Indexical
@anindexof.bsky.social
Organization dedicated to radical and experimental artistic work https://www.indexical.org/
"So much of my past music has come from a place of processing difficult experiences in my life, and these recent works are something else (I think!) that I don’t fully understand, that is even more mysterious and thus even more thrilling to me to work on." icareifyoulisten.com/2026/07/5-qu...
Indexical and Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music invite you to a solo percussion performance and talk with composer/performer @sarahhennies.bsky.social . 📅 Mon., Jul. 27, 2026 🕧 Doors at 6:30pm | Show at 7pm 🎟 $16 Adv / $20 Door 📍Indexical, 1050 River St #119, Santa Cruz, CA
We hope you can join us this Friday, June 19, from 5 to 7pm for the opening reception of "Hidden Labors, Sonic Tensions," an ongoing dialogic collaboration between 2026 Indexical Artist-in-Residence Abram Stern and Dorothy R. Santos www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Free Party: A Folk History follows the inception of the UK’s free party movement during Margaret Thatcher's last days in power and the explosive cultural wave that followed. Directed by Aaron Trinder | 2023 | 107 minutes Fri., May 8, 2026, 7pm www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Indexical x SC Synth Co-op present: Free Party - A Folk History
Free Party: A Folk History is an independently made feature documentary following the birth of the free party movement in the late 80s and early 90s and the impact it's had on our present times. T...
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This Week! Apmonia String Quartet perform Morton Feldman, Tony Conrad, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Anthony Braxton www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Apmonia String Quartet performing Tony Conrad, Morton Feldman, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Anthony Braxton
Apmonia String Quartet is a freshly formed group featuring Modney and Sabrina Salamone on violins, Julian Seney on viola, and Tyler J. Borden on cello. Based in NYC, the group’s ethos hinges on a rigo...
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Tomorrow! Join us for a special night with Container, the gakked-up technoise project of Ren Schofield www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
I discussed the “Oddly Satisfying” video/performance program I curated for @anindexof.bsky.social at the 2026 Society for Cinema and Media Studies featuring Erma Fiend, Blake Andrews and Nina Sobell
*POSTPONED - Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed. We're working to reschedule this event and hope to have an update on that as soon as possible.*
Indexical@anindexof.bsky.social · 5mo ago2026 Indexical Artist-in-Residence Abram Stern and collaborator @drs.bsky.social present their latest iteration of their ongoing project—a poetic dialogue exploring labor, surveillance, care, and mediated experience through responsive artistic exchange. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
2026 Indexical Artist-in-Residence Abram Stern and collaborator @drs.bsky.social present their latest iteration of their ongoing project—a poetic dialogue exploring labor, surveillance, care, and mediated experience through responsive artistic exchange. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Opening Reception + Performance: Hidden Labors, Sonic Tensions
Hidden Labors, Sonic Tensions Abram Stern with Dorothy R. Santos Friday, March 13, 2026
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FRIDAY: Solo improvisation performance from avant-percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and Aine Nakamura’s poetic meditation on moon, shape and no-shape, darkness and light, wounds and love www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Tatsuya Nakatani + Aine Nakamura
Indexical is pleased to present solo percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and a new performance work from interdisciplinary artist Aine Nakamura.
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Today at Indexical. Musical Transduction Workshop at 1pm 🔌🔊🛠️🪛🎛️ www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Workshop: Musical Transduction
Using contact microphones, electromagnetic pickups, and tactile transducers, attendees will learn techniques for combining these elements with various materials to make their own custom musical instru...
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TONIGHT!
Indexical@anindexof.bsky.social · 6mo agoFeb 20 – Oneiric lyricism and fractured loops collide as New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif joins forces with producer Icky Reels. Expect Lovecraftian lyrics, eerie atmospherics, and unorthodox rhythms that are vividly cinematic and unsettling. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Feb 20 – Oneiric lyricism and fractured loops collide as New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif joins forces with producer Icky Reels. Expect Lovecraftian lyrics, eerie atmospherics, and unorthodox rhythms that are vividly cinematic and unsettling. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Fatboi Sharif & Icky Reels + kinch + Inharmonic (DJ)
New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif – aka The Garden State Gargoyle – joins producer Icky Reels for a headlining set of abstract beats and experimental hip hop. Additional experimental club sounds courtes...
