SOUND, PERFORMANCE, EXHIBITION >>

2009

Cha’ak’ab Paaxil Festival, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico – Collaborations with Manrico Montero, Chris Cogburn, Lawrence Williams, Elías Puc, Juan García, Enrique Rejon. New performance collaboration with Nadia Escalante (poet) & Jackie Milad (visual artist)

Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX – Trio performance Bonnie Jones / Chris Cogburn / Liz Tonne

No Idea Festival 2009, Houston, Austin, New Orleans – Collaborations with Mario deVega, Chris Cogburn, Annette Krebs, Jason Kahn, Joshua Beckman

StudioSeries, Studio34, Philadelphia, PA – Collaborations with dancer Liza Clark

2008

& Now Festival & Conference, Chapman College, Orange, California. Solo performance.

The Great Snowball Tour, Collaborations with Jack Wright, Andy Hayleck, Paul Neidhardt, Andrea Neumann, and Stephane Rives.

No Idea Festival, Collaborations with Chrs Cogburn, Liz Tonne, Sean Meehan, Rob Cambre, Kurt Newman, & others.

2007

88.9 FM WKCR, Columbia University, “Live Constructions” English (Joe Foster/Bonnie Jones)

PHONEME – Philly LIVE ARTS Festival -Collaborations with Howie Stelzer, Tim Albro, Jesse Kudler.

High Zero Festival Baltimore, MD – Collaborations with Marina Rosenfeld, Massimo Simonini, Aaron Dilloway, Audrey Chen, Chiara Giovando, and more.

Gateway to Oblivion Festival – Montreal, Canada – Collaborations with Kai Fagaschinski, Klaus Filip, Joda Clement, and Jeffrey Allport.

ASIA Tour with Joe Foster / Bryan Eubanks Performances and collaborations with local musicians in Korea and Japan.

Yockadot Poetics Theater Festival. The Yockadot Poetics Theatre Festival takes place over 4 days in Alexandria, VA, Arlington, VA and Baltimore, MD. The festival features staged readings, outdoor performances, poetry readings, and poetry performance projects. Collaboration with Lauren Bender.

The Tabadol Project Gathering and collaboration of American and Lebanese musicians. Collaborations with Lebanese musicians: Christine Sehnaoui, Mazen Kerbaj, Ziad El Ahmadie, Raed Yassin, Sharif Sehnaoui.

Seattle Improvised Music Festival With Andy Hayleck. Collaborations with Kyle Bruckmann, Gust Burns, Jamie Potter, Jason Anderson.

2006

“English” East Coast Tour with “God” Bonnie Jones / Joe Foster as English and Bryan Eubanks / Leif Sundrstrom as God.

ErstQuake Festival 3 English (Bonnie Jones/Joe Foster) will perform duet and with Sachiko M at ErstQuake 3 in NYC at Tonic.

ArtScape 2006 Performances with Andy Hayleck and PTRS in the Sound Salon series at Doris Cafe, MICA.

Bowerbird Series. Performances in Philadelphia Bowerbird series with Dave Smolen/John Heron, Melissa Moore, Andy Hayleck and HZL.

Adam Endres’ “Sad Little Pony” with the Lexie Mountain Boys. Short play presented at Current Space in Baltimore Maryland.

Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Outside/Input Performances and Summer Series with Performance Thanatology Research Society.

“Beyond Structure”. Featuring “Second Nature,” a large group improvisation with 17-20 musicians from Baltimore and elsewhere. Also the Philadelphia New Dance and Music Ensemble led by Nicole Bindler.

IE Poetry Series with Ric Royer and Cathy Park Hong.

DUET Tour with Andy Hayleck. East Coast and Canada.

2005

“These Are Your Instructions.” For this exhibition (organized by Ric Royer) on intruction based artwork the piece “How to Start A War Correspondence Set” was dislayed. The set includes stationary, postcards, and envelopes using classic weapon patent imagery from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Outside/Input Laboratory Program with Performance Thanatology Research Society.

