May 16, 6pm EDT

Satie Pandémie: Collective Vexation
A 20-hour livestream honoring Erik Satie's birthday
Produced by Teatro Miela Bonawentura, Trieste, Italy
More details and playback here.

Dipping into the livestream and out again, I watched and listened to some or all of these contributions…

Alvin Curran

Stephen Drury

Petra Persolja

Kathleen Supové

8:30pm EDT

Katherine Young
Solo set for The Quarantine Concerts, produced by Experimental Sound Studio
More details and playback here.

Arrived in time to catch the last 10 minutes of a moody, effective 18-minute performance involving bassoon and electronics.

8:50pm EDT

Object Collection: You Are Under Our Space Control
Abridged/socially isolated adaptation presented for Indexical
More details and playback here.

Here again, caught the last 10 minutes or so—just enough to address my curiosity about whether this troupe could adjust its idiosyncratic vision and expression to livestreaming. The result was weirdly compelling, which I guess means "yes."

9pm EDT

Satie Pandémie: Collective Vexation

Returned to the livestream for a bit, mainly to watch some friends and favorites.

Gloria Cheng

Sarah Gibson

Thomas Kotcheff

Vicky Ray

Corey Hamm

Richard Valitutto

Lorenzo Marasso

 

May 17, from around 1:30pm EDT

Satie Pandémie: Collective Vexation

Returned to the livestream once again, trying to catch some friends and favorites. Not everything went according to plan, and not every segment sounded good. But the performances were lovely, and some – Burleson, Distler, and Guneyman in particular – were quite daring, approaching their assignments with flashes of individualism.

Geoffrey Burleson

Hiroko Sakurazawa

Jed Distler

Sarah Bob

Meral Guneyman