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out now:
»     Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family book
       published by Decomposition
»     Sharon Cheslow writing/Trebville Exchange video
       (filmed by Andrew Kesin) in The Art of Touring
       book w/DVD, published by Square Root Books/Yeti,
       edited by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke

future:
»     Chalk Circle LP on Mississippi Records/PPM
»     The Connection by Sharon Cheslow/Coterie Exchange
       

interviews in:
»     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)

sharon

duct tape piece

sonic triptych ny

broken mirrors on the tundra

sonic triptych la

girl monster

elisa and sharon

september son

dream construct

weasel and sharon

Past projects have included:
Sharon Cheslow and Coterie Exchange
and all other performances, events, screenings, installations

2009

9.15.09 Los Angeles, CA - Stories
Penny-Ante: Three launch w/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 with Charlemagne Palestine


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


2008

12.15.08 - sound collage for Brenda Hutchinson's Daily Bell Project: December Sunwatch on radio free103point9

11.14.08 Los Angeles, CA - REDCAT, performance of Antoine Beuger's Chants Divers with Michael Pisaro's Experimental Music Workshop (part of 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
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
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
Drip 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, 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" curated by Gabie Strong

6.09.07 Los Angeles, CA - Telic Arts Exchange
Sonic Triptych III - LA sound performance/event, 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
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"

5.01.07 Valencia, CA - CalArts Main Gallery, "Sounding Out"
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, Illuminated Corridor, 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/ 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/ Sharon Cheslow+XK (Zeek Sheck), Bran(...)Pos, Feed the Dragon (Albert Ortega+Bob Bellerue), Impregnable, Gowns

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

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Text

interrobang?!
Writings and other things have been featured in:

The Art of Touring (eds. Sara Jaffe & Mia Clarke, 2009)
Meningitis Foundation of America survivor stories (2009)
Bumpidee Reader blog (ed. Tobi Vail, 2009)
Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family (2008)
Flat Bike Poetry Journal #11 (ed. Matthew Wascovich, Slow Toe, 2008)
Mix Tapes: The Art of Cassette Culture (ed. Thurston Moore, Rizzoli Universe, 2005)
Flat Bike Poetry Journal #2 (ed. Matthew Wascovich, Slow Toe, 2004)
Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal #6 (ed. Thurston Moore, 2003)
Curated at BaseKamp (2000)
Bust ("Picture Perfect: Cynthia Connolly", 1998)
Interrobang?! (1989-Present)
including women in punk 1975-1980 list
Banned In DC (compiled with Cynthia Connolly & Leslie Clague, 1st ed. 1988...6th ed. 2005)
If This Goes On (1982-83)

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