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September 30, 2022
Jung Hee Choi in conversation with La Monte Young and Megan Witko
Friday, September 30, 6pm
The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery
417 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
Jung Hee Choi will discuss her work and process with the legendary artist La Monte Young and Dia curator Megan Witko, who has worked closely with both Choi and Young on all of their Dia projects since 2015.
For over twenty years, Choi has studied and collaborated with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela on many art, music and life studies projects. Choi states, "This conversation will provide insight into our unique and life-long collaboration, which is a profound means of continuing our art practice into the future beyond the lifetime of the artist."
The talk will contextualize Choi’s sound work and music practice, providing an in-depth focus on her long series of Environmental Compositions, presented with various media including video, evolving light-point patterns, drawings, incense, performance and sound, invoking the concept of Manifest Unmanifest.
This conversation is organized in conjunction with Jung Hee Choi's current exhibition Manifest, Unmanifest XII, on view at SWPK through September 30, 2022.
June 23, 25 2022
The Theatre of Eternal Music: Live Performance Series
LA MONTE YOUNG
Birthday Blues
Young's Dorian Blues (c. 1906-61-present)
THE THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Marian Zazeela | · | light design |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice and light design |
| Ben Neill | · | just intonation trumpet |
| Jon Catler | · | electric fretless guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
| Charles Curtis | · | cello |
| Naren Budhkar | · | tabla |
in a setting of
Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1, Jung Hee Choi
Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, June 25 · 7:00 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Seating will be on carpeted floor and cushions only.
For those requiring special assistance, please contact MELA at mail@melafoundation.org
Admission $63. MELA Members, Seniors, Student ID, $56.
Limited Seating. Advance reservations recommended.
Information and reservations: mail@melafoundation.org
CONCERT NOTES
MELA's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
January 27, 2022
La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi in Conversation with Andy Battaglia
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 1·2 pm, Dia Online
La Monte Young will discuss his composition Trio for Strings (1958) with his longtime collaborator Jung Hee Choi in a conversation moderated by ARTnews deputy editor and sound-art curator Andy Battaglia. This conversation is organized in conjunction with the first official release of Young·s Trio for Strings, which was recorded live from the Dream House, a legendary sound-and-light installation by Young, Marian Zazeela, and Choi at Dia Chelsea in 2015.
Event Details
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 1·2 pm.
Live on Zoom
Free. Register for the event here.
November 25, 2021 – January 28, 2022
Lausanne Dream House at Galerie l'elac
Lausanne Dream House
November 25, 2021 · January 28, 2022
Galerie l'elac
Avenue du Temple 5, 1020 Renens, Switzerland
A collaborative Sound and Light Environment by La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi will be presented at Galerie l·elac, Lausanne, Switzerland. This Swiss premiere of the Dream House, titled Lausanne Dream House, is presented as part of the 200th anniversary celebration of the ECAL (1821-2021) and the research project, HES-SO "Phantom Power". The environment will open on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 6 pm and continue through January 28, 2022.
For further information:
www.visioncreationnewsound.chwww.ecal.ch
October 27, 28 2021
Dream House Opens for Free to the Public
DREAM HOUSE FREE TO THE PUBLIC
MELA Foundation is pleased to announce that the Dream House Sound and Light Environment will open for free to the public Wednesday, October 27 and Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 2 PM until Midnight.
In the current collaborative Sound and Light Environment by La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi, the new configuration of the Young and Choi collaborative sound environment is presented within the ongoing Zazeela and Choi site-specific light environment.
A full list of the works presented along with the artists' notes can be found here.
This program is made possible, in part, with the support of City Artist Corps Grants
October 14, 15 2021
The Theatre of Eternal Music: Live Performance Series
LA MONTE YOUNG
Birthday Blues
Young's Dorian Blues (c. 1906-61-present)
THE THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Marian Zazeela | · | light design |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice and light design |
| Ben Neill | · | just intonation trumpet |
| Jon Catler | · | electric fretless guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
| Naren Budhkar | · | tabla |
in a setting of
Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1, Jung Hee Choi
Thursday, October 14 and Friday, October 15 · 7:00 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Seating will be on carpeted floor and cushions only.
For those requiring special assistance, please contact MELA at mail@melafoundation.org
GET TICKETS HERE
Admission $63. MELA Members, Seniors, Student ID, $56.
Limited Seating. Advance reservations recommended.
Information and reservations: mail@melafoundation.org
CONCERT NOTES
MELA's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
October 29 2020 – Present
Dream House Sound and Light Environment
Left: Marian Zazeela, Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, 2003,
copyright © Marian Zazeela 2018.
Right: Jung Hee Choi, Environmental Composition 2017 #1, 2017,
copyright © Jung Hee Choi 2017.
La Monte Young Marian Zazeela Jung Hee Choi
Dream House
Sound and Light Environment
Extended exhibition at MELA Foundation
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 2pm-midnight
Admission: $10.00
MELA Foundation
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
T 917 972 3674
PRESS RELEASE
November 12, 2020
Pandit Pran Nath Memorial: A Concert of Pre-recorded Tapes
Concert of Pre-recorded Tapes
India's Master Vocalist
Raga Darbari
Curated and with Commentary by
La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi
Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7 pm (EST)
Live Streaming @ MELA
Free with RSVP
December 14·21 2019
Jung Hee Choi's "Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz
2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6"
Concert Series in the Dream House
Jung Hee Choi
Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6
Saturdays, December 14 and 21, 9pm
Thursday, December 19, 9pm
The Sundara All Star Band
La Monte Young, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Jon Catler, fretless guitar
Hansford Rowe, fretless bass
Naren Budhkar, tabla
Jung Hee Choi Tonecycle Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Vocal Version
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
July 1–15 2018
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
Three Midday Concerts of Raga Vrindabani Sarang
in the MELA Dream House
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
Pandit Pran Nath 21st Anniversary Memorial Tribute
Three Midday Concerts of Raga Vrindabani Sarang in the MELA Dream House
Sunday, July 1; Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 15 at 1 pm
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
CONCERT NOTES