Dear friends of Experimental Intermedia,
We did it – well, actually YOU did it !!! We saved the DATs !!!. Thanks to your generous contributions, EIF raised enough money to transfer the DAT recordings from 20+ years of events to digital files. The process is in fact almost done (at this writing DATs 251 to 400 have been picked up by our amazing engineer Garry Rindfuss and are being transferred).
So EIF greatly thanks all of you who helped and expressed their understanding of the need for this process to go forward !
We would especially like to recognize a major benefactor to our digitization process: Mr Les Shimmin from Sydney, Australia. Mr. Shimmin, who passed away in 2024 and his son, Nick Shimmin, who agreed to use a portion of his estate to promote experimental music and art. Indeed, after occasional meetings with Phill Niblock over the last 15 years, Nick understood the importance of the digitization of the EI DAT recordings. Many thanks on behalf of Experimental Intermedia, and all the musicians and composers who are assisted by this generous donation, we thank you for this show of support for our efforts.
Nick has also asked that we mention his recently opened new experimental arts venue in Sydney, The Red House, and anyone visiting Australia who is interested in performing or exhibiting there should contact him at duxextra@gmail.com
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As well, Experimental Intermedia is at Subtropics, Miami FL, this April 26th and 27th. It is a tribute to Phill Niblock, long time director of Experimental Intermedia, who passed away in 2024, to the centennial, which is this year, of Elaine Summers who founded Experimental Intermedia in 1968, and to the work of Experimental Intermedia over the years.
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Deering Estate + Subtropics + Cyland
with support from Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs
present
EI — Subtropics Tribute
Mini-Festival of Experimental Music and Film
Deering Estate Blackbox Theater Hosts Current Artist and Director of
Experimental Intermedia, NYC, Katherine Liberovskaya in a Weekend of
Events Celebrating the Iconic Legacy of Phill Niblock, Elaine
Summers, and Experimental Intermedia Foundation NYC
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 4 PM — Elaine Summers
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 6 PM — Katherine Liberovskaya
Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 4 PM — Phill Niblock
Deering Estate Blackbox Theater
Visitor's Center Parking Lot
7220 SW 168th Street
Miami, FL 33157
Free and open to the public
R.S.V.P. at:
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Palmetto Bay, FL — Join us for a weekend dedicated to the
pioneering spirit of Phill Niblock, Elaine Summers and the
Experimental Intermedia Foundation, presented by the Subtropics
Organization under the artistic direction of Deering Estate’s
artist in residence Gustavo Matamoros. This captivating series of
events curated by Ms. Liberovskaya will take place at the Deering
Estate Blackbox Theater, located at 7220 SW 168th Street, Palmetto
Bay, FL 33157.
In collaboration with the Cyland Foundation, Inc. and the Deering
Estate, these events will showcase intermedia art that merges sound
and film in groundbreaking ways. The event will feature Katherine
Liberovskaya, long time partner of Phill Niblock currently heading
Experimental Intermedia Foundation (EI) in New York.
This weekend promises to be an enriching and enlightening experience
for all those interested in intermedia arts. Secure your seats now
and be part of preserving and celebrating this rich artistic legacy.
Note: Program subject to change without notice.
Tickets and Information:
Free and open to the public with R.S.V.P. at
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Eventbrite.com
FESTIVAL DETAILS
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 4 PM
Elaine Summers: Intermedia Film-Dances
Early Films by Elaine Summers
Explore the early works of intermedia pioneer Elaine Summers,
featuring unique Filmdances, including Walking Dance for Any # with
Phill Niblock’s cinematographic expertise.
PROGRAM
Walking Dance for Any # (1968, four-projections-edit, 8:00, bw no
sound, dance score for 2-10 performers, all to be combined as of
interest)
Dancers on filmdance, camera, editing: Elaine Summers and Phill
Niblock
Director: Elaine Summers
Two Girls Downtown Iowa (1973, 11:00, bw, no sound)
Dancers: Ellen Krueger, Monica Wilson
Camera: Bill Rowley
Editing: Elaine Summers
Director: Elaine Summers
Iowa Blizzard (1973, 12:00, bw, no sound)
Dancers: Students of the Department of Intermedia, Iowa University,
thanks to Professor Hans Breder
Camera and editing: Bill Rowley
Director: Elaine Summers.
