For Starters was a one-night event featuring an installation by Sofia Quirno and performance by Jonathon Haffner at Emily Harvey Foundation
Curated by Agustin Schang
Invited artists: Dalius Naujo and Oren Barnoy.
Sofia Quirno is a visual artist that works layering drawing, painting and video into site-specific installations, playing with the idiosyncrasy of the space she is working at. For this opportunity she is producing a piece that engages with the Emily Harvey Foundation gallery’s architecture, making a multimedia stage set for a series of collaborations with Jonathon Haffner and his band. The group composed of Jonathon Haffner, Dalius Naujo and Oren Barnoy will be featuring sound and dance. Long time friends and collaborators Jonathon and Dalius have worked in New York City for years playing many of the downtown clubs and Brooklyn venues in the creative and improvised music scene. Recently they have been performing alongside Oren Barnoy as a way to explore music and movement. Here the sound does not accompany the dance and the dance is not a reaction to the music but all three act together as a trio, as if the dancer were in the band.
Jonathon Haffner was raised in Southern California where he began playing saxophone at an early age and studied with Phil Sobel. Since moving to New York City Jonathon has performed/recorded with Butch Morris, Kenny Wollesen, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Steven Bernstein, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Uri Caine, Jim Black, Eddie Henderson, Chris Potter, Sex Mob, Cindi Lauper, Jesse Harris, Brazilian Girls, Brian Blade, Graham Haynes, Jonas Mekas, The Nublu Orchestra, Ilhan Ersahin, Elliott Sharp, Art Baron, David Binney, Rickie Lee Jones, Wadada Leo Smith and Red Baraat. Jonathon also co-lead the group 'Himalayas' with drummer Kenny Wollesen, and performed in the ensemble 'Now We Are Here' led by Jonas Mekas. He lives and works in NYC
www.jonathonhaffner.com
Small video excerpt: