John Wiese

SHOW & TELL: JOHN WIESE Wiese in person! August 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Anthology Film Archives

An artist and composer living in Los Angeles, John Wiese began experimenting with recording as a teenager and has since gone on to become a highly respected figure, both in the academic world of contemporary sound art as well as within the international experimental music underground. His music ranges from the serene and sublime to the frenetic and irregular, a sign of his ability to adapt and utilize a plethora of sounds to build captivating aural works. As a performer and recording artist, his expertise in composition, texture, and experimentation with sound is not restricted to work under his own name. Wiese is also known for his influential grind/noisecore band Sissy Spacek, extreme electronics unit LHD, and for his numerous collaborations with some of the finest experimental artists from around the world. He is also an accomplished visual and graphic artist with a long list of exhibitions and printed materials published across the globe. For his program at Anthology, Wiese will present eight film pieces that incorporate elements of documentation, narrative, and abstraction, using image, sound, and often silence, to create a visual score for both real and imagined sound.

PROGRAM DETAILS: SISSY SPACEK (2011, 16.5 min, digital, silent) THE TENSES WITH JOHN WIESE (2014, 12.5 min, digital) UNTITLED (2014, 6.5 min, digital, silent) LEATHER BATH (2013, 6.5 min, digital) SISSY SPACEK—MATA GALLERY (2014, 1.5 min, digital) I BET YOU CAN’T FINISH THAT GLASS OF WATER (2014, 10 min, digital, silent) THREE GLASS BOTTLES (2014, 30 sec, Super 8mm-to-digital, b&w) A SPECIFIC POINT IN A CONTINUOUS WHOLE (2014, 19.5 min, digital, silent)