Windows in the Kitchen (1981, 12:00, 16mm film, color, sound)
Choreographer: Elaine Summers
Dancer: Matt Turney
Composer, singer: Jay Clayton
Camera: Paula Court
Dir: Elaine Summers
Prod: Elaine Summers Dance & Film Co., The Kitchen Center for Video,
Music, Dance, Performance, Film and Literature, thanks to
Experimental Intermedia Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts,
CAPS Fellowship
Absence & Presence (1985 – 7:00, bw, no sound)
Filmdance by Elaine Summers
Dancers: Carla Blank, Elaine Summers
Camera: Phill Niblock, Elaine Summers
Editing: Elaine Summers
Original ©1984 Experimental Intermedia Foundation, renewed 2015 by
the heirs of Elaine Summers via the Artistic Estate of Elaine
Summers. Showing by courtesy of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, with thanks to
the heirs of Elaine Summers and the Artistic Estate of Elaine
Summers. all rights reserved.
With many many thanks to: Friends of the New Cinema, Jonas Mekas,
Hans Breder, Nancy Glamore, Tammy Aisenson, Elisabeth Ross, Art + Art
History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, The National
Endowment of the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 6 PM
Katherine Liberovskaya: KL/PN OptoSonic InterPlays
video-audio works by Katherine Liberovskaya in collaboration with
Phill Niblock
Experience the potent and evocative creations of Katherine
Liberovskaya performed LIVE with music by Phill Niblock. Their works
capture 22 years of artistic synergy, blending dynamic visuals and
intricate soundscapes.
PROGRAM
Peindre La Peinture / Painting the Painting (2002-2003) – 15:30
video: Katherine Liberovskaya / music: Phill Niblock
(“Hurdy Hurry” (1999) Jim O’Rourke, hurdy gurdy (samples) from
Works for Hurdy Gurdy and Voice on Touch TO49)
Four-Wheel Drive (2008) – 5:00
video: Katherine Liberovskaya / sound: Phill Niblock
Tilting at Windmills (2015) – 9:00
video: Katherine Liberovskaya / sound: Phill Niblock
LockStorm (2020) – 13:25
video: Katherine Liberovskaya / sound: Phill Niblock + Katherine
Liberovskaya
Wind Waves / Rumble Mumble (2023) – 22:00
video: Katherine Liberovskaya / sound: Phill Niblock + Francisco
Janes
Source&Delta (2025) – 6:00
video: Katherine Liberovskaya / sound: Phill Niblock
- Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 4 PM Phill Niblock: Intermedia Concert
Music and Films
Immerse yourself in the minimalist depth of Phill Niblock’s music,
accompanied by films from “The Movement of People Working”
series. This program offers a profound reflection on labor and life
through art.
PROGRAM
Music by Phill Niblock
Films from The Movement of People Working series: China88 and
Brasil84
The Movement of People Working is the title of the long series of
films made by Phill Niblock between 1973 and 1985 in rural areas in
countries around the world (China, Brazil, Portugal, Lesotho, Puerto
Rico, Hong Kong, Mexico, Hungary, Peru, Japan…).
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Elaine Summers (1925 – 2014) was an American choreographer,
experimental filmmaker, and intermedia pioneer. She was a founding
member of the original workshop-group that would form the Judson
Dance Theater and she significantly contributed to the interaction of
film and dance, as well as the expansion of dance into other related
disciplines, such as visual art, film, and theater. She fostered the
expansion of performing dance in new, often outdoor locations. Her
movement approach Kinetic Awareness offers a comprehensive
perspective on human movement and dance. In 1968 Summers founded the
non-profit Experimental Intermedia (The Elaine Summers Experimental
Intermedia Foundation) to provide organizational support for artists
working in intermedia forms.
