CAROLINE DAVIS - MATAN RUBINSTEIN

Caroline Davis’ solo performances are chosen spontaneously, given the atmosphere of the room and the people present. She explores sonic textures offered by interactive technologies, sharing sounds from the saxophone that she considers to be distinctive and quirky. She makes use of Pure Data patches developed by the open source community surrounding the Organelle (the technobear, shreeswifty, critterandguitari, tony j morton, nobuyasu sakonda, soxsa, varicela, nicky-system, samesimilar, and chrisk). Most of the titles and songs from her solo performances are in reverence to bell hooks and include: Love as a practice of freedom, Radical openness, Pain severing bonds, Maintenance of commitment, Using community as a means of escape, Accept when, Belief in one's capacity to transform, Deep longing to avoid conflict, What it means to listen, Eliminating elimination.

Caroline Davis’s dreams for playing music come from a desire to connect and a wish for listeners to expand their ears, minds, and…