Friday at The Current Space Jake Bee, the witch, will perform a series of actions durationally accompanied by a variety of mystically charged texts. The piece is an exploration of the connections between spoken incantation vs. recorded incantation, the witch as a culturally empowered other vs. the queer other, the sacred ritual vs. the mundane[…]
Jacob Budenz (Jake Bee/Dream Baby) is a queer writer, multi-disciplinary performer, and witch currently based in Baltimore. His work explores realms of new and old myth, possession, spoken and written words, ritual, gender performativity and gender noncomformity, storytelling, language, the modern witch, the mythologized other. A resident actor at the Baltimore Annex Theater, he has performed[…]
Performed by Bobby English Jr.
Bobby English, Jr. was born in Randallstown, MD in 1989. He studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. English lives and works between Baltimore, Maryland and Petersburg, VA. Since his first[…]
Playing Sunday at the Post Parade Performances Transcendental audio/visual rock duo Darsombra have packed and prepared their shuttle for launch, readying themselves for journey to inner space. Brian Daniloski (a veteran of metal bands Meatjack and Trephine), pilots, navigates, and controls the sound of Darsombra, alternating between searing guitar riffs, leads, loops, mammoth vocal swells, and[…]
2015 Transmodern Performance Festival Press Release <—–Click to Open PDF
During the Closing Celebration on Sunday Oct 4th at the Current Space Backlot, SpamProse will present words and music inspired by the golden age of SPAM. Players include: Charles Freeman, Juliette Goodwin, John Richardson and James Wilson.
The Baltimore Traces project focuses on how art and development have affected the history and culture of the westside of downtown Baltimore. We seek to understand the stories of the past and amplify the voices of the present in developing better ways to envision the city’s future. UMBC students (Department of American Studies)will present maps[…]
Showing Thursday Evening 9pm at the Current Space Backlot. This program is composed of short experimental works by contemporary filmmakers from around the world. These 7 works weave through and explore inner narratives of history, war, nature and the epic and fragile nature of life. Curator: Margaret Rorison MANY THOUSANDS GONE, Ephraim Asili, USA, 2015,[…]
Composer and musician Ruby Fulton uses experimental music to investigate popular culture, political issues, and altered mental states. As Co-Artistic Director of Rhymes With Opera, Fulton has created and performed experimental vocal and chamber opera works in Baltimore and New York City. She performs on violin, horns and keys.