PELLYVISION
02.17.22

PELLYVISION is a monthly cohesion of sound and vision. Alex Pelly synthesizes live video to accompany sounds from an artist of her choosing. Make sure to check out the live video stream on our homepage by clicking the live video button or at twitch.tv/pellyvision!
Shelley Burgon is a harpist, composer and sound artist, specializing in experimental music. She has an extensive history as an improvisor and an interpreter new classical music; performing the works of composers such as Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Yoko Ono, James Tenney, Butch Morris, Berio and Earle Brown. She has had the pleasure to perform at renowned institutions such as the Whitney Museum, MoMA, Issue Project Room and Disney Concert Hall. She has recorded harp for Bjork, Anthony Braxton, Miho Hatori, Roberto Lange and for her former chamber ensemble Ne(x)tworks featuring Joan La Barbara. Her music has been commissioned by The Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the Hudson Valley Project at the Dia Museum, Ne(x)tworks, and multimedia artist Katherine Behar. Film credits include harpist on First Cow, Mission Blue and We Steal Secrets. She will be releasing her first full length record this year on Thin Wrist Recordings. Shelley received her MFA in Electronic Music from Mills College where she studied with Pauline Oliveros, Maryanne Amacher, Fred Frith and Alvin Curran.
Alex Pelly is a Canadian video artist based in LA whose work incorporates multiple generations of video technology, both analog and digital. In recent years her process has been centered on modular video synthesis. Frequently collaborative with musical accompaniment, her visuals serve as a reflection of and muse to the music simultaneously. She provides live visuals and installation work for various shows, music nights and art happenings around Los Angeles.
Tracklist:
Live set at 0:36:35
Selections
0:01:44
Pauline Oliveros – Alien Bog
01:08:30
Erik Satie, Alena Cherny – Gnossienne No. 1
John Cage, Floraleda Sacchi – In a Landscape
Philip Glass, Timo Andres – Evening Song No. 2
Morton Feldman – Slow Waltz
Fennesz – Caecilia
Maryanne Amacher – Remainder