- December 2005: I recorded an orginal soundtrack for New York based dancer/visual artist Kathy Rose's new video work titled "Queen of the Fluids" to be premeired in the Spring 2006. "Queen of the Fluids" is a non-narrative magical surrealist video. Through backwards falling rain a golden queenly being rises up. In a poetic introductory scene, the gold drips out of her body, and her eyes are shed. Entering through the eerily empty orbs into her brain, we discover a metaphysical kingdom - a world of liquidity, and are led into the mind, arriving at the pure abstraction of consciousness. Finally the re-construction of the figure's physical self leads to "the other side of the tapestry", and a kind of "uber-surrealist" view of the artist and the symbolic mirror of herself.
- September 2005: Cadence Records released a new CD by Slam Trio titled "In The Stillhouse (Live)." The New York based Slam Trio features Blaise Siwula (saxophones), Adam Lane (bass) and myself (drums).
- September 2005: Leah Stein Dance Company performed a new site-specific multimedia piece titled "Bardo" at Philadelphia Live-Arts / Fringe Festival in September. "Bardo" is a large scale work set on site in an empty urban lot on South Broad Street in Downtown Philadelphia. The project incorporated community members as well as the full company with live music composed and performed by Toshi Makihara. An original video work by Edward Dormer was projected onto the exposed walls of the site as a part of the piece. The title "Bardo" comes from a Buddhist term that means "in-between space," and often refers to the time between life and death. The site for this work embodies this concept; it is between two buildings and remains in a state of 'in-between' where a building has been taken down and nothing has yet been built in its place. There is evidence of the natural world with green grasses and weeds coming through the edges and cracks of the site. This sense of suspended time gives rise to many possibilities of engaging in the physical properties and history of the site referring to what was, what is and what could be in the future. Leah Stein Dance Company
- July 2005: A new recording by LaDonna Smith (violin, viola, voice), Gary Hassay (alto-sax) and myself (percussion) is now completed. LaDonna and I have also discussed a possible duo recording in 2006, and a dance project with Birmingham based dancer/choreographer Mary Horn.
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