Past Events
Speak for Change: Summer Red - The Role of Music in Modern Culture
A live music performance and discussion with local music producer, curator, and musician Summer Red
Lea Bertucci + Michelle Moeller
NYC based experimental musician, composer and performer Lea Bertucci. Opening electroacoustic set by Michelle Moeller.
Workshop: An Introduction to Making Music in VCV Rack 2
a practical and fun introduction to modular synthesis and electronic sound creation using VCV Rack 2
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS
The untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, remarkable composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Fri., Feb. 2, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$10 General / $7.50 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$10 General / $7.50 Members
Workshop: Generative Visual Programming in TouchDesigner
Learn how to build generative, simulation-driven, real-time visual effects
AL-EK + Later Days
Bio-inspired visualizations and synchronized soundscapes
Sat., Feb. 3, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members / $8 Student
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members / $8 Student
Sean Russell Hallowell + Tim Thompson
Live audiovisual performance with custom-built electronics
Sat., Feb. 10, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Dirty Looks: No Credit, Cash Only: Cookie Mueller in Film and Video
A visual lecture of images and clips from Cookie Mueller's always fervent and sometimes-fleeting roles in film and video.
Dawuna [Live]
Framed Listen - Smoulldering R&B flex
Fri., Feb. 23, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Jay Afrisando x thingNY - [opera captions]
[opera captions] reimagines what captions as an “actor” can do beyond functioning as a communication conveyor and sound interpreter in audiovisual media
Sat., Feb. 24, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$20 General / $15 Members / $10 Student
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$20 General / $15 Members / $10 Student
Eric Frye + Mitchell Keaney
Dissociative synthesis // Fuzzy saturated drone
Fri., Mar. 1, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Rachel Beetz + Anne Hege + Julie Herndon
auditory pareidolia // analog live-looping // electroacoutic composition
Thu., Mar. 7, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Screening + Talk: Lucy Liyou
Framed Listen - Lucy Liyou shares a collection of various TV programs, experimental video, and films in connection to her work.
Lucy Liyou [Live]
Framed Listen - Field recordings, text-to-speech readings, poetry, and elements from Korean folk opera are synthesized into sonic narratives that explore the implications of Orientalism and westernisation.
Sat., Mar. 9, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Tara Jane O'Neil & Jmy James Kidd + Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski
An evening of somatic listening, investigative movement, and improvised long-form drone.
Fri., Mar. 15, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Katie Porter / Werner Dafeldecker / Lucio Capece
Experimental bass clarinetist, Katie Porter, with inimitable friends, perform Phase to Phase for two bass clarinets, Tape 231 for two bass clarinets & tape, New Hemispheres Ratios for electronics, and minimalist improvisational trios for two bass clarinets & bass.
Fri., Mar. 22, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Stephanie Cheng Smith + Matt Robidoux
Performance inspired by the periodic life cycles of cicadas.
Sat., Mar. 23, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Derek Monypeny + Kyle Bradshaw
An evening of psychedelic sirocco swirl and atmospheric dark-folk.
Fri., Mar. 29, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
John Davis + Anna Geyer & Kevin Corcoran
An evening of expanded cinema exploring the interplay of film and live sound performance.
Fri., Apr. 5, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
SCUMsessions: Listening Lounge
Indexical transforms into a comfortable listening lounge for intentional listening.
Andrew Moses + Eliot Burk
A performance that situates covert sonic military apparatuses in feedback and includes four custom wheel-based polyphonic string instruments.
Sat., Apr. 13, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Dreamcrusher presents: Altered States
Framed Listen - Screening of Ken Russell's haunting sci-fi classic.
Dreamcrusher [Live]
Framed Listen - ☥ NIHILIST QUEER REVOLT MUSIK ☥
Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Opening Reception: Ann Altstatt - Why is There Something Instead of Nothing?
Join us for a First Friday opening reception of Ann Altstatt's new site-specific installation at Indexical
Setting + Zekarias Musele Thompson / Peaces
Indexical is pleased to present improvisational trio Setting and Oakland-based artist Zekarias Musele Thompson.
Workshop: Granular Synthesis in Pure Data
S.C.U.M. hosts an introductory workshop to microsound synthesis
Claire Rousay + Shanna Sordahl
A meditation of the poignant emotional terrains of loneliness, nostalgia, sentimentality, guilt, and sex.
