Drawing Sound: Over the last twenty years, improviser and composer Fred Frith and visual artist  Heike Liss have collaborated on a number of different projects including video  installations, interventions and performances. More recently they have been improvising  together in a variety of contexts. Liss has been developing and refining digital tools (using  software based on Max MSP/ Jitter) that allow her to digitally paint and draw over projected  videos, both pre-recorded and from live feeds. Frith continues to explore the essential  parameters and limits of the musical “instrument”. In this work, they are confronting the  difficulties specific to improvising in both visual and audio fields in a world where the visual  is generally perceived as primary. In 2018 the project was expanded to include Fred’s trio with Jordan Glenn and Jason Hoopes, along with a special guest. In this configuration they have played in Brazil and numerous US cities, most recently  at an acclaimed performance at The Victoriaville Festival in Canada in 2023.

Fred Frith (electric guitar) 
Jason Hoopes (electric bass) 
Jordan Glenn (drums) 
Heike Liss (live visuals) 
Special Guest