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chalk circle

out now/still available:
»     Chalk Circle "Reflection" LP (Mississippi Records/PPM)

»     Sharon Cheslow writing/Trebville Exchange video
       filmed by Andrew Kesin - in The Art of Touring
       book w/DVD, ed. by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke (Yeti)

»     Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family book
       (Decomposition)

future:
»     The Connection by Sharon Cheslow/Coterie Exchange
       (in progress)


interviews in:
»     Making Waves by Edu, Aug. '11
»     Washington Post by David Malitz, May '11
»     Penny Ante by George Chen, Sept. '09
»     Guardian (UK) by Laura Barton, March '09
»     Perfect Sound Forever by Dina Hornreich, Oct./Nov. '08
»     Chimps/MRR by Layla Gibbon, March '08
»     The Gaze by Vim Crony, March '07
»     Jigsaw by David Scott Stone, May '03 (unedited version)
»     Venus by Dina Hornreich, April '02
»     KRS by Tobi Vail, Feb. '02
»     Don't Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl by Kerri Koch
       interview is from 2000 (released on DVD in 2006)

julia and sharon

sharon

sonic triptych ny

steve kim and sharon

sonic triptych la

girl monster

weasel and sharon

 

 

 

SHARON CHESLOW, COTERIE EXCHANGE
and all other performances, events, screenings, installations, exhibits

2013

Feb. 23rd-April 7th Washington, DC - Corcoran Gallery of Art, Banned in DC in "Pump Me Up: DC Subculture in the 1980s" exhibit curated by Roger Gastman

2010

6.14.10 Los Angeles, CA - Dublab Sprout Session (listen)
Sharon Cheslow+Julia Holter: "Mistress Saint" and "We Are The Charioteers"

2009

9.15.09 Los Angeles, CA - Stories
Penny-Ante: Three publication launch Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Julia Holter), Tearist, Mick Farren & others


9.12.09 Venice, CA - Beyond Baroque
MAPPING sound SASSAS 10th anniv. concert


Aug. 6th-Aug. 29th Portland, OR - Fontanelle Gallery, "The Art of Touring" group photo exhibit, w/ Alissa Anderson, Hannah Mae Blair, Sharon Cheslow, Mia Clarke, Jem Cohen, Erika Spring Forster, Rebecca Gates, Emma Gaze, Megan Holmes, Andy Moor, Tara Jane O'Neil, Jean Smith

4.07.09 Valencia, CA - CalArts Main Gallery, "Sounding Out" series
Sharon Cheslow+Julia Holter


3.13.09 Los Angeles, CA - Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
SASSAS SoundShoppe group improvisation led by Charlemagne Palestine


2.01.09 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
w/ Sharon Cheslow solo, Calvin Johnson, Devon Williams, Sam McPheeters

2008

12.15.08 - On This Day Dec. 14th sound collage for Brenda Hutchinson's Daily Bell Project: December Sunwatch group event/streaming radio broadcast via free103point9

11.14.08 Los Angeles, CA - REDCAT, performance of Antoine Beuger's Chants Divers with Michael Pisaro's Experimental Music Workshop for "Festival of Contemporary Dutch Music"

10.18.08 Los Angeles, CA - Ooga Booga, Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family publication launch party/event: Sharon Cheslow+Steve Touchton, Ian MacKaye, DJ Gabie Strong, vegan snacks by Crops & Rawbers

9.27.08 Hamburg, Germany - Kampnagel Theatre
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Alyssa Lee) Duct Tape Piece 2 video in Chicks on Speed's Girl Monster event

2007

12.22.07 Los Angeles, CA - Echo Curio
w/ Sharon Cheslow solo, Metal Rouge, Albert Ortega, Sleepwalkers Local 242

Sept. 7th-Oct. 28th Vilnius Lithuania - Contemporary Art Centre
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Alyssa Lee) Duct Tape Piece 2 video in Girl Monster installation curated by Chicks on Speed

9.21.07 Los Angeles, CA - Pawnshop Gallery
interpretation of George Brecht's Drip Piece for "Drip Event" group event curated by Natilee Harren

8.11.07 Washington, DC - Transformer Gallery
w/ Sharon Cheslow+Matterlink (James Schneider)

8.10.07 Brooklyn, NY - The Arm Gallery
Sonic Triptych III - NY sound performance/event, Coterie Exchange participants included: Chuck Bettis, MV Carbon, Sharon Cheslow, Brooke Gillespie, Barbara Gogan, Matterlink (James Schneider), Kevin Shea, Jenny Graf Sheppard, Ethan Swan

7.15.07 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
w/ Sharon Cheslow solo, Ahleuchatistas

7.13.07 Oakland, CA - 21 Grand 1k tones 7th Anniv. Fest
w/ Sharon Cheslow+Liz Allbee+Weasel Walter, inn. aff. (orchext.), Rubber O Cement, Tarantism, Bran(...)Pos

7.11.07 Portland, OR - Valentine's
w/ Sharon Cheslow solo, Grouper, Concern

7.07.07 Los Angeles, CA - David Patton Los Angeles
Sharon Cheslow+Steve Kim Broken Mirrors on the Tundra sound performance for opening of "Time Writers from the Mirror Horizon" group exhibit curated by Gabie Strong

6.09.07 Los Angeles, CA - Telic Arts Exchange
Sonic Triptych III - LA sound performance/event, Coterie Exchange participants included: Eva Aguila, Ori Barel, Sharon Cheslow, Aaron Drake, John Hastings, David Kendall, Steve Kim, Grace Lee, Brian Miller, Anna Oxygen, Michael Parker, Sara Roberts, Bita Sharif

