The Inter-NEC collective made it's first contribution to the Triiibe installation In Search of Eden this past Saturday at the 808 Gallery. I think it's safe to say that our scheming worked out positively, and everyone who was there enjoyed it.
We were about a dozen musicians from three different schools, and though most of us had never played together before, the space and how we used it provided a great first meeting. The stipulations I created (originally handwritten on a sheet of printer paper) can be found here.
Lautaro Mantilla brought in a pre-formed quartet with Daniel Hawkins, Borey Shin, and Dave Cordes. They were able to play a few pieces of theirs, and move about the gallery as well. Rob Flax (with whom I visited the installation before Thanksgiving) brought in a few of his friends from Allston as well as NEC, and some of them teamed up for improvisations and exploration of shared repertoire. At one point, everyone played musical laser tag. There were always sounds coming from all the corners of the room that were consistent, but ever changing.
The last thing to happen was a fiddle tune that Rob began as a solo - it was exciting, but also fairly simple, so we couldn't help but all join in. Everyone was left in a good place, and we can't wait to return next week.
Saturday December 11th - 4pm at 808 Commonwealth Avenue - we hope you'll join us!
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