Performance

HIST at House Poets in Philly | 2/24/23 by James belflower

HIST Soundtrack Excerpts On ANMLY by James belflower

Thanks to the wonderful people at ANMLY mag who have an awesome hybrid creative blog, “The Markings of Music.” The editor, Olivia Muenz, was kind enough to publish excerpts from the HIST soundtrack, “Canoe Chase on the Horican,” and “Narra-mattah,” my audio/visual collaborations with Matthew Klane. Our recordings are accompanied with an interview diving in to the process behind the book and the reasoning behind a soundtrack for it. There are so many wonderful things on the blog so check them all out!

HIST performance @ Fitz books & waffles! by James belflower

Matthew Klane and I performed some tracks from HIST with poets Julie Neely and Robin Lee Jordan on 2/3/23. Such a good turnout and amazing waffles! Thanks for the love Fitz and company!

Fitz Books and Waffles
Robin Lee Jordan Reads at Fitz Books and Waffles

Robin Lee Jordan

Fitz Books and Waffles
Julie Neely Reads at Fitz Books and Waffles

Julia Neely

Hist Performance at Fitz Books and Waffles

Photo Courtesy of Robin Lee Jordan

Hist Performance at Fitz Waffles and Books

Photo Courtesy of Robin Lee Jordan

“Thicket on the Prarie” Video Courtesy of Robin Lee Jordan

Hist Performance @ Endicott college by James belflower

The Center For Belonging was an excellent performance space.

Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn

Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn

We performed John Cage’s Musicircus with students from a course on Zen Buddhism, co-taught by Rocco Gangle, Daniel Sklar, and Michael Kilburn.

Randall Livingstone took us down to the ocean, which was across the street!

Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn

Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn

Green Kill Performance of With Walden by James belflower

A great time reading with Ruth Danon at the Green Kill Performance Space on 2.13.20. Using Touchviz, I improvised video and read from an ongoing project titled With Walden. You can see other stills of the project here. I return to Green Kill on 2.27.20 to perform an except from a new sound poem called Idiopathic. Hopefully I’ll see you there!

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard

Film Poem Published in Barzakh Magazine | With Walden by James belflower

My new film poem is in great company in the new alumni issue of Barzakh Magazine! With Walden employs improvised video, field recordings, drawings, and poetry to grapple with the claustrophobic vigor of love in the first months of fatherhood.