Second Dad/Daughter Time=Cory Arcangel

For our second Dad and Daughter night, we went to the UMMA to see a "concert" by Cory Arcangel. He was moderately entertaining, playing with all the digital musical instruments. My favorite part was when he took the sword (with safety goggles on) and destroyed the erector set stringed instrument.

We got a slightly late start and had to park far away, but we thought it would be like the recital, about half full. We got there right at 8 p.m. and the place was packed. It held about 170 people, and we were lucky to find 2 seats together.

A class of U of M students created different instruments for Cory to play (with). He experimented with all of them, then they all got together and did a jam session. Then, we went to his "exhibit". There was a video of cats on pianos, a swirling double cubey thingy and guitar hero. Not much to see, really. But, kind of fun.

Here's the ad:

Jan. 16 at 8 p.m.
Where:
525 S. State St.
Ann Arbor
734-763-UMMA
UMMA - University of Michigan Museum of Art Website
Admission:
Free
Concert in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Come experience this collaborative, improvisational performance between Brooklyn-based artist and musician Cory Arcangel and the University of Michigan Digital Music Ensemble. Marking the opening of Arcangel's solo exhibition at UMMA, this program will involve Arcangel and the audience experiencing and experimenting with a number of interactive, sound-producing objects created and displayed by the Digital Music Ensemble. The performance will be completely unscripted and the "instruments" will remain a mystery to Arcangel and the public at large until the show officially begins.

Lydia will add her part in a bit. I think she liked the musical rubber ducks. She did think it was really cool!