Elaine Summers Dance+Film:
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/635146cf81
Skytime:
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/4a489142f2
History of Skydance/Skytime:
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/fca0aa856a
Youtube Channel:
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/2030a4dcf1
Wikipedia:
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/820f9bc0d0
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library:
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/e820c9afcd
Katherine Liberovskaya is a Canadian intermedia artist based in NYC.
Involved in experimental video since the 80’s, she has produced
numerous single-channel video art pieces, video installations and
video performances, as well as works in other media, that have been
shown around the world. Since 2001 her work predominantly focuses on
the intersection of moving image with sound/music in various both
ephemeral and fixed forms (projections, installations, performances),
notably through collaborations with many composers and sound artists
in improvised live video+sound concert situations where her live
visuals seek to create improvisatory “music” for the eyes. For
over 22 years she collaborated with composer/intermedia artist Phill
Niblock on various live, video and installation projects. Other
frequent collaborators include: Dafna Naphtali, Keiko Uenishi,
Shelley Hirsch, Barbara Held, Mia Zabelka, Al Margolis (IF,BWANA),
David Watson, among many others. In addition to her art work she
curates events in experimental video/film, sound/music and A/V
performance, notably the yearly Screen Compositions evenings at EI
NYC since 2005 and, since 2006 the OptoSonic Tea salons (co-curated
with Ursula Scherrer) in NYC and various nomadic locations in North
America and Europe as well as on-line during the Covid pandemic. In
2014 she completed a PhD in art practice entitled “Improvisatory
Live Visuals: Playing Images Like a Musical Instrument” at the
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She is currently the
artistic director of Experimental Intermedia NYC.
www.facebook.com/liberovskaya
Phill Niblock (1933-2024) was an intermedia artist using music, film,
photography, video and computers. He was born in Indiana in 1933.
Since the mid-60’s he was making music and intermedia performances
which have been shown at numerous venues around the world. He made
thick, loud drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental
timbres generating many other tones in the performance space. He
said: “What I am doing with my music is to produce something
without rhythm or melody, by using many microtones that cause
movements very, very slowly.” Simultaneously, he would present
films / videos looking at the movement of people working. Since 1985,
he was the director of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New
York – www.experimentalintermedia.org – where he had been an
artist/member since 1968. He was the producer of Music and Intermedia
presentations at EI from 1973 to 2023 and the curator of EI’s XI
Records label until 2023. Phill Niblock’s music is available on the
XI, Moikai, Mode, Matiere Memoire, Room 40, and Touch labels. DVDs of
films and music are available on the Extreme label and Von Archive.
Until 1995 he was a professor of film, video and photography at The
College of Staten Island, the City University of New York. In 2014,
he was the recipient of the prestigious John Cage Award from the
Foundation for Contemporary Arts. www.phillniblock.com
Experimental Intermedia Foundation NYC is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization was directed from1985 to 2023 by Phill Niblock. Its
current artist director is Katherine Liberovskaya. It was founded in
1968 by Elaine Summers to provide organizational support for artists
working in intermedia forms. It has been presenting experimental
music concerts and other intermedia work at its SOHO location since
1973, featuring both American and international composers and
artists. Experimental Intermedia remains one of the principal venues
for the presentation of untried work in New York City. The Foundation
also manages its own recording label, XI Records, that continues to
garner extremely positive press and radio coverage, both nationally
and internationally. To date, the label has released 50 recordings, a
majority of which are by American composers. EI produces some 20
events each season and develops and implements international projects
in collaboration with like-minded organizations both local and
international for the creation & presentation of innovative,
technically sophisticated music & intermedia artwork.