Philadelphia No Net Festival Performance and sessions with Bryan Eubanks (elec./sax), Andrew Lafkas (bass), Maria Chavez (turntable), Jack Wright (sax), Wade Matthews (flute, clarinet, computer), Andy Hayleck (computer, saw), Paul Neidhardt (perc.)

Performance Thanatology Research Society presents, “Communicable Horror…and Terror”, 14 Karat Cabaret, Baltimore, MD, and Ontological Hysteric Theater, New York City.

U.S.D.U.E.T West Coast Tour with Joe Foster

High Zero Festival, Baltimore, MD.

IRI CAFE, RELAY 00 Series Seoul, South Korea. Performance with Joe Foster (as English).

Knuttel House, Tokyo Japan. Jones – Matsumoto – Makihara Trio.

Bulgasari Monthly Series, STORM, Seoul, South Korea. w/ Joe Foster, Hong Chul-Ki, Sachiko M, Taku Unami, Itta.

Kim Dae Hwan Museum, Seoul, South Korea. w/Joe Foster, Choi, Sun-Bae, Moon, Hyun-Mi

Bulgasari Monthly Series, RUSH, Seoul, South Korea. Performance art collaboration w/ Laure Drogoul.

2004

Performance Thanatology Research Society: Furniture Division, 14 Karat Cabaret, Baltimore, MD. Collaboration w/ Ric Royer/Jackie Milad.

Collaborate + Perform, CHELA, Baltimore, MD. Collaboration with Dan Breen.

Christine Bailey’s The Ready-Made Show, CHELA, Baltimore, MD.

Performance Thanatology Research Society: Labor Division, Asterisk Art Space, Brooklyn, NYC. Collaboration with Ric Royer/Jackie Milad.

EIGHT, CHELA Baltimore, MD. “”Impressao Digital; A Goddamn Cryin’ Shame.” Collaboration with Ric Royer.

2003

Spreadsheets, Spray Cheese, & Spread Cheeks. 14KARAT CABARET, Baltimore, MD. “ Dan Breen, Bonnie Jones, & Bob Wagner.

Sell Your Childhood Memories, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD.

AntiMatter: Performances, Events, Transactions, CHELA, Baltimore, MD. Sound installation of documentation from 2 simultaneous train rides. Collaboration with John Eaton.

10-Page Book (part of Baltimore Book Festival), Contemporary Museum, Baltimore MD.

Experimental Performance Poetry: A Night of Collaborations, CHELA, Baltimore, MD. “Typewriter Improvisations” collaboration with Megan McShea.

Hydrophones with Catherine Pancake, Andy Hayleck, & Dan Breen.

ARS Electronica 2002, Radiotopia: Long Night of Radio. With Catherine Pancake and Andy Hayleck.

Polymprovous, 14 Karat Cabaret, Baltimore, MD. Improvised music group with Catherine Pancake, Dan Breen.

Hydrophones. The Red Room, Baltimore, MD. With Catherine Pancake, Gretchen Heilman, Andy Hayleck.

CURATORIAL/ORGANIZING>>

Transmodern Age Collective member. Develops the Transmodern Age Festival each Spring. A festival devoted to celebrating experimental art, performance, dance, music, action. www.transmodernage.com

Co-founder/curator of CHELA, Baltimore, MD. Selected shows include: November 2002, BLASTER – The Art of Blaster Al Ackerman, 1972-2002; March 2002, “Part A Part: A Poetry Installation Project”.

Advisory Board of the Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD.

Yockadot: Poetics Theater Festival organizer. Baltimore, MD and Alexandria, VA.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS >>

Fulbright Grantee 2004 -2005. Grant to South Korea for teaching and independent study.

2007 Meet the Composer, Global Connections Grant

May 2008. Residency at STEIM, Amsterdam.

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS >>

September 2006, Wesleyan University, Guest Lecturer

October 2005, University of Maryland College Park, Guest Lecturer