(le) poisson rouge

Jihae, the South Korean born artist/musician/muse, whose 3rd album, 'Fire Burning Rain' will launch with a multi-media art/performance extravaganza at New York’s Le Poison Rouge on September 7 2010 at 8:30pm. Part art exhibit, part theatrical carnival, the evening’s activities will encompass a multitude of experiences, including interactive musical manipulation through new technology, exhibition of new artworks inspired by Jihae’s recordings, and finally, a theatrical performance. Each element of the trifecta will represent one of the three themes that embody Jihae’s new creation. FIRE, BURNING and RAIN.

Jihae’s voice is a choice to defy simple terms. A capable melancholy sparing with acid cynicism, the physical resolve of her mind is a heartbeat oratory. Suspended within their rhythmic container these lyrics unfold a knowing poetry of the human sentiment. Each musical architecture performs a dynamic theater expanding within the restraint of dreams. Daring arrangements feature: voice, guitar, cello, viola, bass, synth drums, percussion and programmed beats. Drawing upon the influence of different genres, Jihae’s unique sound has found comparisons to Grace Jones, Mazzy Star, Thom York, and Portishead.

“Like a female Thom Yorke” – NY Press “Slinky and spacious. Arresting! –Pitchfork “A creative genius”. – Trace Magazine

THREE AS FOUR Adi, Ange and Gabi won the Ecco Domani Fashion Grant in 2001, given to innovative designers in the fashion industry. Their work has been acquired by such prominent museums as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the "New York Fashion Now" exhibit, the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 2005 exhibit, "Wild: Fashion Untamed," and the 2008 show, "Superheroes: Fashion and Body." Several of their pieces are part of the permanent collection at the Costume Institute at Metropolitan Museum of Art, and their work has been featured at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York and the Musee de la Mode et du Costume Galliera in Paris. They were finalists in 2007 for the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue Magazine's fashion fund award, given to the next generation of American fashion designers.

LEIMAY is the parapluie for Shige Moriya art works, Ximena Garnica art works and the collaboration work between these two artists. Works range from photography to video art, art installations, dance-theater pieces, inter-disciplinary collaborations and training projects. Leimay have performed at the Asian Art Museum in New York, the New York Butoh Festival, the Joyce SoHo and the Urban Research Center in New York. Their permanent studio is within the experimental and contemporary art and performance space known as Cave, one of the longest running experimental art spaces in Brooklyn, founded in 1996 by Shige and Ximena.  They both currently work and reside in New York.

Richard Barone is an acclaimed recording artist, performer, producer, and author. Since his beginnings on radio at age seven as “The Littlest DJ” and later fronting indie-pop icons The Bongos, Barone has produced countless studio recordings. He has collaborated with artists in every musical genre - from Lou Reed and Moby to Liza Minnelli, Tiny Tim and most recently, Pete Seeger. As musical and theatrical director, he has scored shows and staged all-star concert events at such venues as Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. His memoir FRONTMAN: Surviving the Rock Star Myth was published by Hal Leonard Books and performed as a Musical Reading at Carnegie Hall. Barone lives in New York City, where he recently completed work on his fifth solo album, Glow (Bar/None Records) produced by Tony Visconti and others. Barone is currently on tour in the US and UK.

Other Participating performers include: Jennifer Moore,Carlton Ward,Alexis Fedor,Charlotte Bydwell,Celia Rowlson-Hall,MaryJane Ward,Jenna Fakhoury,Derek Lee,Yesim Ak & Marieke Sterling

Born in Paris, France in 1966, Mr. Mazard moved to New York in 1976 and has been living there ever since, after receiving a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. His work has been shown in a solo show opening party for Surface to Air in France in 2002, a group show opening party in Japan for Loveless in 2003-2004, and a group exhibit for the Armory Print Show from 2003 to 2005 in New York. Mostly interested in figurative painting, Mr. Mazard's work deals primarily with the realities of our times, in which some remnants of humor are contrasted with the troubling realities experienced. In his recent work, he has used comic book aesthetics and compositional attributes to explore the social and political relationship we share with all other living species on the planet. This spirit of irreverence found in comic books permits the artist to more adequately illustrate with direct visual statements the pressing ecological matters that society is unable to alleviate.