Indexical

shout out to Leo Seligo, who attended a @caseyanderson.bsky.social soldering workshop at @anindexof.bsky.social as a middle schooler with his mom and now is apparently transferring tapes of cage and la monte young

Announcing our Fall Season lineup – featuring abstract turntablist Maria Chavez, avant percussionist Jon Mueller, a durational performance by viola player and composer Whitney Johnson, a celebration of 30 years of live looping with Rick Walker, and more!

Read the announcement here: lnkd.in/gwTSc-3z

Kicks off today!

As we wind down our 2024/25 season, we’re featuring a selection of video documentation from the past year!

Full excerpts available here:
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Video: Lucas 'Granpa' Abela at Indexical (Feb 6, 2025)

Thanks to Rae Sheaperd and Leo Seligo for mixing, mastering, and editing. 🙏

Register for the Residency Info Session here:
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El Programa de Artistas en Residencia (AIR) de Indexical...

Residencies for Santa Cruz Artists
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As part of the exhibition "Several Paths Together," Indexical is pleased to present a solo music performance by @billygomberg.bsky.social followed by a post-concert Q&A.

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Behind the scenes look at the new exhibition "Several Paths Together" by @billygomberg.bsky.social

huge lil moment for me. join us on 6/6 for opening and 6/14 for talk and concert.

Making Biofeedback Music
Aug 3, 2025, 2pm
Artist and researcher, Barbara Nerness leads a hands-on biofeedback music workshop with three types of EKG devices and techniques for heartbeat sonification.
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Scholar and curator, Anastasia Chernysheva guide us through the history of biofeedback art from the 1960s to the present and an overview of the main approaches to live representation of biological data.
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Biofeedback Music: Theory and Practice is a 2-day workshop offering a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and practice behind the use of physiological data to compose and perform music.

Billy Gomberg: Several Paths Together Glancing at the familiar through a new set of eyes, we rediscover our surroundings: Hillsides, coastlines. Interiors, exteriors, in-betweens. Limits. Objects. Openings.  Several Paths Together is a s...

Save the date!

Several Paths Together
@billygomberg.bsky.social
June 6-July 31, 2025
Opening Reception: June 6, 2025, 5-8pm

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Tyler J. Borden & Mari Kawamura: Patterns in a Chromatic Field <div>Cellist Tyler Borden and pianist Mari Kawamura present Morton Feldman’s concert-length work, Patterns in a Chromatic Field. Written in the last decade of his life, this work is a unique example o...

A rare local performance of Feldman’s entrancing long-form work for cello and piano.

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The National Endowment for the Arts Begins Terminating Grants The endowment told arts organizations that it was withdrawing or canceling current grants just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in the next fiscal year.

Knew this was on the way, but still....
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On Saturday, May 3, Indexical is pleased to present the premiere of Nina Sobell’s participatory brainwave drawing performance GammaTime.

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Since 1969, New York-based artist Nina Sobell has been actively working with closed-circuit television, video, EEG technology, and internet communications in the arts, focusing on technology as a modulator of time and space, and a mediator for human experience, memory, and communication.

Join us Thur, Apr 24 as we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Santa Cruz EMOM with performances by Pale Bu Dot, OMINO, Special Thoughts, Trimpot, Creature Crenshaw, Kinch, and visuals by BenBen. 7pm

Yes, there will be cake!

We premiered a new visual album by Taku Hannoda at @anindexof.bsky.social last night

April 18. Join us for an evening-length program of moving image works from artist and musician Taku Hannoda
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NowhereLab x Indexical scene report

Thank you to Nowhere Lab for this unique collaboration and acting as a bridge between academia and artist-run / artist-centered spaces.

Although located in a beautiful setting, UCSC is geographically isolated from the rest of Santa Cruz making it difficult for students to participate in local cultural offerings.

Nowhere Lab x Indexical present Alan S. Tofighi
Aprill 11 - build your own random number generator workshop
April 12 - performance

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Elliott Sharp + Abe Gibson & GTAR Ensemble <div>Saturday, April 5th, Indexical is pleased to present multi-instrumentalist and composer Elliott Sharp and GTAR Ensemble performing the work of Abe Gibson. A central figure in the experimental mus...

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Get your guitar fix tonight with avant garde legend Elliott Sharp. GTAR Ensemble opens
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Friday, Apr 4. Erma Fiend showcases the concepts and techniques behind non-linear animation as a medium for exploring fluid states that exist between artist and muse, self and other, past and present, man and woman, humans and technology, and more.

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MSHR + Shatter Pattern <div>Indexical is pleased to present MSHR "Network Entity," a system for live audiovisual improvisation in which sculptural and sonic forms are formally linked in an ever-mutating composition. Bay Are...

Fri, Mar 28: Cybernetic duo MSHR present "Network Entity," a new audiovisual performance in which sculptural and sonic shapes are formally linked in an ever-mutating composition. Bay Area electronic musician Shatter Pattern opens.
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Bennardo-Larson Duo <div>Indexical is pleased to present the Bennardo-Larson Duo (violin and piano) at our favorite mountainside venue – Wind River. Join us in the redwoods for an evening-length program featuring works b...

Indexical is pleased to present the Bennardo-Larson Duo (violin and piano) at our favorite mountainside venue – Wind River. Join us in the redwoods for an evening-length program featuring works by Anthony Vine and Maya Bennardo.

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