JUE | Music Presents: Lee Ranaldo x Leah Singer Sight/Unseen

An exploration of image and sound celebrating the hidden, the lost, the invisible.

Sight/Unseen is a multimedia performance work presented by Lee Ranaldo – one of the founding members of Sonic Youth – and his wife Leah Singer. The project was first premiered at Nuit Blanche 2010 in Toronto, and has since been performed worldwide at key arts events including; The Rotterdam Film Festival, Cote Court festival in Paris, Contour Festival, and arte.mov Belo Horizonte.

Ranaldo and Singer have been working together since 1991 with film and music in a live setting. Their performances are explorations in how sound and image interact, with elements of chance embraced. The sounds and images are culled from the everyday and the performance invites a personal interpretation of the experience. The experiential nature of the work takes precedent over overt narrative. The title Sight/Unseen references the everyday things that often go unnoticed and how close observations can reveal something new.

LINKS:
Sonic Youth Website: http://www.sonicyouth.com/symu/lee/2011/09/03/singerranaldo-sight-unseen-toronto-oct-2010/

Matador Website: http://www.matadorrecords.com/lee_ranaldo

Artist website: www.leeranaldo.com/

SHOW INFORMATION:

【Shanghai】
Date: March 14th, 2014
Door Time: 7PM
Venue: The Power Station of Art
Location: 3rd Floor Theatre, 200 Huayuangang Lu, near Miaojiang Lu
Ticket: 120 RMB (Presale) / 150 RMB (Door) / 170 RMB (Package Presale)
BUY HERE: https://yoopay.cn/event/LeeRanaldosh
* Pre-sales end on 23:30, Mar. 13th, 2014

**This event information is different to the information in the programme. Due to a programming conflict, we will offer a special ticket for those people that want to go to the Lee Ranaldo show and the proceeding Genjing showcase. The ticket will be 170RMB, and will include a free bus between venues. The bus will leave the SPSA at 20:50, arriving at YYT at around 21:15.

About Lee Ranaldo:
Lee Ranaldo is a singer, guitarist, writer, producer, visual artist and one of the founding members of influential rock band Sonic Youth. Ranaldo began his music career in New York in the 1980s, playing in several bands including the early electric guitar orchestra of avante-garde musician Glenn Branca (along with Sonic Youth band mate Thurston Moore).

What is JUE?
JUE | Music + Art《觉》音乐＋艺术节 is an annual urban festival that embraces the whole of Beijing and Shanghai. Celebrating its 6th year in 2014, JUE is all about showcasing the best of the local creative communities in these two great cities, as well as inviting artists from around the world to share their talent with China. We’re all about community, doing everything we can to set an intimate vibe, and to carefully weave every one of our artists and events into a multidisciplinary masterpiece.

JUE: 2 Cities, 1 community united through the arts.

Dates: 7th - 23rd March