NOVEMBER 2017 C. SPENCER YEH Logic 2 (Orchestra), 2012, 12 min. Performed by the String Orchestra of Brooklyn at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn NY on March 17, 2012. Logic 2 (Computer), 2017, 10 min. Rendered from old MIDI files at a studio next to Futonland in Brooklyn NY on October 30, 2017.

“Lord, have you nothing pretty from China about you? Something that one does not know what to do with?” A video and script that tell of Chinese characters conjured by a New England industrialist to manufacture superior ceramics for the glory of the nation (and amusement of the local Orientalists).

Sanna Almajedi speaks with C. Spencer Yeh following his Satellite music series performance at Bar Laika. Satellite is a monthly experimental music series organized by Sanna Almajedi at Bar Laika by e-flux. Music clips in order heard: (1) C. Spencer Yeh, “SOLO VOICE LIVE,” from a performance of the album, December 2015 in Chicago at the Option series, Experimental Sound Studios. (2) CS Yeh, “I Can Read Your Mind,” from the album “Transitions” (on De Stijl label). (3) Burning Star Core, “Benjamin,” from the album “The Very Heart of the World.” Also mentioned: Spectacle Theatre, a collectively run screening space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)’s exhibition, The Moon Represents My ...