Fri., May 10, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Carlos Giffoni & Alex Pelly + RM Francis
No Fun founder Carlos Giffoni presents his hypnagogic take on European electronic music traditions
Fri., May 17, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Sarah Saviet at Wind River
Sarah Saviet performs A Coiled Form by Bryn Harrison.
Sat., May 18, 2024
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm
Wind River
Add to Calendar
$20 General / $15 Members / $10 Student
Buy Tickets
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm
Wind River
Add to Calendar
$20 General / $15 Members / $10 Student
Cel Genesis presents: Last and First Men
Framed Listen - Screening of Jóhann Jóhannsson's posthumous feature film debut.
Cel Genesis [Live]
Framed Listen - An aggressive mixture of hardcore and electronic themes under the guise of a dystopic megacorporation.
Fri., May 24, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Dirty Looks: We All Feel Better in the Dark - The Bathhouse as Queer Utopia
A visual lecture by Dirty Looks’ Bradford Nordeen
Stefan Maier + Sharkiface
An evening of forward-thinking live electronics
Sat., Jun. 8, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Workshop: SCUMsessions - Contact Microphones
An introductory workshop to contact microphones
Workshop: Cyanotype 16mm Filmmaking
An introduction to creating cyanotype images on various outdated or new 16mm film stocks.
Workshop: SCUMsessions - Field Recording pt 1
Engage with your surroundings through field recording, listening, and site specific exercises.
Workshop: SCUMsessions - Field Recording pt 2
Explore improvisation, composition, and sound design through manipulated field recordings.
Shapes & Sounds of Freedom: Community Conversation
A conversation on collective liberation and the concepts behind the Shapes & Sounds of Freedom project
Yayah & Thomas Sage Pedersen with Micha Scott - Shapes & Sounds of Freedom
An audacious exploration of liberation, brought to life through a compelling short film and a dynamic, genre-defying performance.
Fri., Aug. 30, 2024
Sat., Aug. 31, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$5 - $20 Sliding Scale
Buy Tickets
Sat., Aug. 31, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$5 - $20 Sliding Scale
Chuck Johnson + Mind Mirage
California-based artists Chuck Johnson and Mind Mirage kick off the Fall 2024 Season at Indexical
Fri., Sep. 13, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Valerio Tricoli + Dean Fraser
Electro-acoustic compositions, hovering in the shady domain of memory, simultaneously present and distant
Fri., Sep. 20, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Devin Gray + Stevie Richards & Mike Meanstreetz
Performances of contemporary and improvisatory jazz for percussion and electronics
Sat., Sep. 28, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Bill MacKay + Livia Charman
Explorations into folk and avant-garde compositions for guitar with Bill MacKay and Livia Charman
Fri., Oct. 4, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Olivia Block + leshy
Olivia Block performs her new album Mountains Pass with Jon Mueller on drums and Paige Naylor on keyboards
Fri., Oct. 11, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Joy Guidry
Bassoonist and composer Joy Guidry performs her album AMEN, experimenting with various forms of southern Black American music, from jazz, to gospel and ambient.
Thu., Oct. 17, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members / $8 Student
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members / $8 Student
Will Guthrie + Cheryl E. Leonard
Solo drums and percussion with rhythmic sophistication, unashamed virtuosity and undeniable physicality
Fri., Oct. 25, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Jaron Lanier + Shango B'Kongo Rayo
Prolific technologist and multi-instrumentalist Jaron Lanier with guitarist Shango B'Kongo-Rayo
Fri., Nov. 1, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Ann Altstatt - Why is There Something Instead of Nothing? (Closing Reception)
A conversation with the artist and live performance by Kite Hands Glowing
pent + Dovetail
immersive sound sculptures that defy realities & transverse stream of consciousness narratives
Fri., Nov. 8, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
MAH x Indexical: Zekarias Musele Thompson - spatial facilitation #10
A ritual practice of situating ourselves in space together through walking, noticing, the breath, and sound.
Sat., Nov. 9, 2024
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm
Museum of Art and History
Add to Calendar
$20 General / $15 MAH Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm
Museum of Art and History
Add to Calendar
$20 General / $15 MAH Members
Natacha Diels + Steph Richards
Composer and digital artist Natacha Diels performs a recent three-act composition "Somewhere Beautiful", with trumpeter Steph Richards opening
Sat., Nov. 16, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members
Buy Tickets
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
Add to Calendar
$16 General / $12 Members