Concrète: Boston City Hall – Non-Event At Home: Program 85

CONCRÈTE: BOSTON CITY HALL
Non-Event At Home: Program 85
Friday, June 11, 2021 at 8pm

Directed by Wenhua Shi
Sound by Kevin Micka
Version 1.0 a/v premiere | YouTube
(available for one week only)

About the artists

WENHUA SHI pursues a poetic approach to moving image making, and investigates conceptual depth in film, video, interactive installations and sound sculptures. His work has been presented at museums, galleries, and film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, European Media Art Festival, Athens Film and Video Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive, West Bund 2013: a Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary art, Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism, and the Arsenale of Venice in Italy. He has received awards including the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Juror’s Awards from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival.

KEVIN MICKA is a musician, instrument builder, and recording engineer, who often performs under the name Animal Hospital. During performances Micka typically operates a collection of custom made electronics, effects, mixing consoles and delay units while patiently constructing a layered nest of phrases and patterns consisting of live drum beats, guitar chords, scrapes, chimes, and melodies. Woven together, these sounds at times reference familiar aspects of contemporary rock and pop music, but often veer towards meticulously crafted ambient movements, or full-on improvisation. His most recent album, Fatigue, was released on White Sepulchre.

This program is made possible with the support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.