Alternating Lunes (Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn, Siamak Anvari, and Leslee Smucker)

All three artists involved in this project work with non-traditional approaches to instruments and sound. Leslee Smucker has developed a series of metal resonators for prepared violin; Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn designs and performs with hybrid acoustic instruments built from metal, wood, and strings; and Siamak Anvari composes electroacoustic works that frequently incorporate broken or recuperated instruments. Through this performance, we bring these distinct practices into direct dialogue—creating a collaborative framework where our methods intersect, collide, and evolve together. The title Alternating Lunes is based on a poem by American poet and artist Bernadette Mayer, whose work often challenges poetic conventions through formal experimentation and collaborative authorship.

can you hear sunrays?

see trumpet calls?

taste the shape of words?

-excerpt from “Alternating Lunes”

by Bernadette Mayer and Philip Good

This project is supported by Netherlands America Foundation.