Mystra records presents an unparalleled evening of unusual entertainment featuring a very special appearance by New York Times profiled Ventriloquist, Sophie Becker, plus opening sets by Joshua Burkett and Roub Roy (Hora Flora)!
"The art of ventriloquism— from the Latin words venter (stomach) and loqui (to speak)—requires not only talking while not moving one’s lips, creating the illusion that the words are coming from the dummy, but also pretending to listen while manipulating the dummy’s head and mouth at the same time. The ventriloquist has a conversation by herself, seemingly an exchange between two beings; the dummy is a medium of self-expression, yet it also defines the ventriloquist and her act." -Artillery Mag
Sophie Becker is a ventriloquist and actor based in New York City. She has performed with her Jerry Mahoney figure at Rockaway Film Festival to open for John Wilson of HBO’s How To with John Wilson, as well as Pageant Space, Life World, Art Lot Brooklyn, Blade Study, Theatre 80 St Marks, among others. Read this fascinating recent interview with Sophie in NYTIMES!
Raub Roy (Hora Flora) has been deep in his craft for decades now in the valley and beyond. Expect a ‘heavy dose of electronic treachery… Raub’s like a puppet master, wielding bleeps and squirts as his arsenal, blending them into unexpected shapes… an awesome excercise in trashcan electronics l.’
Joshua Burkett is a musician, writer, illustrator , & naturalist and has been a quietly guiding light in the western mass music community for 30 years. He has many (solo &) duo collaborations under his belt- Having worked with Lau Nau, Ed Askew, Tucker Zimmerman, his electronic collaboration TARP with Conrad Capisrran, and others’
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