Jonathan Rodriguez

Toothsayer returns for a night with Rubber (() Cement at Substation Toothsayer: Sandesh Nagaraj, Jonathan Rodriguez, Adam Levitt, and Silas Morrow Rubber (() Cement: When a car tire can read the script of black cement via the heiroglyphs scribed directly onto the cusp of the outer rubber that is R(()C *. A regular R(()C is constructed from hard-wired looped logic, encoded in the sentient being of the tire itself, much the way that a computer processor works. This attritive beast is inflexible and so regular de-informized tires are only used generally for programs that are static (not changing) and mass-produced. This semi-available futurist product is analagous to a commercial tire that you purchase in an auto store. Modern (aught) tires have little to do with sentinent quality and vision or reading. They live secular lives without being given meaning by any higher being. All this is changing...

Date & Location: March 15th [6-9pm] at ANTiPODE Art Gallery, surrounded by Esra Güler’s exhibition “Dancing on Your Own Grave”. About the Performance: This dynamic performance draws from the cultural landscapes of the U.S.–Mexico border, southern India, and Iran, featuring four artists. Rambod and Kian will perform on traditional Iranian instruments, while Jonathan and Sandesh shape the performance through an improvisation-driven framework focused on listening, interaction, and resourcefulness. After the performance, we will continue the evening by listening to records from one of our favorite labels and exploring wine together. Ticket link in bio

ANTiPODE brings together Till the Teeth [an interdisciplinary art collective founded by sound artists Jonathan Rodriguez @rodjon and Sandesh Nagaraj @guraisbeda ], and two Iranian musicians Rambod Dargahi @ramboddargahi and Kian Farahani @kiiiian_13 who will playing traditional instruments. This will be a live collaboration rooted in improvisation, tradition, and cross-cultural exchange. Join us to experience how the artists create a shared musical space, with rhythm and melody unfolding in real time & stay afterwards to hang and connect. Sunday March 15th 6-9pm Ticket link in Bio Poster designed by @sainadrawing

Ryosuke Kiyasu (Tokyo, Japan) is an internationally acclaimed snare drum soloist, active since 2003. He has performed in 60+ countries, energetically displaying deconstruction of the drummer and the instrument. Globe Discount Center (Shanghai, China): Consumer-gear driven AV failures. Cables lead nowhere or don’t get plugged in. Things break. There are voices. Toothsayer (Seattle, Washington): Quartet combining two duos, Strange Bedfellows and Till the Teeth. Strange Bedfellows are found in the crawlspace between ancestral ritual and becoming the inner child who just wants to play with toys and friends. A duo linking Adam Levitt and Silas Morrow, formed over a close friendship that turned into practice sessions. Strange Bedfellows makes use of saxophone, flute, violin, percussion, synthesizer, metal objects, toys, found discarded objects, and small consumer electronics. Most objects have been passed on or gifted by loved ones and everything else was discovered in random but significant heartfelt circumstances. Till the Teeth is an interdisciplinary art collective founded by Jonathan Rodriguez and Sandesh Nagaraj. Grounded in the cultural and contested landscapes of the U.S.-Mexico border and southern India, Till the Teeth serves as a lens for framing sonic and spatial ecologies, using improvisation, ritual, and metamorphosis as central methodologies. Their practice embraces a rasquachismo ethic—making do with available resources—alongside experimental approaches that interrogate the boundaries of music, performance, and art-making. By activating found objects, field recordings, and reimagined instruments, Till the Teeth explores sound as an unpredictable, ephemeral, and communal medium for resistance and renewal. The Chapel Performance Space is on the fourth floor of the Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Seattle WA, 98103

03 . 19 unpoetry @fryeartmuseum brought to you, in part, by funding from @kc4culture

We are excited to invite you to an amazing Dance & Sound performance for the opening of our next exhibition (Careworn by @racheldorseystudio ) on Jan 8th. There will be two performances one at 6 and one at 8pm. This is a free/donation event but RSVP is necessary since the capacity is very limited. RSVP link in bio. Posted by @sainadrawing #danceperformance #danceandsound #antipodeseattle #pioneersquareartwalk

ticketing and info at ismoly.art

🎶 Taller de Historia y Sonido: Mi Voz, Mi Historia Explora cómo transformar tu historia oral en un paisaje sonoro colectivo con percusión, el cuerpo, y sonidos encontrados. 📍 Jueves 28 de agosto – Maky Music Academy, Agua Prieta, Sonora 📍 Viernes 29 de agosto – BB Danceur Performing Academy, Douglas, AZ ⏰ 6:30 – 8:00 PM Registro necesario: /r/AyX7qtsXUV 🎶 Sound & History Workshop: My Voice, My Story Explore how oral history and sound merge into a collective soundscape with percussion, body, and found sounds. 📍 Thursday, August 28 – Maky Music Academy, Agua Prieta, Sonora 📍 Friday, August 29 – BB Danceur Performing Academy, Douglas, AZ ⏰ 6:30 – 8:00 PM Registration required: /r/AyX7qtsXUV

Epic show comin up next month seattle washington be warned !!! Muscle Beach on tour from LA with some local earthly wonders 🌍 @musclebeach_la @tripedujour @forrest_friends @rodjon flier by @alices.malices additional pictures for your enjoyment

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Till the Teeth | we being so April 18 – June 27, 2025 Jack Straw Cultural Center Youth and Family workshop: Saturday, May 31, 2-4pm Write [email protected] for more information or to sign up. Artist Talk: Friday, June 6, 7pm In person at Jack Straw Cultural Center and streaming via YouTube and Facebook An act of embodiment through sound, space, and presence, this multimedia installation considers how bodies and frequencies shape a room, its narratives, and the rituals it conveys. Objects once full of life disappear into the hands of speculative remembrance. Interactions with objects serve as windows into cultural memory, testimony, and the layered histories embedded within a household—resonating with the experiences of immigrant and itinerant families. By sonifying these relationships, the work explores sound as a means of self-determination and meaning-making, tracing connections between land, displacement, fragmentation, and communal memory. Audience participation is integral, as movement and being actively shape the evolving site. Through collaborative exchange and interaction, the work unfolds as a fleeting yet intuitive resonance, where sound becomes a site of belonging, adaptation, and transformation.

Some scores that will be realized tonight at the chapel at 8pm.