Satellite at Bar Laika: C. Spencer Yeh

e-flux is pleased to present Satellite, a new series for experimental music at Bar Laika. Curated by Sanna Almajedi, the series will feature emerging musicians and works by sound artists living in or visiting New York. The first performance in the series featuring C. Spencer Yeh will take place on Thursday, November 1 at 8:30pm. 5 USD cover at the door.

C. Spencer Yeh is recognized for his interdisciplinary activities and collaborations as an artist, improviser, and composer, as well his music project Burning Star Core. Originally conceived in 1993 in Cincinnati, the project was known for its unique blend of musique concrète, ambient, drone, and psychedelic music. His recent solo albums Solo Voice I-X (2015) and The RCA Mark II (2018) were published by Primary Information. His video works are distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix. Recent exhibitions and presentations of his work include “Shocking Asia” at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong; “Two Workaround Works Around Calder” at the Whitney Museum, New York; “Modern Mondays” at MoMA, New york; and “Tony Conrad Tribute” at Atelier Nord/Ultima Festival, Oslo.

The performance will be introduced by DeForrest Brown, Jr., a New York-based rhythmanalyst, media theorist, and curator. His work is concerned with speculative futures in performative contexts and programmatic intersections of technology and thought. He also releases electronic music and extended media as Speaker Music. 

Sanna Almajedi is a Brooklyn-based curator and DJ. She has performed as a DJ and programmed music at multiple venues across Europe and North America, including MoMA PS1, Red Light Radio, Salon des Amateurs, and Good Room. Almajedi has two monthly online radio shows (The Lot Radio and Half Moon).

Bar Laika is a new space opened by e-flux in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. A cocktail lounge also serving wine and beer, with a delicious Japanese-style menu prepared by chef Hsiao Chen, Bar Laika presents weekly film screenings, sound performances, readings and talks. We are open daily from 6pm–12am (1am on weekends) and closed on Wednesdays. Bar Laika will add a morning coffee service in early November. View our menu and subscribe to the mailing list for special events here.

Come join us for a drink and sashimi! 

For those of you who are not in New York next week, the C. Spencer Yeh’s performance will be live-streamed at e-flux.com/live.

Bar Laika by e-flux
224 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, New York, 11238

Open daily 6pm-12am (1am on weekends)
Closed Wednesdays

For more information, contact laika@e-flux.com.