The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival would like to thank these
wonderful sponsors for their help and support over the years and encourage all Fringers to patronize
their ultra-cool businesses.
Other really places that our brave and culturally adventurous audiences and artists can enjoy:
A wonderful place in Asheville, NC and
a Fringe partner
The Black Mountain College
Museum + Arts Center
Located at 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville, NC. BMCM+AC is an exhibition space and resource center edicated to exploring the history and legacy of the world's most acclaimed experimentaleducational community.
http://www.blackmountaincollege.org
Craggie Brewing Company
Their passion is to locally produce quality craft beers and to foster community involvement with commitment and integrity.
www.craggiebrewingcompany
Of particular note for Fringe fans of unusual and exotic perfromance, during the festival weekend at the Flood Gallery in the River Arts District
The Gamelatron is the world's first and only fully robotic gamelan orchestra presented by The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) and the composer Zemi17: A. Taylor Kuffner.
Modeled after traditional Balinese and Javanese gamelan orchestras, the Gamelatron is an amalgamation of traditional instruments with a suite of percussive sound makers. MIDI sequences control 117 robotic striking mechanisms that produce intricately woven and rhythmic sound. http://gamelatron.com
Classic gamelan music in Indonesia is typically played in temples as a crucial element of a variety of ceremonies. In the Legend of the Gamelatron we are told that long after humans have evolved out of their bodies and left earth, that future being created a robot gamelan to ring the cardinal directions of the universe in honor of their human ancestors. The site of the Gamelatron became a pilgrimage place for beings to reflect upon their path and ascension.
On January 23rd from 12pm - 6pm the Gamelatron will create a temporary temple space for reflection and mediation at Flood with compositions pre-composed by Zemi17: A Taylor Kuffner
Following the installation hours will be a short reception featuring an improvisational concert on the Gamelatron by Zemi17.
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center
A non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting the arts in Asheville through the exhibition of established and emerging artists from all over the world.
For out more at:
www.floodgallery.org/sonic.html
