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Curt Cloninger presents "St. Frank and the Wolf" at Flood Gallery
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 The performances will take place in the cave-like side room of the Flood Gallery between 7-9 p.m. on Friday, February 23. The Flood Gallery is located in the Mechanic Building at 109 Roberts Street in Asheville's River Arts district. For more information call 828-255-0066. Email curt@lab404.com Or visit http://lab404.com/video/francis.html
According to the artist:
"St. Frank and the Wolf" is a series of solo, improvisational multimedia performances that explore the irreducible aspects of faith. Abstractly based on the story of St. Francis making peace with a wild wolf, these performances dialogue with sound and light in order to saturate time and space with the presence of God.
The performances consist of two separate audio/video loops projected onto the artist who uses a theremin, an analog synthesizer, and voice to mix between these two loops. The results blur the distinction between real/virtual, live/pre-recorded, and matter/spirit.
The performances will take place in the cave-like side room of the Flood Gallery between 7-9 p.m. on Friday, February 23. Each improvisational performance lasts between 10-20 minutes, and there will be several performances throughout the evening. Between performances, the audio/video loops will continue running, effectively remixing themselves, functioning as a kind of generative installation intermission.
 "It really feels like playing some sort of strange, hybrid instrument that is more than the sum of its parts. The volume of my live instruments controls the mix of my pre-recorded instruments, so it's like I am improvising and remixing two different versions of myself.
The different audio sources will be positioned around the audience in the space, and the room is small and intimate, all in order to facilitate a more immersive experience. Each performance will be 10-20 minutes. Once a performance starts, no one will be allowed in or out of the room.
Some people who have seen the performances describe having a kind of ecstatic experience, and other people describe having a very unsettling experience. It's been compared to Sufi whirling dervishes, puppeteering, and one person said it reminded him of infamous clown serial killer John Wayne Gacy. I'm not trying to control the experience people have. I'm just trying to dialogue with sound and light in a contemplative way. It's a conversation between harmony and noise, and each performance is different. With this particular piece, I've noticed that noise often gets the last word."
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