The Lab
2948 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.thelab.org
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DunkelpeK (Nava Dunkelman, percussion & Jakob Pek, guitar)
Theresa Wong, solo

7:30pm Doors / 8pm Sound
Tickets $12
Discounted or free for members (https://withfriends.co/the_lab/join)

As a solo performer, Theresa Wong takes the listener into the molecules of the materials at hand, revealing a relentless digging to unearth the raw vibrations of the cello and voice. Her work draws upon the questions: how can I rediscover the core of the cello as wood and string and hair, or even simply as a tree; and how can the voice take flight in all its infinite possibilities? Like a microscope set to an object, Wong focuses on the elemental qualities of her instruments through amplification, extended techniques and the interplay of improvisation and composed forms. Drawing upon sounds of the natural world, pure harmonies, transient melodies, noise and sensations of genetic sonic memory, Wong offers a timbral merging of the voice and cello, giving birth to new acoustically synthesized sounds.

Wong will also perform O Horizon, an improvised performance in which audience members are invited to bring objects of any kind (common or otherwise) as instruments for her sound making. She will perform a sonic ritual that brings awareness into the sensual microcosm and fantastic qualities of everyday materials. O Horizon refers to the nutrient rich area of a forest floor, where fallen materials are transformed into new ones through decomposition.

DunkelpeK is Japanese born percussionist Nava Dunkelman and Canadian-American guitarist Jakob Pek. This iconoclastic duo creates an experimental improvised music that reimagines the possibilities of the duo and music itself. Visceral, organic, and spontaneous in nature, DunkelpeK’s sound transfigures and transmutes, offering listeners a holistic exploration into the essence of listening and musical experience. At times cathartic and pronounced, meditative and serene, the music of DunkelpeK is unlike anything else. dunkelpek.bandcamp.com