SASSAS: Welcome Inn Time Machine January 29, 2012

The Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS) will transform Eagle Rock’s Welcome Inn into a six-hour tour through key moments in LA’s experimental music history. Over a dozen concurrent micro concerts will transform individual motel rooms into venues for installations and live performances allowing key moments in Southern California sound and music history to be experienced simultaneously and sequentially in a single location.


Welcome Inn Time Machine revisits works created between 1949 and 1977. The duration of the event is derived from the 1963 premiere performance of John Cage’s "Variations IV" at UCLA, which was six hours in length. Among the more than 40 works included are John Cage’s "Variations IV," Bruce Nauman’s "Violin Tuned D.E.A.D.," Pauline Oliveros’ "Sonic Meditations," The Los Angeles Free Music Society’s "Pyramid Headphones," James Tenney’s "Postal Pieces," and David Ornette Cherry and poet Kamau Daaood will revisit "Something Else, The Music of Ornette Coleman." In addition to presenting historic works, SASSAS is commissioning two new works based on existing fragments and documents. The Calder Quartet will premiere a new work derived from Arnold Schoenberg’s "Entwürfe zu einem Streichquartett" [Draft of a String Quartet] (1949) and choreographer Anita Pace will re-envision Merce Cunningham’s "Field Dances" (1963) as part of a presentation of "Variations IV."

This FREE event is part of the Pacific Standard Time Public Art and Performance Festival.

Official Website: http://www.sassas.org/welcomeinn/