Kallmyer participated in a two-week residency at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in the fall of 2015, where he collected and refined clay from the banks of the Mississippi River to make earthenware musical instruments in collaboration with ceramicist Dan Barnett. Derived from the common brick architecture in St. Louis, Chris attempted to create a kind of ‘future folk music’ through hyper-regional materials
Archive of Regional Raking Experimental music meets puritanical tidiness in the aerial documentation of regional raking practices endemic to Hamilton, NY. In Fall 2015, Chris created a series of silent films and sonic performances with the Building and Grounds Department and a collection of students at Colgate University. The films explore the musicality of movement and the seasonal practice of leaf collection
Andrew Tholl, Alexander Calder at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation Commonfield Clay // regional ceramic chimes from St Louis Clay
https://vimeo.com/127054722 video documentation by Minoosh Zomorodinia and Matt Shapiro edited by Chris Kallmyer
Sundown-Suppertime-Let-Go-Piece at the Indianapolis Museum of Art A new work for guitar, amp, and 250 foot cable using a museum as an echo-chamber.
A Nation of Joiners, Weather Modification and YOU! The Los Angeles Department of Weather Modification, Northern Bureau at Southern Exposure in San Francisco January 29 – February 14, 2015 Sound artist Chris Kallmyer and the Los Angeles Department of Weather Modification establish an office space and Northern Bureau headquarters at Southern Exposure. With five live programs and a gallery installation, the LADWM continue their
In western Ireland, where my family is originally from, oysters are a treat in the winter season. When poor dairy farmers had little money they could still cook a Christmas dinner of Ling (a dried fish) or oysters, which could be gathered from the shoreline. Aside from affordable seafood, they also had plenty of milk from their cows fed on their fields
This piece was performed at Walker Art Center’s Open Field on July 17, 2014 by Chris Kallmyer, Sue Nelson, and the public. Participants were invited to oil their gloves, do some light stretching, and throw around a lemon as warm-up as an homage to Fluxus artist Ken Friedman. This score was performed, featuring the sound of catch and longtime Twins organist Sue
Baseball Day to Day Walker Art Center // July 10 - 17 I've always loved baseball. And I've always loved experimental music. So, now they are together during my residency at the Walker. Other musicians have loved baseball before - like Charles Ives, Milton Babbitt, and John Luther Adams - but only I have the profound lack of foresight to slam the two together
Information about the Los Angeles Department of Weather Modification can be found here. More information about the LADWM can be found at this article by folks Maxwell Williams at Artbound.
The year is getting off to a good start, and I've just shared the documentation from This Distance Makes Us Feel Closer, an installation created around the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in central New Mexico. Also in the news, "West Coast Soundings" a record featuring collection of West Coast experimental composers will be released on April 12th at 18:00 by Edition Wandelweiser at
A Concert with Music and Animals, hosted by the The Biennial of the Americas was highlighted by the Denver Post as the top cultural event of 2013 in Denver. Also, from Westword Blog
This week I am installing Weather Stations at Pomona College's Museum of Art: a performative investigation of our weather and ways of forecasting. Since my move north to San Francisco I haven't been back down to Los Angeles, and I'm excited for his opportunity to share new ideas in the work. I'm super grateful for Mark Allen and Pomona to invite me
photo by Michael Bisbee This Distance Makes Us Feel Closer I'm working with High Desert Test Sites this month as a visiting artist at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in New Mexico. I am creating an immersive, mountaintop sound work that will surround the observatory, which overlooks the Very Large Array and surrounding high-desert at 10,600 ft. If you are in New Mexico, come join
July 19, 2013 - 7:00 - 11:00 pm Civic Center Park - Denver, Colorado Denver Night, A Concert with Music and Animals is a unique evening of music and art in Denver’s Civic Center Park, including eclectic concert of folk, classical, jazz, rock and avant-garde music in additional video art, sculpture, and dance. The live program kicks off with artist Nick Cave’s dance spectacle
TEDx CalArts: March 9, 2013 at REDCAT I'm excited and humbled to be speaking at this TEDx conference on performance, liveness, and presence. Come check it out if you get a chance!
Documentation from Headlands Center for the Arts.
1. I'm in Chicago this week, a visiting artist hosted by Columbia College's Media Arts Dept. I'm very excited to give a workshop, a lecture, and visit with students one on one. I'm also excited to visit Intelligentsia and eat a hot dog. Below are some descriptions of what I'll be up to. 2. Did I mention that I have a
I'm in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts this month, reading books, walking, and making works using materials found on the land. Here is a video of rocks I collected, teetering on top of speaker elements. More information about the residency can be found here. I'm very grateful for the support from Headlands and the surrounding community
