Repeated Memories
For years, I’ve collaborated with experimental poet Michael Ruby. Below are video excerpts from our most recent flight of strangeness.
On December 9, 2023 at Green Kill gallery in Kingston, N.Y., Michael read poetry from his book Memories, Dreams and Inner Voices (Station Hill Press) and prose written for this piece. I played electric bass, banjo and electric guitar, improvising to his words, along with pre-recorded fragments of songs that work like repeated memories in my brain. The performance included an immersive video by poet Sam Truitt, using old film and video shot by Deena Shoshkes, Immy Humes and others from the 1970s to 1990s. The text, which was temporarily lost in a damaged building on 9/11, focuses on memories that appear repeatedly for no apparent reason. The full performance is available, too, here.