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Just announced: Spring 2026 events are now live! Featuring brain-melting electronic music, contemporary composition, improvised performance, and more! See the full lineup below. More info + tickets: www.indexical.org
Matt Sargent (guitar/electronics) and Giacomo Fiore (guitar) perform "Several Angels," a concert of computer-generated variations on Shaker hymns, alongside composer/performer Chris Everingham's (bass guitar/electronics) monolithic just intonation piece Searching. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Matt Sargent and Giacomo Fiore + Chris Pierandozzi Everingham
In 2023, Giacomo Fiore commissioned a new work for his just intonation National steel guitar and live electronics from New York composer Matt Sargent. Their collaboration resulted in a concert of new ...
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Feb 20 — Oneiric lyricism and warped rhythms collide with the duo of New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif and @vikkireals.bsky.social . Local support from kinch and Inharmonic. 📆 Fri., Feb. 20, 2026 🕣 Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm 🎟 tickets at indexical.org
Marguerite Brown + Electric Guitar Ensemble Sat., Jan. 31, 2026 www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Marguerite Brown + Electric Guitar Ensemble
Indexical presents an evening of music for electric guitar. Composer/performer Marguerite Brown performs "tuning to", a piece exploring the electric guitar as a celestial body utilyzing plan...
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Indexical@anindexof.bsky.social · 7mo agoIndexical presents an evening of music for electric guitar. Composer/performer Marguerite Brown performs "tuning to", a piece exploring the electric guitar as a celestial body. Electric Guitar Ensemble opens the evening with works by Catherine Lamb, Zoe Pupo, Eliot Burk, and Rodrigo Barriga.
Indexical presents an evening of music for electric guitar. Composer/performer Marguerite Brown performs "tuning to", a piece exploring the electric guitar as a celestial body. Electric Guitar Ensemble opens the evening with works by Catherine Lamb, Zoe Pupo, Eliot Burk, and Rodrigo Barriga.
TILT-SHIFT is back in February with Yasmine Benabdallah for a screening and discussion of four of her films. These will be accompanied by a screening of Nour Ouyada's VERS LE SOLEIL, followed by a discussion of Benabdallah's political work and creative practice.
Starting off 2026 on the road. If you live in one of these places and we know each other, let's get coffee.
Indexical is pleased to present pioneer of extended-technique electric guitar Fred Frith alongside Phipps Pt., the acid-folk-meets-avant-electronics duo of Lovage Sharrock and Wobbly. ✨ Fred Frith + Phipps Pt. 📅 Sat., Jan. 24, 2026 ⏱ Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm 🎟️ Tickets: indexical.org
Create algorithmic rhythms and synthetic sounds with Charlie Roberts' Gibber web platform (gibber.cc), and discover techniques for synchronizing generative visuals with sound using Hydra and p5.js. Workshop: Live Coding in Gibber + Hydra Sat., Jan. 17, 2026 www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
Indexical presents the culminating project of 2025–26 AIR Thadeus Frazier-Reed: an immersive and performable sound + light installation embedded within Indexical's architecture. Opens Friday, Jan 9 with gallery hours through the weekend. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...
In conjunction with Indexical, Arab.AMP curates a special evening of radical performance and experimental music. www.indexical.org/events/2025-...
AMP Live @ Indexical: KING + TAWIL / Jean Carla Rodea / Amy Melissa Reed / St Celfer
<div>Arab. AMP is a growing community of worldbuilding artists from the SWANA diaspora and allied communities. Using live art and music, Arab.AMP artists are meeting the disconnection of diaspora—from...
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This Giving Tuesday through December 31, thanks to the generous support of the Moore Family Giving Fund, every dollar you give will be matched up to $10,000! Make a tax-deductible donation today to double your impact and help sustain experimental art and culture. www.indexical.org/donate
COMMUNITY EXCHANGE - Through an ongoing cross-disciplinary and genre-fluid program, we seek to stimulate critical dialogue, creativity, and exchange in the broader community.
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TIME / SPACE - Indexical prioritizes time, space, and resources for forward-thinking artists to develop ambitious projects outside of commercial contexts.
