Ellen Fullman @ the BAM L@TE series

BAM skylight

photo by Styrous®

A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of hearing, seeing and photographing Berkeley based, Ellen Fullman, during the Berkeley Art Museum's L@TE series presentation. Her performance was as riveting and visually dazzling as ever. Once again, she constructed her Long String Instrument (an instrument tuned in just intonation and played with rosin-coated fingers) to fit the space, however, this time it was even longer than when I saw her in concert in 2009 (see link below), also at one of the BAM L@TE series presentations.

(click on any image for slideshow)

 head anchor end of the Long String (the three objects in the center)
photo by Styrous®

tail anchor end of the Long String
photo by Styrous®

another view of the tail anchor end of the Long String (light shining on the strings)
photo by Styrous®

the sound control center
photo by Styrous®

Performing with Ms. Fullman on the Long-String in the first work of the program, Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2", (first movement of Dyad, a work in 13 movements) was Ryan P. Jobes. It was a brilliant exploration of acoustic/electronic transcendental meditation.

Jobes then performed on a mechanically played electric guitar, invented by Konrad Sprenger (aka Jörg Hiller), with Ms. Fullman on the second work which was untitled. This piece ratcheted the evening up a notch very nicely.

Luciano Chessa (on Đàn bầu) and Theresa Wong (playing the Expendable Cello with Gramophone/Integrated Empathetic Bridge invented by Sung Kim) performed with Fullman in the third work, Trio Improvisation.

 Expendable Cello with the 

Gramophone/Integrated Empathetic Bridge

photo by Styrous®

Ms. Wong performed with Ms. Fullman in the concert I saw in 2009 at the BAM (she used a regular cello that time).

Theresa Wong with Expendable Cello

photo by Styrous®

the performance

all photos by Styrous®

Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2"
Ellen Fullman

Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2"

Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2"
Ryan P. Jobes

Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2"
Ellen Fullman and Ryan P. Jobes

Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2"

Study for "Mary 1 and Mary 2"
Ellen Fullman and Ryan P. Jobes

untitled work

untitled work
Ryan P. Jobes

untitled work

untitled work

untitled work

untitled work

Trio Improvisation
Ellen Fullman

Trio Improvisation

Trio Improvisation
Ellen Fullman, Theresa Wong and Luciano Chessa (on Đàn bầu)

Trio Improvisation
Ellen Fullman, Theresa Wong and Luciano Chessa (on Đàn bầu)

Trio Improvisation

Trio Improvisation
Ellen Fullman

Trio Improvisation
Ellen Fullman, Theresa Wong and Luciano Chessa (on Đàn bầu)

the bows

the bows
Theresa Wong, Ellen Fullman and Luciano Chessa

all photos by Styrous®

Links:

Ellen Fullman discography

Theresa Wong discography 
Konrad Sprenger discography
Luciano Chessa discography
Ryan P. Jobes discography

Ellen Fullman performs with Konrad Sprenger on Pandora

Ellen Fullman performances, talks and interviews can be seen on Vimeo and YouTube
Theresa Wong performances can be seen on YouTube
Konrad Sprenger performances/music can be seen on YouTube
Luciano Chessa videos can be seen on YouTube
Ryan P. Jobes can be seen on YouTube and heard on SoundCloud
The Jobes/Siler Ensemble can be seen on YouTube

Viewfinder article: Ellen Fullman 2009 concert @ the BAM/PFA

What an exciting evening of 
acoustic exploration 

and visual stimulation!

Styrous® ~ September 14, 2013

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