music for resonant spaces
Inspired by the incredible acoustic properties of the Enterprise South Nature Park bunkers, percussionist Jess Tsang presents "music for resonant spaces", a site-specific live performance for bass drum, feedback, and objects, utilizing the natural resonance of the concrete structure as its own instrument. Jess is currently an artist-in-residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga.
Please feel free to bring a chair or blanket/towel if you'd like to sit inside the bunker to experience the performance. You are welcome to walk around or stand in the space, but there are no seats available in the bunker.
This performance will be recorded and will start promptly at 7pm to ensure that everyone departs prior to the park's closure at 9pm.
Note that as per park rules, alcoholic beverages or intoxicants of any kind are prohibited.
Jess Tsang is a percussionist, researcher, and improviser dedicated to the creation of new interdisciplinary works. Her sonic practice utilizes bass drums as conduits for tactile feedback loops and acoustic amplifiers for found objects. With a foundation in classical percussion technique, Jess draws inspiration from material culture studies and Foley artists to examine how objects shape our lives, and how that might be translated into music. She released sound shadows, her debut album for amplified bass drum, feedback, and objects, in 2021, and has presented her lecture recital on the intersection of found objects and percussion music at Harvard University.