Nicole Antebi

Artist / Animator Nicole Antebi works in non-fiction animation, motion graphics, installation while simultaneously connecting and creating opportunities for other artists through larger curatorial and editorial projects such as Water, CA (a six year collaboration with Enid Ryce) and Winter Shack (a three year collaboration […]

Kepler-37

Kepler–37 is a performance for blindfolded performers who share a single benjolin synthesizer. The blindfolds force us to confront the inherently chaotic nature of the benjolin’s circuitry through active listening. Being unable to see either the settings of the knobs […]

photo by Rachel Cheetham-Richard HD 7924 [World Premiere]

October 20, 2016 || Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts || University of Pennsylvania Libraries || Philadelphia, PA

photo by David Morneau HD 7924d @ UPenn [preview]

September 29, 2016 || Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts || University of Pennsylvania Libraries || Philadelphia, PA

photo by Melissa Grey Design Team Meeting

On August 12, 2016, the Photon Ecstasy design team met to discuss plans for the interactive lighted costumes and the super-secret lighted trombone mute.  

Miolina

Violin Duo Miolina was formed in 2012 when artistic director/violinist Mioi Takeda decided to form a violin duo with longtime collaborator, violinist/composer Lynn Bechtold. To date, the duo has had successful performances in NYC at The Church of the Transfiguration, […]

Occasional Noise Trio

Percussion Cesare Papetti is a percussionist who lives in Brooklyn and works in and around New York City teaching and performing. He studied classical percussion at Purchase College in New York and Music Education at Hofstra University. Influenced by all […]

Kepler-19

Kepler–19 was composed for mezzo-soprano Jessica Bowers. In the spirit of NASA’s Golden Record, which sent Earth-music on the Voyager missions, this music incorporates Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula into its droning textures.   Star type: G-type main-sequence (similar to Sol) Alternate names: TYC 3134-1549-1, 2MASS […]

DP Leonis

DP Leonis was composed for a performance with Elizabeth A Baker at the 2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival. The performers improvise patterns based on rhythms that are rotations of the other performers’ rhythms. The ideas in this piece are […]

HD 7924

HD 7924 is the first installment in the Photon Ecstasy catalog. It is divided into three major sections, one for each of the exoplanets in the system. The sounds of HD 7924 include spoken text, original field recordings, live sound […]

NGC 2632

width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”>   Star type: Open Cluster Alternate names: Beehive Cluster, Praesepe (Latin for “manger”), M44, or Cr 189 Constellation: Cancer Right ascension: 08h 40.4m Declination: 19° 59′ Distance: 577 light years (177 parsecs) Planets: Pr0201b – hot Jupiter […]

Dan Rose

Author Dan Rose is a leading theoretical artist working back and forth across two dimensional images and the way they are transformed by various techniques into three dimensions. Trained as an anthropologist, Rose wrote Black American Street Life about living […]

Robert Kirkbride

Trombone Mute Designer (“culobucologist”) / Guitar Robert Kirkbride is Dean of Parsons School of Constructed Environments and Associate Professor of Architecture and Product Design. Dr. Kirkbride has been director of studio ‘patafisico for 25 years, and is also Spokesperson and […]

Ezgi Ucar

Creative Technologist Ezgi Ucar is a New York based sound artist, creative technologist and multimedia designer. After getting her undergraduate Industrial Engineering degree in Turkey, she moved to New York and earned her MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons […]

Gregory M Beson

Trombone Mute Fabricator Gregory M Beson is a designer and craftsman living in New York City. He continues to practice professionally and hone his hand skill while also expanding his perception and knowledge through studies in art, design & philosophy. Currently […]

Elizabeth A. Baker

Toy Piano Celebrated for her “terrifying dynamic range,” cleanliness of sound, as well as unique sensitivity and ability to sculpt her performance for the acoustics of a space, Elizabeth A. Baker is a dramatic performer with an honest, near psychic […]

The Bowers-Fader Duo

Created in 2009, The Bowers-Fader Voice and Guitar Duo (Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Oren Fader, guitar) performs in New York City and across the US. Recent concerts have taken them to Washington State, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, as hosted by the Classical […]

Karjaka Studios

Photon Ecstasy is sponsored in part by Karjaka Studios Aleksandr Karjaka Creative Director – Karjaka Studios New York and Chicago based photographer, Aleksandr Karjaka has spent his life immersed in the arts. Merging his passion for multiple disciplines of the […]

Kislak Center

Photon Ecstasy (HD 7924) was commissioned by The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania. The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts advances learning and inspires discovery in Penn’s community and […]

MG

Full Name: Melissa Grey Photon Ecstasy (PE) Designation: MG Identification Number: 10E.12.1111.PEBC.02356 Planet of Origin: Earth Species: anatomically modern Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens sapiens) Distinguishing Characteristics: blonde hair, blue/green/grey eyes (varies with mood and context) Biographical Summary: artisteordinaire.org/melissa-grey/ PE Role: Broadcast Specialist PE Broadcast Certifications: Benjolin […]

DM

Full Name: David Morneau Photon Ecstasy (PE) Designation: DM Identification Number: 10E.12.1111.PEBC.145 Planet of Origin: Earth Species: anatomically modern Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens sapiens) Distinguishing Characteristics: blue eyes, full beard Biographical Summary: artisteordinaire.org/david-morneau/ PE Role: Broadcast Specialist PE Broadcast Certifications: Earth Trombone, […]