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Zoe Friedman & Peals, Time is a Milk Bowl

Clocktower Productions and Pioneer Works, Center for Art and Innovation present the immersive, site-specific installation and performance, Time is a Milk Bowl, with video projections from artist Zoe Friedman and music from the band Peals (William Cashion of Future Islands and Bruce Willen of Double Dagger). The night kicks off with a set and visuals from @@.

Open to the public. $8-15 sliding scale donation.

Time is a Milk Bowl was originally performed in April 2013 in the interior of Baltimore's Bromo Seltzer clock tower with music specifically designed for the space. The recording from the Bromo Seltzer Tower performance is set for release in January 2015, as one side of cassette/digital recording called Seltzer (Thrill Jockey Records).

Zoe Friedman's work deals with manifestations of the human need to filter impersonal realities by exploring allegory, iconography, and ornamentation through large scale installation and stop motion animation.

Peals is a music project crafting meditative and exploratory headphone panoramas, incorporating elements of ambient, folk, krautrock, punk, and experimental music. They have performed in BMA's Spring House. Peals released their debut album Walking Field in 2013 on Thrill Jockey Records.

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After Hours, Sky Lines: Jana Hunter & Peals

On July 10, 2013 Jana Hunter and Peals performed at the Playwright Celtic Pub in Times Square. Jana Hunter performed work from across her solo spectrum of ambient murmurs and sound textures to dreamlike pop sighs, evoking a serene, summertime ode to the Times Square skyline and warm nights. Peals, a Baltimore-based band, rounded out the evening's performance with their meditative and intimate sounds. Jana Hunter is a writer, musician and leader of several bands, most recently Lower Dens. She was born in Pantego, Texas. Her music is characterized by meticulous attention to craft, stemming from her conviction that work can solve any problem, especially those inherent to being alive. Her first car was a Mercedes diesel wagon that ran on fast food fryer oil stolen under cover of darkness.

Peals & Romantic States

Peals and Romantic States perform in the Clocktower's main gallery, followed by interviews with Joe Ahearn. Peals is William Cashion (of Future Islands) and Bruce Willen (formerly of Double Dagger) from Baltimore, Maryland. Romantic States is Jim Triplett and Ilenia Madelaire, also from Baltimore. Peals members describe the band as "healing" and "healthy"; a good alternative to their other music projects. Alternatively, the electric music endeavors of Romantic States is a culmination of a "long drawn out" collaboration between its members.

After Hours, Sky Lines

Jana Hunter and Peals headline the fourth Times Square Arts/Clocktower Gallery After Hours program, a series of ephemeral installations and performances hidden amongst the Times Square districts diverse venues. Streamcast live at 10pm. Click HERE to open the streaming player. Or try using an app like TuneIn.com on your mobile device. Presenting After Hours, Sky Lines. An ethereal evening with Jana Hunter and Baltimore-based band Peals at Playwright Celtic Pub 732 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. Doors open at 9.30pm. Jana Hunter will be playing work from across her solo spectrum of ambient murmurs and sound textures to dreamlike pop sighs, evoking a serene, summertime ode to the Times Square skyline and warm nights. Peals, a Baltimore-based band, will round out the evening's performance with their meditative and intimate sounds.

Peals, Time is a Milk Bowl

Clocktower Productions and Pioneer Works, Center for Art and Innovation presented the immersive, site-specific installation and performance, Time is a Milk Bowl in January 2015 with video projections from artist Zoe Friedman and music from the band Peals (William Cashion of Future Islands and Bruce Willen of Double Dagger). This is the live concert recording from that event. The evening began with a performance of electronic sounds and video by @@, that is the Ableton-wielding Paul Wheeler with video montage by Arrien Zinghini . The second part of this program features the live concert audio recording from that portion of the event. Time is a Milk Bowl was originally performed in April 2013 in the interior of Baltimore's Bromo Seltzer clock tower with music specifically designed for the space. The recording from the Bromo Seltzer Tower performance is available on one side of a cassette/digital recording called Seltzer (Thrill Jockey Records). Peals is a music project crafting meditative and exploratory headphone panoramas, incorporating elements of ambient, folk, krautrock, punk, and experimental music. They have performed in BMA's Spring House. Peals released their debut album Walking Field in 2013 on Thrill Jockey Records.