coordinator for the New York District Attorney's Office,  EVA TURNER is a Social Worker and passionate about education, mental health and creating safer spaces, and OFFICER RAMONA GOMEZ is a strong and compassionate police officer always willing to go above and beyond.  It was incredibly inspiring and uplifting to see all the enthusiasm and potential in all the young girls at Grand Street Settlement.  

photos by Scott Percelay

Collaborations - A Live Multimedia Performance

On Sunday I was in great company with amazing musicians.  "Collaborations" - Boris Skalsky, a concert series at Holy Trinity Church in New York on April 23, 2017.  Boris Skalsky collaborated on several works with musician Paul Wood, cellist/composer Rubin Kodheli, musician Zdanna Krawciw-Skalsky and visual artist Michelle Repiso.

"Collaborations" - Boris Skalsky and Paul Wood from Tiger Mountain. 

A clip with all the performances.

Audiovisual Artist and Musician shoot

It was a fun Saturday afternoon as Juan and I set out to shoot on the East River.  The music and photo concept is loosely based on a dream he had about a space pilot stuck in orbit, GOLD (his new visual album release) is an extrapolation on displacement, environmentalism, and most importantly how to feel at home in your own skin. Check out his work at http://www.thisiswamoo.com.

Book photos in the works

On a very chilly January morning, Coss Marte and I ventured out to his rooftop to finish the other half of his exercise book which is set to be released later on this year.  I had the privilege of meeting and getting to know Coss this past summer and his will to succeed is inspiring.  Coss developed an exercise program without the need for any equipment while serving a sentence in his 9x6 prison cell. Now he owns and runs his own studio, gives lectures around the world and transforms the lives of others.  To hear his story check out: conbody.com.  

TIGER MOUNTAIN cover photo

Tiger Mountain is an electronic collective that creates music with beats, soundscapes, digital, analog and found sounds. Their sound encompasses cinematic and abstract backgrounds to structured rhythmic oscillations. Their debut single "My Heart Is A War" was released in June 2016.    http://www.tigermountainmusic.com/

Beyond The Walls

Today at Beyond The Walls-Prison Healthcare and Reentry Summit screening segments from our series, "Locked Apart:The Impact of Incarceration and Families with Mark Isaac and Gabriela Bulisova. Gabriela was invited to speak on a panel with experts discussing the impact incarceration has on families and our society as a whole. During the workshop Phill called in from SCI Graterford Prison and discussed how his 20 year incarceration has impacted his family and especially his mom. Just recently they started talking about his incarceration because, as Phill put it, "sometimes the trauma is too hard to put into words-so we say nothing." Moderated by Barbie Fischer and panelist included: Jesse Krimes, Dawan Williams, Dr. Minnie Moore-Johnson, and Jonathan Ziegler.