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We are back with a second marathon online OptoSonic Tea event, almost exactly ayear after the first one. In this 11 hour long event artists from differentparts of the world will perform together (mostly U.S., Europe and LatinAmerica), taking advantage of the unplace of the web in combination with thetechnology of being able to be connected always with everywhere even as manyare still in lockdowns or isolation.Thisinternational community oriented exploration of live performance with visuals, movementand sound will form a wild virtual collage of rhythms, colors,gestures and light.Curated byKatherine Liberovskaya and Ursula Scherrer. Once again in partnership with NowNet Arts NYC, this year we arealso collaborating with Experimental Intermedia NYC, XFest (Lowell,MA) and Kunsthaus Langenthal (Switzerland) and have opted for this time toinvite different organizations and groups to take over the different hours ofthe day. These include: NowNet Lab Ensemble (NYC), OptoSonic Tea (NYC and Langenthal, Switzerland), PataLab(Berlin, Bogotá, Cologne), APO33 (Nantes, France), Harvestworks (NYC), XFest(Lowell, MA), Sonic Gatherings (NYC), Grace Exhibition Space(NYC), Vampÿrates & Clockface Orange @ Synesthesia (NYC). The entire OptoSonic MayDay Marathon will be viewable viathe NowNet Arts virtual venue:https://nownetarts.org/venue%C2%A0%C2%A0(Times in EST (NY) and CET (Europe) ) 12 pm | 18 h NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble (NYC)set 1: XimenaAlarcon (voice, electronics), Viv Corringham (voice, electronics), CássiaCarrascoza Bomfim (flute), Biggi Vinkeloe (alto saxophone), Angelo Branford(guitar), Tom Zlabinger (bass), Diane Roblin (piano, electric keyboards), JaneWang (multi-instrumentalist), Gloria Damijan (percussion, electronics), ScottMiller (electronics), Kit Fitzgerald (video), Sarah Weaver (conductor,composer); set 2: Viv Corringham (voice, electronics), Gloria Damijan (concept,video, toy piano, percussion, objects), Jane Wang (toy piano, piano, cello,objects); set 3: Viv Corringham (voice, electronics), Kit Fitzgerald (video),Biggi Vinkeloe (alto saxophone), Tom Zlabinger (bass) 1:30 pm | 19.30 h PataLab (Berlin, Bogotá, Cologne)Ricardo Arias(balloon, electronics), Nicola L. Hein (guitar, electronics), Luis Negrónvan Grieken (video / performance), Juan Oroszco (video / performance),Claudia Schmitz (live moving image, live drawing) 2:00 pm | 20 h APO33 (Nantes, France)APO33CollectiveAnonymousartists (secret bodies, visuals, sounds and encrypted informations) 3:00 pm | 21 h OptoSonic Tea(Langenthal, Switzerland)Michael Egger(analog audiovisuals), Asi Föcker (live visuals), Simon Grab (no-input feedbackelectronics), Flo Kaufmann (analog audiovisuals), Laurent Novac /studio z1(live audio and visuals), Ursula Scherrer (live visuals) 4:00 pm | 22 h Harvestworks (NYC)set 1: TomokoHojo (Video and Live visual + sound processing), Sergey Kasich (sound and liveelectronics); set 2: Dafna Naphtali (sound processing), Andrew Neumann (LiveVideo Switching) 5:00 pm | 23 h XFest MA (Lowell, MA)set 1: Pied Nu(France): Olivier Labbe (sound), Emmanuel Lalande (sound), Gregory Kowlaski(visuals); set 2: ensemble inedit?!: Joe Burgio (sound), Kristiana Hubley(movement), Ian Kovac (sound), John Voigt (sound), Charlotte Wagner (movement),Andrea West (movement), Walter Wright (sound), Joe Burgio (artistic director);set 3: Callie Chapman(movement, video), Al Margolis (various instruments, contact mics, objects), idm theftable (voice, contact mics, objects), Dei Xhrist (voice, electronics) 6:00 pm | 24 h Sonic Gatherings (NYC) Jorge Chikiar (sound), BrandonCollwes (movement), Eleanor Hullihan (movement), John King (sound), Connor Voss(movement), Christina Wheeler (sound) 7:00 pm | 1 h Grace Exhibition Space (NYC)set 1:Veronica Peña (performance); set 2: Hector Canonge (performance) 8:00 pm | 2 h Vampÿrates & Clockface Orange @Synesthesia (NYC)Vampÿrates(sound: samples, rhythms, effects; visuals: film, video, slides) Richard Sylvarnes& Bradley Eros; @ & with Synesthesia (visuals: smoke, reflections,lights, digital mapping), Mio Nakai & Andrew Norris; A Clockface Orange(visuals: liquid light projections, animation), Rachael Guma & Genevieve HK 9:00 pm | 3 h OptoSonic Tea (NYC)set 1: ShelleyHirsch (voice), Keiko Uenishi (electronics), Phill Niblock (field recordings),Yoshiko Chuma (movement), Sofy Yuditskaya (live video), Katherine Liberovskaya(live visuals); set 2: Marie-Helene Parant (live video), Peter Shapiro (live video),Micheal Delia (live instruments), Hans Tammen (live electronics) 10:00 pm | 4 h NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble (NYC)AngeloBranford (guitar), Kit Fitzgerald (video), Colin James Gibson (guitar),Katherine Liberovskaya (live visuals), Jim Mansfield (drums), Anna Pasztor(movement), Christian Pincock (trombone), Diane Roblin (piano, electrickeyboards), Prawit Siriwat (guitar, electronics), Lisa Sokolov (voice, piano),Beth Warshafsky (video), Sarah Weaver (conductor), Tom Zlabinger (bass)