Immersive creator Pamela Martinez presents Teletextile’s DAM! Series, a celebration of Nature, Art, & Sound with an encore performance for the March event.
Pamela Martinez, local composer and sound artist, presents a sonic art performances that explore water as a carrier of culture throughout our city. Martinez leads a rotating cast of collaborators to create sound and ceremony under the name Teletextile.
A celebration of nature, infrastructure, and performance, this free public series seeks ... view more »
Immersive creator Pamela Martinez presents Teletextile’s DAM! Series, a celebration of Nature, Art, & Sound with an encore performance for the March event.
Pamela Martinez, local composer and sound artist, presents a sonic art performances that explore water as a carrier of culture throughout our city. Martinez leads a rotating cast of collaborators to create sound and ceremony under the name Teletextile.
A celebration of nature, infrastructure, and performance, this free public series seeks to bring awareness to local waterways and their importance in cultural connection. The inaugural event for the series took place last October at the Espada Dam in collaboration with the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and highlighted the historical landmark as well as the acequia system created there during Spanish colonial times. These performances were originally created with support from the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture.
Unheard-of//Ensemble, a contemporary chamber ensemble dedicated to connecting new music to communities across the United States through the development and performance of adventurous programs, using technology and interactive multimedia. Ford Fourqurean (clarinet), Matheus Souza (violin), Iva Casian-Lakoš (cello), and Daniel Anastasio (piano) form the core of Unheard-of//Ensembe.
The group will be performing compositions by composers from all over the country that are participating in the Collaborative Composition Initiative (CCI). Unheard-of presents their yearly summer composer workshop, the CCI, across San Antonio from July 1st through 8th. Over the seven days, the ensemble and special guests are joined by ten cutting-edge composers from across the country in six featured performances at San Antonio landmarks Mission Concepción, the Echo Bridge, San Antonio College, a special installation at Evergreen Garden Center and The SA Botanical Garden. The workshop features over 20 world premieres as well as monuments of the chamber music repertoire curated across unique spaces.
Find out more about these artist
www.teletextile.org
www.unheard-ofensemble.com
www.taneshapayne.com
Performance Details:
Sat July 8, 2023, 9am – 1pm
The SA Botanical Garden www.sabot.org
555 Funston Pl, San Antonio, TX 78209
Performances is free to attend with entrance to the garden.
Note to audience:
Performances will be outside bring water and sunblock. Appearing at the event means releasing your image for documented photo and video of the performance.
ABOUT PAMELA MARTINEZ / TELETEXTILE:
San Antonio native Pamela Martinez spent her early career as an international touring musician until switching gears and working on Whisperlodge, an immersive theater work that gained national attention including reviews in the New York Times, the Atlantic and Netflix. After her return to the River city Martinez began blending her musical talents with her ability to create immersive site specific performing arts and has won numerous grants in support of these ambitious and unique projects. Martinez is a musician in healing, immersive performer and creator, reiki master, and composer specializing in deep listening, sound baths, and sonic expressions with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Pamela created The Teletextile Ritual Arts Ensemble, a cast of rotating collaborators that weaves together a tapestry of music, movement, reiki, and other healing rituals to create a mixture of performance and wellness practice. Martinez has worked with The Park Ave Armory, REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, The Tobin Center, SAY Sí, Trinity University, UTSA, The Parks Foundation, The River Foundation, Jump-Start Performance Co, The McNay Art Museum, Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival, and Blanton Museum. Martinez passes on the craft of music and wellbeing by teaching and leading workshops at the Southtown Music Studio (SATX) located at Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space.
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Past Performance:
Espada Dam – Oct 9, 2022
Lake Elmendorf 19th St Dam – March 4, 2023
Roosevelt Tunnel Outlet – March 25, 2023
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