welcome to the asylum

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Kinan Faham

the old clock factory on 61 East Main Street in Bristol, CT now houses many art collectives.

Initially instigated by Lindsay Vigue photography studio, artists are now abound in the dilapidated historic building.
In this clip, you will see Lindsay Vigue, Chris DuFour, the undefined poet and a bunch of the peeps in the Aesthetic Asylum.

welcome to the asylum

All music in the clip is by the New Jersey outfit "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles".
Their latest album, Brick City Ghosts, which contains both songs in the video clip was released in June 2011.

Satan’s Kingdom

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Kinan Faham

Satan’s Kingdom is a state park in the Northern part of Connecticut(New Hartford). This was a hike with Connecticut Active Singles meetup group where we walked the trails in the state park for a couple hours. Towards the end you will see the trail following the edge of Farmington river which had a couple challenging spots.

All the music on this video clip was obtained from FreeMusicArchive.org and features the following pieces:

schizophrenic birth, by the. e n.d
brahmans son, by the. e n.d
god rest ye merry gentlemen, by chance’s end
meteoric ice pie menace, by Nick Didkovsky
dance of the kicius, by Zeelab
and
cancan, by the. e n.d

A hike in Satan’s Kingdom New Hartford, CT with Connecticut Active Singles meetup group. You will see footage from the trails along Farmington River.

Broadcloth & Prehistoric Horse At John Slade Ely House

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Kinan Faham

Broadcloth trio performed at John Slade Ely House in New Haven, CT last Friday with a set of their improvised music.

Broadcloth trio is:

Anne Rhodes, vocals
Nathan Bontrager, Cello &
Adam Matlock, accordion

They played 4 pieces of their music

Con Ahinco

In Stitches

Sharpie Suite

Folk Song

The entire performance may be watched on YouTube:

Broadcloth Performs at John Slade Ely House

While the following video shows the set performed by Brooklyn based harsh improv group: Prehistoric Horse.

Prehistoric Horse Performs at John Slade Ely House

Prehistoric Horse is:

David Grollman, percussion
Valerie Kuehne, cello &
Lucio Menegon, guitar

Finally, the two groups performed an encore piece for the crowd at Ely house:

Broadcloth & Prehistoric Horse sextette close the night at Ely House Improvising

The following picture, taken during the intermission, shows the instruments of Broadcloth

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In The Gallery

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Kinan Faham

A few shots in Peter Lanouette’s gallery in Old Saybrook, CT.

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All Hands on Deck

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Kinan Faham

It is official! The opening reception for Peter Lanouette’s gallery is

June 11th 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm

If you wish, you may RSVP to the facebook event for updates.

The following album shows the card that will go out in the mail once Clarice gets her act together and prints it!

The front side is a self-portrait with a quote by the artist(written upside down). It says:
“Without Art, there would be no understanding of Beauty, & without Beauty there would be no understanding of Life”

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Celebrating the Art & Life Of Peter Lanouette

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Kinan Faham

Ben Clarkson, AKA thee Benjamin Raspbell, has undertaken a project to revive the memory of his late friend, Peter Lanouette, through dedicating a gallery space in his Old Saybrook location.

The following collection showcases only a small portion of the available master pieces dating back more than 35 years of the artist’s creation.

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Fall I Will Follow In Granby, CT

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Kinan Faham

This was an outing with New England Oddities group to explore Enders Falls along Barkhamstead Road in Granby, CT.

The falls aren’t anywhere near big but they offer an interesting landscape along a 1/4 mile stretch of the river with 5 layers of water falls in total.

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Shadows’ Journey In…. Timbuckhilltoo

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Kinan Faham

This was a hike/walk with "Walks & Rambles In RI" meetup group.

We visited the area known as Buck Hill Management Area in the northwestern corner of RI. The trails used to be old wagon roads used for commuting and are now the paths that walk the visitor through a few ponds, grain fields and the remains of the original settlement houses(you could see a chimney, fence,..etc in the video).
We also passed by the tri-state marker that shows where Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut meet in the area.
According to the organizer, we followed Ken Weber’s 28th hike trails from his "Weekend Hikes in Rhode Island" book.

The music played in the video clip is:

1- At First It Was Chaos… by Anam Fior

2- Anam Fior by Anam Fior:

3- Our Great War’s a spiritual war, our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been… by Anam Fior.

4- Fecunda by Emanuele Errante
This track appears on The Silent Ballet Volume 9

5- Two Halves Of A Line by Last Days:
which also appears on The Silent Ballet Volume 6

Please support the musicians by buying their music.

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checkmate

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Kinan Faham

Lindsay Vigue’s Studio night on January 28th 2011 in the old clock factory where people head from all over Connecticut to do what they do best: take pictures. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a chess match under waves of camera flashes and good old music!

Music played in this clip is:
Meanwhile, back in communist Russia – Morning After Pill
Meanwhile, back in communist Russia – Fall Between The Walls
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-MotherF**** = redeemer part 1
The Sight Below – No Place For Us
Meanwhile, back in communist Russia – No Cigar
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-MotherF**** = redeemer part 2