Announcing the first installment in a showcase series celebrating the future of inclusive cultural events brought to you by CymaSpace: www.cymaspace.org/events
Guests will be treated to a fully accessible live performance with ASL interpreted performance, sound-reactive lighting, projected visuals, vibrating furniture, creative captions and more!
THE FEATURED ARTIST
GiddyUp is Evan Feenstra and Adrian Hopffgarten, two wild and whimsical friends who have been playing music together since they first met nine years ago. Their songs straddle multiple genres from pop, rock, and hip-hop, to folk, psychedelic, and space opera. GiddyUp embraces collaboration, improvisation, and spontaneity of all kinds. The infectious energy in their music will be sure to get you on your feet. They will be performing with projection artists Hassan Mahmood and Ivana Horvat.
ASL interpreters will be provided.
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, July 10th 2016 from 5:00 – 8:00pm.
WHAT IS CYMASPACE?
CymaSpace is a Portland, OR based non-profit that focuses on making cultural events inclusive for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. We develop art and performances that largely feature the synergy of sound, light, and vibration – some of which have been featured on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show, in the Oregon Museum Science and Industry (OMSI), and the Portland Winter Light Festival.
CymaSpace was founded by Myles de Bastion, because as a musician and visual interaction designer who also happens to be Deaf, he experienced first-hand the challenge of participating in a world, that for most part takes for granted the accessibility of sound.
CymaSpace serves to create bridges between the Deaf and the Hearing in a positive way that open doors for underserved minorities, changes misconceptions about Deafness and is striving to make a real, socio-economic difference. Through our work, we show that by lowering barriers that prevent equal access to art and culture, everyone benefits.
CymaSpace is an entirely volunteer-run organization that consists of a thriving community of engineers, artists and forward-thinking partnering organizations who are pioneering the next generation of accessibility, as it pertains to arts and cultural events.
A CymaSpace event is something that needs to be experienced first-hand, all art technology and modern accessibility implementations are developed in-house and cannot be not readily found anywhere else. Whether you are Hearing, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, young or old, all of your senses will be engaged!
SPONSORS This event is made possible in part thanks to the support of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) & Oregon Cultural Trust.
Interested in the benefits of being a sponsor? Please contact us directly:
CONTACT
Inquiries about this event and reservation requests can be directed to:
| 971 319-4954 | 931 SE 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97214.
Join today and receive full perks of the CymaSpace membership program including discounted access to events, and a special rewards program with our many participating local and national businesses.
CymaSpace is a leading advocate for accessibility and inclusion within performing arts, cultural events, and media broadcasting for DHH people. We are constantly striving to find new ways to ensure our venue and events are inclusive, especially to DHH communities.
Technology & Arts Incubator
We provide incubator services for new fledgling organizations and communities that are exploring emerging concepts in combining technology and the arts.
Education & Outreach
We provide educational opportunities for artists, the general public and other performance venues interested in incorporating our unique, cymatic concepts into their work.
Cymatic Study
CymaSpace is an epicenter for Cymatic study and we are committed to raising awareness of and promoting the benefits of Cymatics (the science and study of sound made visible).