THE READER’S CHORUS
DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND CONVERSATION

Thursday, January 23, 2020
7:30pm

at JOAN Los Angeles
1206 Maple Ave. Suite 715, Los Angeles 90015

Join us for the debut screening of a documentary about The Reader’s Chorus, followed by a conversation with Chorus members Tuni Chatterji, Sara Roberts, and Tim Tsang.

The X-TRA winter issue features a script for the Reader’s Chorus written by artist and member Haruko Tanaka, “Ghosts See Ghosts.”  In October, Haruko died unexpectedly before the publication of the issue. Her piece is a tribute to Jordan Biren, who passed away in 2018. We are deeply saddened to have lost both these artists. In honor of Haruko and Jordan, we invite you to learn more about The Reader’s Chorus and their practice.

PROGRAM
7:30pm: Doors
8:00pm: The Reader’s Chorus documentary
8:30pm: Conversation with Tuni Chatterji, Sara Roberts and Tim Tsang, moderated by Shana Lutker

Reception to follow. Refreshments provided.

The Reader’s Chorus documentary was shot by Emily Lacy and Cascade Wilhelm, and edited by Emily Lacy, and co-edited by Haruko Tanaka and Tuni Chatterji. This will be it’s first public screening.

About The Reader’s Chorus

Founded in 2014 by artists Sara Roberts and Jordan Biren in Los Angeles, The Reader’s Chorus is a group of people who love to read aloud together. We come from varied backgrounds: musicians, filmmakers, poets, visual artists, teachers, etc. We meet every week to experiment with the possibilities of the speaking voice, combining the timbres of differing voices, trying strange speech rhythms and common ones, figuring out ways to have the text move from voice to voice across the room. Members of the chorus bring in a text, something they’ve written or found, and the group, through experimentation, orchestrates it. What we do involves aspects of experimental music practice, poetry, chant, and theater. Our focus, though, is on performing the sound of reading.

Special thanks to our generous hosts, JOAN!