Improvisation

Meerenai Shim leads a group in a Feldenkrais awareness through movement class. Participants are asked to bring a yoga or exercise mats, as well as an instrument of their choosing (if desired). Shim leads participants through sound exploration using Feldenkrais principles of curiosity, exploration, and observation without evaluation.  If you're not familiar with the Feldenkrais Method, it's a form of somatic education/bodywork. You can read more about it here. 

Come create electronic music of the moment with local musicians Michael Logue and David Tristram in this collaborative event. Bring your acoustic or electronic instrument and plug in for shared sync, signal processing, and gorgeous playback on the superb Indexical sound system.  

Multimedia works by percussionist Ryan Nestor with solo contrabass improvisation set from Meerenai Shim, plus post-concert conversation with Charissa Noble.

Faults is the improvising trio of Jorge Bachmann, Kevin Corcoran and Jaroba, joined for this performance by Gabby Wen, an Oakland-based musician working with electronics, field recordings, and guqin, with live visuals by Andrej Hronco. Faults works with electronics, percussion and bass clarinet sometimes including the use of field recordings and graphic or text scores to guide their live performances. 

Kumi Maxson is facilitating weekly collective improvisation workshop sessions over the course of three months. Beginning March 20, Maxson will organize weekly drop-in improvisation workshops every Monday from 6–8pm. A final evening of long-form improvisations will be held on June 2 and 3, open to audience viewing and performance from any past workshop participants. These workshops will be complemented by selected readings and discussions of the liberatory political implications of improvisation. Certain weeks will also be held exclusively for POC/QTPOC. The workshops will cater to all levels of improvisational and musical experience, striving to create an accessible space for non-hierarchical participation and experimentation. From May 22 to June 1, Indexical’s space will be transformed into a site for ongoing collective music-making, community, and creativity.