Charles Gaines Manifestos 6: Ben Patterson

Charles Gaines

Manifestos 6: Ben Patterson 

Thursday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 

For Manifestos 6, artist Charles Gaines newly interprets Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson’s Variations for Double-Bass (c. 1962), a score for performance that uses words rather than traditional musical notation. Gaines converts Patterson’s letters into music following a system Gaines devised in 2004. The composition, to be performed by an ensemble consisting of a string quartet, double bass, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and percussion, pays homage to Patterson’s legacy while showcasing Gaines’s unique artistic engagement with systems of language, text, notation, and sound.

Composer: Charles Gaines

Conductor and music director: John Eagle

Producer: Mads Falcone

Violin: Yaz Lancaster

Violin: Connie Li

Viola: Jay Julio

Cello: Wayne Smith

Bass: Marguerite Cox

Percussion: Pauline Roberts

Trumpet: Wayne DuMaine

Trombone: Sterling Davis

Tuba: Jono Hill

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner—Spirit Movers

Organized by Grace Wales Bonner with Michelle Kuo, The Marlene Hess Curator, and Dana Liljegren, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA, with the collaboration of Nick Murphy, Curatorial Partner, Pantograph, Paris. Produced by Lizzie Gorfaine, Associate Director and Producer, Performance and Live Programs, with Aminah Ibrahim, Assistant Performance Coordinator, Performance and Live Programs, MoMA.

Thanks to Liam Sangmuah and Jessica Hamenyimana, Research Associates, Wales Bonner.