Friday 2 May 2014, 8pm
Imago is a funambulist between contradictions, holding hands with both sides of the moon, a wild verdure who found its way through the labyrinth of higher education & double mastered from the academy of classical music in switzerland, a feathered fledgling who dives among the abyssal luminescence, an asymmetrical geometry, an organized chaos, a target missed perfectly.
Gyda Valtýsdóttir is an Icelandic composer, cellist and songwriter, a founding member of Icelandic band múm and also plays with Josephine Foster. Armed with cello & bow she´ll be taking her own approach to contemporary music by such as George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen & Harry Partch entwined with her own songs and improvisation. She´ll be guided and lit by Shahzad Ismaily a multidimensional musician and sound magician.
Shahzad Ismaily is a self taught bass player and drummer, who shares a traveling home. He has produced, recorded and otherwise collaborated with a wide range of artists and musicians including Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Marc Ribot, Yoko Ono and Bonnie Prince Billy. He has also composed music for film, dance and theatre. An improviser at heart, he's currently re-discovering reading as an all consuming fire escape, via "The Tranposed Heads" by Thomas Mann.