www.experimentalintermedia.org
SPECIAL THANKS
Katherine Liberovskaya and Experimental Intermedia Foundation NYC,
Thomas Körtvélyessy and the Artistic Estate of Elaine Summers, Anna
Frants and the Cyland Foundation, Claudia Ariano and Ariano Design
Studio, Freddy Jouwayed and FJP Design Logistics, Lili Dominguez,
Ileana Lopez, Amarantha Bailly and the Deering Estate Foundation, the
board of directors of Subtropics Organization: Cyjo + Tim
Archambault, Mark Weber, Duane Brant, Rene Barge, Jim Peele, and
Arthur D’Amato, the new Subtropics advisory board members Jennie
Gottschalk and Fast Forward, alongside Alison Knowles, Trimpin,
George E Lewis, Brenda Hutchinson, Steve Stuempfle, Steve Peters,
Gregory Whitehead, Jim Staley and Lou Mallozzi.
DEERING ESTATE SOUND ARTS SERIES CURATOR
GUSTAVO MATAMOROS works in the areas of experimental music, sound
installations and intermedia. He is the founding artistic director of
the Subtropics Festival in Miami (1989) and is a core member of
Frozen Music. He is also the curator of this program. Currently, he
is artist-in-residence at Deering Estate, and at Florida
International University's i360 XR Theater. A profile article by
Barbara London was published on Flash Art and can be found at -
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/95c22c261e here and you can visit his website -
https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SFCAisawsubtropics/962d21274a/TEST/a88a5d43b8 here.
CREDITS
SUBTROPICS ORG explores the boundaries of sound and art. At
Subtropics, we believe that experimental music, sound art, and
intermedia have the power to connect artists and audiences in
profound and transformative ways. Our mission is to foster the
creation, presentation, and preservation of these art forms, and to
promote meaningful interactions between artists and communities. We
are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional music and art,
and to creating a space where creativity and innovation can thrive.
Our 2022-23 programs are possible with the support of Miami-Dade
County Mayor, the Board of County Commissioners and the Cultural
Affairs Department; and The Blank Family Foundation. Special thanks
to our presenting sponsors, Deering Estate, Books & Books, Vertical
Response, The Estate of Charles Recher, Ariano DEsign Studio, Florida
International University, Art and Science Laboratory of Santa Fe, NM,
and Sennheiser USA, leader in superior sound technology.
CYLAND is a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by independent
artists and curators. We are promoting the emergence of new forms of
art and high technology interactions, developing professional
connections between artists, curators, engineers and programmers
around the world and exposing wide audiences to the works in the
field of robotics, video art, sound art and net art. Emerging or
established, local or international — selected artists are provided
with resources from technicians to equipment and professional
development.
THE DEERING ESTATE is a 21st Century house museum, cultural and
ecological field station, and a national landmark listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, owned by the State of Florida,
and managed by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces
Department. 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the construction of
the Stone House, and along with our philanthropic partners, the
Deering Estate Foundation & 100 Ladies of Deering, we will be hosting
a series of events & programs in celebration of this momentous
occasion. The Deering Estate is located at 16701 SW 72 Ave. in Miami.
THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION — For those who treasure the Deering
Estate, who advocate for its preservation and wish to invest in its
future, The Deering Estate Foundation provides opportunities for
individuals and corporations alike to partake in membership,
signature events, and one-of-a-kind experiences, all in service of
providing vital funding and support to the Deering Estate. Through
these efforts, the foundation fulfills its mission to uphold the
legacy of Charles Deering's cherished 1920s-era property, to provide
funding for the cultural, educational and recreational experiences it
offers, as well as its significant scientific and archaeological
endeavors to conserve its diverse flora, fauna and the eight native
ecosystems that thrive on its 450 acres, and to ensure its longevity
as a prized American heritage site. Established in 1989, The Deering
Estate Foundation, Inc. is a community-based charitable 501(c) 3
Florida Corporation and the philanthropic partner of the Deering
Estate.
Deering Estate Blackbox Theater
Visitor's Center parking lot
7220 SW 168th Street
Palmetto Bay, FL 33157
With support from Cyland Foundation, Inc.
With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural
Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor
and Board of County Commissioners. For more information at
www.miamidadearts.org http://www.miamidadearts.org/
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