events

_may_22_8pm_(thursday)_

Seattle Improvised Music Presents:

duo: Nate Wooley and Eric Barber
trio: Nate Wooley, Wilson Shook and Tom Yoder

excellent improvising trumpeter Wooley from nyc plus recent Bay Area transplant Tom Yoder on trombone.  very exciting!

natewooley.com
chilidog.com/tomyoder/index.htm
seattleimprovisedmusic.org

gallery 1412, seattle
gallery1412.org

_may_24_8pm_(saturday)_

Seattle Improvised Music Presents:

trio: Nate Wooley, Gust Burns and Jeffrey Allport

and, Nate Wooley compositions for large improvising ensemble

i'll be part of the large ensemble


natewooley.com
rasbliutto.net/artists/gustburns.html
myspace.com/jeffreyallport

gallery 1412, seattle
gallery1412.org

_may_30_8pm_(friday)_

Johan Tore Nystrom and Friends

visiting from Pittsburg.  i will be playing alto sax.

myspace.com/johantorenystrom

gallery 1412, seattle
gallery1412.org

_june_3_7pm_(tuesday)_

Flim Night
an evening of projectable phenomena

Tunnel Canary & the Evolution of Ear Collisions: 1978-2008 (Eric Lohrenz, Canada, 2008)

ericlohrenz.blip.tv

the Short Films of Eric Ostrowski

endsound.com/erico
myspace.com/ericostrowski

please check gallery1412.org for more info.
this one's going to be good!

gallery 1412, seattle
gallery1412.org

i am an improvising musician, poet, photographer, activist, etc. living in seattle, washington, usa.  my principal instrument is the alto saxophone, which i disassemble and/or augment with everyday items and junk. i am interested in the actualization through art of feminist and libertarian ethics, and my performance emphasizes texture, chance and exploration. i currently perform solo, as well as with Others TBA, Wilson/Phillips, and in ad hoc collaborations. i have performed with the Seattle Improvisers' Orchestra, recorded with Gust Burns, and recently contributed to Gino Robair's improv opera "I, Norton".

i am also a member of the gallery 1412 collective.
 

current projects

Wilson/Phillips is the collaborative research of one Wilson M. Shook, of Seattle, Washington, and one Chris P. Phillips, of Vashon Island, Washington.  Their music investigates the incomplete cipher, the broken record, and the contents of your garbage can.  New resonant possibilities arise from dusty miscellania, while generally well-regarded instruments such as the guitar and alto saxophone are made to sound like a box of busted canopeners.  Their findings are completely unsubstantiated.

Chris Phillips - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, zither, assorted crap.

Wilson Shook - alto saxophone, lamphorn (francophone), voice, junk, etc.

Others TBA brings together the creative energies of Matthew McDowell and Wilson Shook.

Stripped down to a minimal setup of alto sax, casio keyboard and voice, Others TBA build their sound from the ground up, reimagining the possibilities of their respective instruments via nontraditional human and machine technologies.

Wilson Shook - alto sax, text, etc.

Matthew McDowell - Casio, stuff, etc.

Flim Night is a film series i curate at gallery 1412.

On the first Tuesday of every month, Flim Night showcases a variety of film-based art, with special emphasis on subversive humor, surrealism, activist and revolutionary topics, and whatever else resonates.

screenings begin at 7pm

donations benefit Seattle Food Not Bombs 
sfnb.revolt.org

Local film makers are encouraged to submit pieces for screening. Submissions may be dropped off at (or mailed to) gallery 1412, care of: Wilson / Flim Night.

email me with questions/ comments/ suggestions.

for hearing

_16:09_

at the 2007 NO WEST festival, 8.19.07
Portland Art Center, portland, or

Robert j Kirkpatrick - prepared harp, electronics

Jamie Potter - electronics

Wilson Shook - alto saxophone, cap gun

Tyler Wilcox - soprano saxophone

contact

other places

coming soon....

a picture of me