Feb. 2nd-May 4th Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain - Centro Cultural Montehermoso
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Alyssa Lee) Duct Tape Piece 2 video in Chicks on Speed's Girl Monster installation for "Switch on the Power! Noise and Policies on Music" group event/exhibit

5.01.07 Valencia, CA - CalArts Main Gallery, "Sounding Out" curated by Aaron Drake
Words To Keep Going 2-channel sound collage
plus a screening of September Son video

3.25.07 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
w/ Sharon Cheslow+Steve Kim, Acre, Marissa Magic!, David Kendall, Sam Meister

2006

12.17.06 Los Angeles, CA - Il Corral, "Turn the Screws Festival"
w/ Guitar Quorum (David Kendall+Jesse Kudler+Sharon Cheslow), Wanda Gala+Bob Bellerue, Jeremy Drake, Adam Overton, Liam Mooney, Haircut Mountain Transit, Treasure Mammal +more

11.17.06 Valencia, CA - CalArts and
11.02.06 Oakland, CA - Mills College
Right Now Be My Molasses 2-channel sound collage in "60 x 60 Pacific Rim" (a concert of sixty one-minute compositions)

10.06.06 Oakland, CA - in front of 21 Grand
Sonic Triptych II sound performance/event for "Illuminated Corridor" group event, Coterie Exchange participants included: Erika Anderson, Jorge Boehringer, Maryclare Brzytwa, Ezra Buchla, Michael Carreira, George Chen, Sharon Cheslow, Sue Costible, Paul Costuros, Kristy Geschwandtner, Steve Kim, Alyssa Lee, Sam Meister, Steve Touchton, Weasel Walter

9.08.06 Los Angeles, CA - Telic Arts Exchange
acks (Steve Kim+Sharon Cheslow+Sam Meister) sound performance as part of "Chung King Common" opening
w/ Dawn Kasper, Norman Klein, Tara Kozuback, Tom Leeser, Fallen Fruit, Andy Kopra, Sara Roberts, Kelly Sears, Emily Lacy, Guthrie Lonergan, Albert Ortega

7.15.06 Oakland, CA - 21 Grand Vice Cooler's Birthday show
w/ Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Elisa Ambrogio), Hawnay Troof, Mirror/Dash (Thurston Moore+Kim Gordon), Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Harry Merry, Dinky Bits, Always

6.18.06 and 6.04.06 Bonn, Germany - Kult 41
September Son and Dream/Construct videos in "Kill Rock Stars Video Screenings"

6.06.06 Bainbridge Island, WA - Island Music Guild Hall
Right Now Be My Molasses 2-channel sound collage in "60 x 60 Pacific Rim" (a concert of sixty one-minute compositions)

5.07.06 Los Angeles, CA - Il Corral Tarantula Hill benefit
w/ Sharon Cheslow solo, Joseph Hammer+Mitchell Brown, Bob Bellerue+David Kendall, Albert Ortega, Robedoor, Toxic Loincloth and more

4.14.06 Los Angeles, CA - Il Corral
w/ Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+XK aka Zeek Sheck), Bran(...)Pos, Feed the Dragon (Albert Ortega+Bob Bellerue), Impregnable, Gowns

1.04.06 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
w/ Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Weasel Walter), XBXRX, Silver Daggers, Hello Astronaut Goodby Television, Abe Vigoda

more (1997-2005) ...
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september son

dream construct


tim, christina, hans

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VIDEOS
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While the City Sleeps (2003)

September Son (2003)

Dream/Construct (1999)

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PHOTOGRAPHY
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Misc. photos...
some by Sharon Cheslow, some by others of Sharon Cheslow/Coterie Exchange & past bands (Electrolettes, Red Eye Suture, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Chalk Circle)

Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes From the DC Punk Underground (1979-1985)
book compiled by Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague, Sharon Cheslow...includes some photos by Sharon Cheslow and of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra & Chalk Circle, as part of DC punk photo history


interrobang?!

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TEXT
can be found in the following:
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Interrobang?! (ed. by Sharon Cheslow, 1989-Present)
Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family book & pdf (#5, 2008)
Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Transcendence pdf (#4, 2000)
Interrobang?! xeroxed zine (#1-#3, 1989-1996)

Women in Punk 1975-1980 list (ed. by Sharon Cheslow, 1994-2010)

The Art of Touring book (ed. by Sara Jaffe & Mia Clarke, 2009)

Meningitis Foundation of America survivor stories (2009)

Bumpidee Reader blog (ed. by Tobi Vail)
review of Totally Wired by Simon Reynolds (2010)
review of White Bicycles by Joe Boyd (2009)
article on Venice Beats and Venice West: The Beat Generation in Southern California by John Arthur Maynard (2008)

Flat Bike Poetry Journal (ed. by Matthew Wascovich, Slow Toe)
#11 (2008)
#2 (2004)

Mix Tapes: The Art of Cassette Culture book (ed. by Thurston Moore, Rizzoli Universe, 2005)

Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal #6 (ed. by Thurston Moore, 2003)

Bust "Picture Perfect: Cynthia Connolly" article (1998)

Banned In DC book (ed. by Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague, Sharon Cheslow, Lydia Ely, 1st ed. 1988...6th ed. 2005)

If This Goes On xeroxed zine (ed. by Colin Sears & Sharon Cheslow, 1982-83)



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