Sinter: Emergence from the Rocks at the End of Choice

Sinter:

1. make (a powdered material) coalesce into a solid or porous mass by heating it (and usually also compressing it) without liquefaction;
2. a hard siliceous or calcareous deposit precipitated from mineral springs.

Interweaving solo acoustic piano, spoken word poetry, video art, and sound design, Sinter places both performer and audience together “in the round” - at the center of this special event. A multi-media journey taking us into the open field of early adulthood, through the tasting of the world, and upward into ascendant wisdom - a “new innocence” - Sinter is born of curiosity, courage, and faith, illuminating and communicating our distinctly human ability to imagine, grow, create, and live with full grace and potential in a world often pressurized with addictive fruit, but ultimately hung on a self-supporting eco-system.

Drawing influences from the impressionistic and harmonically rich neo-jazz compositions of Bill Evans, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Joe Zawinul; the tactile language of Ranier Maria Rilke, E.E. Cummings, and Elizabeth Willis; the inspired, multi-dimensional video work of Wim Wenders and Ridley Scott; and the textured sound lands of Trent Reznor and Brian Eno, Vesper70’s Sinter brings true earth into waiting hands, new air into waiting lungs, and a vision beyond the seen.

Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.

Artist’s Bio:
Vesper70 (He/Him/His) is a writer, musician, sound designer, and International Human Rights advocate whose work has appeared both nationally and internationally. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts’, his live performances and original scores for theater, film, and dance have been featured in Cape Verde, Africa; Ankara, Turkey; The Fringe Festival (San Francisco); the Elm Shakespeare Company; the Build Peace Conference (Chemnitz, Germany); Connecticut Public Television; Wesleyan University; the Charter Oak Cultural Center (Hartford, CT); and the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in NYC, among many others. His work often centers around core issues of power, identity, and shame as the root of violence, even as it argues and advocates for the will to live. Evoking poignant, direct, shared understanding of connective experiences with participating audiences through the perfectly human gift of the arts, Vesper70’s immersive pieces strive to bring audiences to the realm of what writer Susan Sontag deemed:“witness participants”.