Kingston-based filmmaker Hanna Bass will join forces with Spaghetti Eastern Music, the solo project of guitarist Sal Cataldi, on “Fragments of Light,” her newest film, showcasing it at Avant-Garde-Arama Lands at Lace Mill in Kingston.
Avant-Garde-Arama Lands at Lace Mill is the latest edition of the popular festival of short performance artworks co-founded by Charles Dennis and musician/visual artist Jeffrey Isaac at the legendary East Village venue Performance Space 122 (P.S. 122) in 1980. In 2019 Dennis moved to Hurley, NY, and has since curated and produced three Avant-Garde-Arama events at Woodstock’s Mountain View Studio and The Lace Mill in Kingston. The event, which will include short works by nine artists in total, will take place October 20 and 21 at 6 p.m. at Lace Mill, a popular artists’ residence and performance space in Kingston.
“Fragments of Light” serves as a vivid chronicle of Bass’s cinematic journey, which took flight following her career as a professional ballerina, touring with the renowned American Ballet Theater. Her transition from the world of ballet to the realm of cinema has given birth to films that radiate a dreamlike quality, offering a contemporary reinterpretation of filmmakers such as Maya Deren, Barbara Hammer, and Shirley Clarke. Bass’s films are infused with the grace and artistry derived from her background as a dancer and choreographer. They dance between dimensions and radiate a captivating blend of authenticity and mysterious allure.
Beyond her work as a filmmaker, Hanna Bass has cultivated a diverse portfolio as a cinematographer and creative director, crafting visual identities for a multitude of entities. Defined by herself as a multi-media creatrix, she explores the convergence of creative direction, choreography, film, and music.
Spaghetti Eastern Music is the genre-leaping solo project of Hudson Valley and NYC-based guitarist/keyboardist Sal Cataldi. Spaghetti Eastern Music combines acid jazz-fueled guitar instrumentals with ambient soundscapes and acoustic ballads straight out of the Nick Drake school. He debuted the project with the critically acclaimed 2016 album Sketches of Spam which has been followed with a number of EPs and singles.
The New York Times says Cataldi “has a beat unmistakably his own” while Time Out New York praises his “delicate guitar work and the hauntingly moody atmosphere he conjures.” He has been compared to Ravi Shankar and Sergio Leone, and his exploratory solo guitar score for the dance piece has been described as “cool, melodic, inspired and transcendent, a wave of sonic warmth and light” by Chronogram Magazine. Cataldi says this work is very much in line with what he is creating to accompany Bass’ film. “2x2x4” and his other music can be found on Spotify.
The October 20 – 21 event will present nine pieces including Dennis’s solo dance-talk work “Dreaming Out Loud,” Nancy Ostrovsky’s live painting with music by Meghan Gugliotta, a multimedia of dance, sound, and costumer by Lina Azalea Dahbour. Full details can be found at the Eventbrite link here.
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