BASE MATTER is a new event series intended to explore the intersections of transgression and transformation, an experiment of play with the void – a dive into culture’s mysterious blind spot. The title, pilfered from the writings of George Bataille, attempts to bind a wide variety of artists working in diverse mediums – music, performance art, writing, visual art – through a common theme: a desire for higher insight through shared willingness to examine what is hidden.

The second event, July 31, will feature touring acts Future Blondes, Breathing Problem, How I Quit Crack, and Skullcaster, all hailing from Austin, as well as a performance by Quebecoise multimedia artist Marie Jane Segolene, in town from Montreal. In addition, works from NYC-based painter, illustrator, and designer Jamie Fletcher will also be on view as part of a special one-night exhibition.

“A BLACK HOLE: its negative and creative energy discloses the gift of unknowing, the decapitation of the summit and the eruption of other forces. It functions as the blind spot.”

Performances by
V Manuscript (Providence)
RRLEW (Providence)
CienFuegos (NYC)
Moor Mother Goddess / MMGZ (Phila)

One-night exhibition of artworks by
Sara Abruña (NYC)
& Claire Kimock (Phila)

SARA ABRUÑA
http://sskinssnake.tumblr.com/

CLAIRE KIMOCK
http://clairekimock.tumblr.com/

V MANUSCRIPT
http://vmanuscript.wordpress.com/

RRLEW

CIENFUEGOS

https://soundcloud.com/primitive-languages/sets/cienfuegos-illusions-volume-i

MOOR MOTHER GODDESS