By Farida Hughes & Matt Keown

BELOW THE SURFACE is an immersive, hour-long performance of percussion music and responsive light art combining the creativity of visual artist, Farida Hughes, with percussionist, Matt Keown. Their signature project represents the true spirit of collaboration as the two artists bring their respective disciplines together to create a dialogue between art and music. Drawing inspiration from each other, the artists create an experience greater than the sum of the parts, suggesting that the boldness to act on creative impulse is necessary and reinvigorating in our post-pandemic world. Inspired by the unknowable power of creative volcanic activity, and other natural forces on earth, Hughes’ abstract art, animated by illumination, and Keown’s multi-movement percussion solo together present a multimedia experience reflecting on the ideas of nature, art, and collaboration.

Supported in part with funds from a 2023 Creativity Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. BELOW THE SURFACE premiered in 2023 in Baltimore.

Tickets:
General Admission: $30
Students: $20

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