Gallery opening at 6pm. Mainstage doors open at 7 pm. Performance begins at 8pm.
At Watermill, Daniel Knox is creating a long-form composition and song cycle based on the photographs of John Atwood. The pieces, titled John Atwood: Black & Whites, will be presented live at 92YTribeca, performed by piano, voice, bass, horns, strings, accordion and percussion, and set to projected images. The music will dwell at the intersection of serious composition and popular song in much the same way as the works of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin – and more recently – Gavin Bryars, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Henryk Górecki and David Byrne. Knox will sing and perform at the piano, with accompaniment from:
Jim Cooper | Music Director & Double Bass
Ralph Carney | Horns
Keats Dieffenbach | Violin
Chris Hefner | Musical Saw
Meena Bhasin | Viola
Ronnie Kuller | Violin
Paul Parts | Electric Bass
Jason Toth | Drums
John Atwood | Projections
Clarice Jensen | Cello
Knox trades on the tension created when alluring melodies and his rich tenor are mixed with bone-dry tales and his biting, sardonic wit. Similarly, Atwood has a knack for drawing beauty out of dark corners and attracting and repelling in equal measure. His portraits of disenchantment, drunkenness, detritus, exposure, exhaustion, and delusion, whether damning or celebrating, are striking and resonant. In tandem, their voices will express nothing less than a new American Gothic.
Atwood’s photographs will be on exhibition at the adjoining Tribeca Art Gallery beginning at 6PM on the 25th and will remain on display through February. Mainstage doors open at 7 pm on the 25th, performance begins at 8 pm.
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