Program Description
Presenting a Album Listening Session of Paradessence by Visible Cloaks, accompanied by a brief lecture on the conceptual and philosophical framework of their forthcoming RVNG Intl. release. The presentation will offer insight into the album’s themes and framework before a full playback. Additional materials, including books and related texts, will be available for further exploration, along with curated selections to accompany the listening before and after the session.
About Visible Cloaks
Visible Cloaks are Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile, two musicians working in the spaces between composition and sound design, arrangement and environment, place and non-place. They have spent over a decade developing an approach to amorphous, omni-directional digital composition intended to be appreciated in both active and passive listening space, focusing on abstraction beyond ambience. This work has taken a myriad of forms: site-specific multi-channel pieces, live A/V performances, compositions for aleatoric chamber ensembles (Doran’s Componium Ensemble), workshops, albums, EPs, VGM composing (Season: A letter to the Future), commissioned VST presets (Madrona Labs's Sumu, Splice’s Astra) collaborations with musicians like Miyako Koda, Motion Graphics, Seungmin Cha, Félicia Atkinson, Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano, and music for installations by artists like Brenna Murphy, Mike Tyka and Nile Koetting. Both live and in the studio, their work focuses on the artifice of digital representation, utopian flashes seen in cultural exchange and the cartography of virtual worlds.
The Listening Experience
This program is part of Mono Space’s intentional listening series, a seated, focused format centered around the OJAS hi-fi sound system. Sessions last 60 to 90 minutes, with 30 minutes of open listening before and after. Up to 50 guests gather in a shared setting to experience curated recordings, guided by a host who offers context and reflections as the music unfolds. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are available for purchase. Phones and cameras are set aside to support attention and presence. Details about visiting the space, accessibility, and ticketing can be found in the FAQs.
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