Mendi+Keith Obadike
@MendiandKeith
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Artists Mendi+Keith are a husband and wife team that make music, art, and literature. on instagram @mendiandkeith, Facebook @ Mendi-Ke… https://t.co/KcWyo10kJg
NYC/NJ
Joined August 2008
In 2011-12 we made a couple of trips to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to record sounds from the plantation and a 200+ year old bell that belonged to Sally Hemings. We used these recordings to make an installation, American Cypher.
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Here is a clip from our convo on the Black Sound Artist Panel at the Park Avenue Armory.
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We had a wonderful conversation with Dr Layla Zami about our work on her podcast Sonic Interventions with Freie Universitat, Berlin. In this conversation we discuss our works Timbre and Frequency at The Caramoor.
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We are excited and honored to have the great band @harriettubmanmusic recording music for our sonic satellite project RingShout. Thanks for the support @NatBlackTheatre @ApolloTheater @AmerCompOrch @NewMusicUSA @clockshopla @CornellAAP
…”Watch That Star”… @scottyhard DURO in a day… with @harriettubmanmusic @melvingibbs @leftyrhythm … to a planet near you. • • #watchthatstar #recordingsession #missionplanner #stellaride @mendiandkeith
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ACO is thankful for the re-launch of our EarShot CoLABoratory program with the support of TD Charitable Foundation. We're grateful for our artists @inticomposes @YvetteJJackson @MendiandKeith and Trevor New. Also a big thank you to ACO's musicians! https://t.co/f9Ps0qIgcG
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Do you know someone named star (or Estelle, Kpakpando, Stella, Seren, Nyota, Astrea, Irawo)? We are collecting interviews with Black girls with stellar names. The interviews will be broadcast with music from our satellite RingShout. more info below. https://t.co/Und8motrLf
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I’ve been reflecting on how proud I am of Mendi’s work in coining this term, acousmatic blackness, for our work and our field. I hope more people cite their sources when using the term. -k
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Friends, family, and fascinating minds like @MendiandKeith, @torkwase & Ronaldo V. Wilson. What more could you want? Oh, free registration!
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Another day, another CAAPP Week event to RSVP for! Meet us at the @MillerICACMU for our finale event, feat. @MendiandKeith, @torkwase & Ronaldo V. Wilson in creative conversation. You won't want to want to miss our closing event, so get your spot today!
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Our sound and light show, *Difference Tones* at the @johnsonmuseum for the @Cornell Biennial. photos by Anson Wigner. At the center of the show's text is this Igbo proverb. -"Wherever one thing stands, something else stands beside it."
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We are performing tonight and tomorrow night at @Cornell .
From September 15 to 17, public events presented by @CornellArts feature 40 artists and commissioned works by Xu Bing, Mendi & Keith Obadike, Sara Jimenez, and Paul Vanouse. https://t.co/ci5TnMTu96
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Please join us this Sunday at noon at The @Caramoor in Katonah, NY. We will be there with other sound artists and musicians to debut our newly commissioned works Timbre & Frequency.
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We are at Rasheedah Phillips’ Unconference at @TheNewSchool /@VeraListCenter
veralistcenter.org
Apr 15–Apr 17, 2022
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We just finished a conversation on sound art on the Informer podcast with Roddy Schrock of Eyebeam.
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Sound artists and composers @MendiandKeith engage in a virtual conversation on their musical satellite RingShout, screen a companion video work, and discuss their music, art, and literature collaborations. https://t.co/QH5PETOXUs
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Happening right now!!: Premiere of new audio-visual experience “Difference Tones” by @MendiandKeith, as the final virtual public program for #DifferenceMachines @AlbrightKnox! https://t.co/BjQ5a1aYVD
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