Interactive Live Art Party & Sound Performances | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The Grease Diner will present an evening of interactive live art and sound performances by Two Mako Sharks and Heco Music Machine.

The show will take place from 8-10 pm, and the performance will start at 8:30 pm sharp. It’s a one day event only. Food and refreshments will be provided. This event is free, but sliding scale donations are welcome in support of the touring artists.

Two Mako Sharks is the creation of Hannah Thompson and Avrid Tomayko. The two met in Providence RI, and collaborated for their cross-country and west-coast tour, “Two Mako Sharks.” Hannah and Avrid will step into a wearable two-person fabric sculpture performing as an interactive instrument. The performance takes place in two 15 minute segments. In the first segment, Hannah performs the wearable sculptures along to Avrid’s electronic compositions, and in the second the two perform together inside the fabric sculpture. With their interactive movements, their conjoined tentacles create different noises as the two move.

Heco Music Machine is the solo project of long-time Oakland resident, artist, and musician. Heco is is also the owner/operator of Heco’s Palace – a long running DIY venue thats occupied many local and touring acts from Deerhoof to art post punk rockers’ Naked Lights. Heco will be presenting a compendium of recent sound sculptural work. It includes “The Magic Bike Wheel and Morse Code Mayhem,” where Heco places 200 different objects onto suspended and spinning bike wheels. The result is a surprising and interactive display of sound. His performance is about 30 minutes.

Check out a preview of the performance.

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