Photo by Meg T. Noe - Pedro Lopes performing for Oscillations 2020
OPTION presents: Pedro Lopes
with curator Andrew Clinkman
Pedro will be donating his payment and donations during his concert to Black Lives Matter Chicago.
This week Option features Pedro Lopes. As an extension of the regular Monday night concert series, Option curators invite artists to perform, improvise and discuss their work on the Quarantine Concerts stage.
”Option is very much looking forward to the performance and talk with turntablist Pedro Lopes. His various collaborations with visual artists, improvisors and performers has helped him to form a broad, multidisciplinary landscape that is inspiring to say the least. In addition to Pedro’s work with turntables, his research into human computer interaction is a topic that will undoubtably be discussed during the conversation portion of the evening and should lead to some very interesting thoughts and ideas."
- Tim Daisy, Option curator
I play turntables like they are full-fledged instruments, which means they can be bowed, percussed, scratched, subversed & hacked. I make my own needles and records using circuit-bending and acrylic cutting. I engage in collaboration with visual artists, performance & improvisors. I have played in venues such as Transmediale, Jazz em Agosto, Serralves Foundation, Casa da Música, OutFest, & Rescaldo and collaborate with many artists: Carlos Zíngaro, André Gonçalves, Gabriel Ferrandini, Pedro Sousa, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Carlos Santos, Dj Sniff and in ensembles conducted by William Winnant (Zorn’s Cobra), Reinhold Friedl & Ernesto Rodrigues.
Tune in to the conversation at: ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts