Eric Theise
@erictheise.com
Performance cartographer, experimental filmmaker, software engineer; reader & writer, eater & drinker. A Synesthete's Atlas is my maps-as-expanded-cinema project, collaborating w/improvising musicians.
https://linktr.ee/erictheise
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Stoked to learn that I'll be part of the inaugural cohort (March 2026) of CAST (Contemporary Art & Sound Technologies), a new platform dedicated to supporting experimental creators working at the intersection of sound, music, and visual media.
#soundmap_ensemble #lulpercussion #dadageek #atx
#soundmap_ensemble #lulpercussion #dadageek #atx
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Stoked to learn that I'll be part of the inaugural cohort (March 2026) of CAST (Contemporary Art & Sound Technologies), a new platform dedicated to supporting experimental creators working at the intersection of sound, music, and visual media.
#soundmap_ensemble #lulpercussion #dadageek #atx
#soundmap_ensemble #lulpercussion #dadageek #atx
Story of The Map Center/Andrew Middleton where I'll perform w/Ed Osborn:
thepublicsradio.org/artscape/the...
Th, 25 Sep 2025
6:30p preception/7p show
$10 general/$8 students
NOTAFLOF
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mapcenter.com
#experimental #cartography #OpenStreetMap
thepublicsradio.org/artscape/the...
Th, 25 Sep 2025
6:30p preception/7p show
$10 general/$8 students
NOTAFLOF
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mapcenter.com
#experimental #cartography #OpenStreetMap
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Story of The Map Center/Andrew Middleton where I'll perform w/Ed Osborn:
thepublicsradio.org/artscape/the...
Th, 25 Sep 2025
6:30p preception/7p show
$10 general/$8 students
NOTAFLOF
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mapcenter.com
#experimental #cartography #OpenStreetMap
thepublicsradio.org/artscape/the...
Th, 25 Sep 2025
6:30p preception/7p show
$10 general/$8 students
NOTAFLOF
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mapcenter.com
#experimental #cartography #OpenStreetMap
Favorite map of the trip … thus far.
Dish with a Map of Japan
1830-44
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
@ Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dish with a Map of Japan
1830-44
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
@ Philadelphia Museum of Art
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Favorite map of the trip … thus far.
Dish with a Map of Japan
1830-44
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
@ Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dish with a Map of Japan
1830-44
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
@ Philadelphia Museum of Art
10 Sep 2025. 8 days, 350 mi ago.
Class, informal group @ Penn State Geo by day; Manny’s Performance Space by night. Kris Pylant: what would be useful? Hands+iPad, projected map in background. Bingo.
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #OpenStreetMap
www.geog.psu.edu/directory/kr...
Class, informal group @ Penn State Geo by day; Manny’s Performance Space by night. Kris Pylant: what would be useful? Hands+iPad, projected map in background. Bingo.
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #OpenStreetMap
www.geog.psu.edu/directory/kr...
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
10 Sep 2025. 8 days, 350 mi ago.
Class, informal group @ Penn State Geo by day; Manny’s Performance Space by night. Kris Pylant: what would be useful? Hands+iPad, projected map in background. Bingo.
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #OpenStreetMap
www.geog.psu.edu/directory/kr...
Class, informal group @ Penn State Geo by day; Manny’s Performance Space by night. Kris Pylant: what would be useful? Hands+iPad, projected map in background. Bingo.
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #OpenStreetMap
www.geog.psu.edu/directory/kr...
Don't know the next time I (10 Sep) will appear on the same calendar as Jonathan Richman (21 Oct).
I do know I'm performing at #RhizomeDC tomorrow night (15 Sep) on a split bill with guitarist #IvanLiptak.
#ASynesthetesAtlas
I do know I'm performing at #RhizomeDC tomorrow night (15 Sep) on a split bill with guitarist #IvanLiptak.
#ASynesthetesAtlas
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Don't know the next time I (10 Sep) will appear on the same calendar as Jonathan Richman (21 Oct).
I do know I'm performing at #RhizomeDC tomorrow night (15 Sep) on a split bill with guitarist #IvanLiptak.
#ASynesthetesAtlas
I do know I'm performing at #RhizomeDC tomorrow night (15 Sep) on a split bill with guitarist #IvanLiptak.
#ASynesthetesAtlas
Next stop on my #ASynesthetesAtlas tour is #DC! Splitting Monday's #RhizomeDC bill w/guitarist #IvanLiptak; solo sets & we'll jointly improvise at evening's end.
Around for the weekend, you @geomantic8.bsky.social?
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
#maps #cartography #improvisation
#OpenStreetMap
Around for the weekend, you @geomantic8.bsky.social?
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
#maps #cartography #improvisation
#OpenStreetMap
Eric Theise - A Synesthete's Atlas / Ivan Liptak — Rhizome DC
Monday September 15 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS A Synesthete's Atlas is Eric Theise 's performance cartography project. It's maps as experimental film, as environment, as light show with le...
www.rhizomedc.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Next stop on my #ASynesthetesAtlas tour is #DC! Splitting Monday's #RhizomeDC bill w/guitarist #IvanLiptak; solo sets & we'll jointly improvise at evening's end.
Around for the weekend, you @geomantic8.bsky.social?
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
#maps #cartography #improvisation
#OpenStreetMap
Around for the weekend, you @geomantic8.bsky.social?
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
#maps #cartography #improvisation
#OpenStreetMap
I find myself having to switch git branches between pieces during a performance. Conceptually it's equivalent to retuning or fitting a capo to a guitar but the consequences when it's done wrong are far more catastrophic.
#ASynesthetesAtlas
#ASynesthetesAtlas
September 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I find myself having to switch git branches between pieces during a performance. Conceptually it's equivalent to retuning or fitting a capo to a guitar but the consequences when it's done wrong are far more catastrophic.
#ASynesthetesAtlas
#ASynesthetesAtlas
After speaking to geography classes at Penn State today I'll present A Synesthete's Atlas tonight at Manny's Performance Space.
7p
101 Hiester St
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mannysperformancespace @gorintoproductions
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
7p
101 Hiester St
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mannysperformancespace @gorintoproductions
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
After speaking to geography classes at Penn State today I'll present A Synesthete's Atlas tonight at Manny's Performance Space.
7p
101 Hiester St
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mannysperformancespace @gorintoproductions
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
7p
101 Hiester St
#ASynesthetesAtlas
@mannysperformancespace @gorintoproductions
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
Tristan Turner shared some footage from Sat's Fuse Factory show w/The Hut Improvisers ( #Columbus).
Hey #Pittsburgh!
• Fri, 5 Sep: speaking @ Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
• Sat, 6 Sep: performing @ Glitterbox Theater
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema
Hey #Pittsburgh!
• Fri, 5 Sep: speaking @ Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
• Sat, 6 Sep: performing @ Glitterbox Theater
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Tristan Turner shared some footage from Sat's Fuse Factory show w/The Hut Improvisers ( #Columbus).
Hey #Pittsburgh!
• Fri, 5 Sep: speaking @ Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
• Sat, 6 Sep: performing @ Glitterbox Theater
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema
Hey #Pittsburgh!
• Fri, 5 Sep: speaking @ Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
• Sat, 6 Sep: performing @ Glitterbox Theater
#ASynesthetesAtlas #maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema
I'll perform A Synesthete's Atlas in Columbus, OH, this Saturday, 30 Aug 2025. Collaborating w/The Hut Improvisers.
thefusefactory.org/event/perfor...
#ASynesthetesAtlas #TheHutImprovisers #TheFuseFactory
#cimbalom
#Columbus #Ohio
#maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema #OpenStreetMap
thefusefactory.org/event/perfor...
#ASynesthetesAtlas #TheHutImprovisers #TheFuseFactory
#cimbalom
#Columbus #Ohio
#maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema #OpenStreetMap
Performance: Eric Theise + The Hut Improvisers | The Fuse Factory
The Fuse Factory is an art and technology initiative focused on cultivating artistic production, research, and experimentation with digital media and electronic tools.
thefusefactory.org
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'll perform A Synesthete's Atlas in Columbus, OH, this Saturday, 30 Aug 2025. Collaborating w/The Hut Improvisers.
thefusefactory.org/event/perfor...
#ASynesthetesAtlas #TheHutImprovisers #TheFuseFactory
#cimbalom
#Columbus #Ohio
#maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema #OpenStreetMap
thefusefactory.org/event/perfor...
#ASynesthetesAtlas #TheHutImprovisers #TheFuseFactory
#cimbalom
#Columbus #Ohio
#maps #cartography #improvisation #expandedCinema #OpenStreetMap
Haven't encouraged people to sign up for my Occasional Missives; they've been too occasional for their own good. But sent one Sunday.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Tonight! Collaborating with Abigail Hinson and Matt Ingalls, sharing the bill with a trio of Ben Davis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Larry Ochs.
7:15
Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio
2201 Poplar St @ West Grand
Oakland
#WestOaklandSoundSeries
#ASynesthetesAtlas
7:15
Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio
2201 Poplar St @ West Grand
Oakland
#WestOaklandSoundSeries
#ASynesthetesAtlas
August 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tonight! Collaborating with Abigail Hinson and Matt Ingalls, sharing the bill with a trio of Ben Davis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Larry Ochs.
7:15
Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio
2201 Poplar St @ West Grand
Oakland
#WestOaklandSoundSeries
#ASynesthetesAtlas
7:15
Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio
2201 Poplar St @ West Grand
Oakland
#WestOaklandSoundSeries
#ASynesthetesAtlas
11 Jul 2025: #EdaEr / #Klank.ist's #SonicGeographies, Berkeley. For my AI-assigned trio w/ #GeorgePapajohn (clarinet) & #BrendanLai-Tong (trombone) I replayed GPS wanderings around Twin Peaks, through Grace Cathedral labyrinth, & Oslo. Sound: #PetraZélie. #ASynesthetesAtlas
vimeo.com/1102802854
vimeo.com/1102802854
Sonic Cartographies II: Set I: Trio (A Synesthete's Atlas 037)
George Papajohn: clarinet; Brendan Lai-Tong: trombone; Eric Theise: map manipulations Trio configuration from the first set of Sonic Cartographies II 11 July 2025,…
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August 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
11 Jul 2025: #EdaEr / #Klank.ist's #SonicGeographies, Berkeley. For my AI-assigned trio w/ #GeorgePapajohn (clarinet) & #BrendanLai-Tong (trombone) I replayed GPS wanderings around Twin Peaks, through Grace Cathedral labyrinth, & Oslo. Sound: #PetraZélie. #ASynesthetesAtlas
vimeo.com/1102802854
vimeo.com/1102802854
2nd/4 local shows: Sat 26 Jul, #CenterForNewMusic. 1½ blocks from Powell Muni/BART, Tenderloin.
#ASynesthetesAtlas is usually 1 long, structured, collaborative improv but this'll be shorter compositions, solo (maybe a guest or two), + an invented instrument.
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
#ASynesthetesAtlas is usually 1 long, structured, collaborative improv but this'll be shorter compositions, solo (maybe a guest or two), + an invented instrument.
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations by Eric Theise
An evening of cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated, digital maps in dialogue with composed and improvised soundtracks.
www.eventbrite.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
2nd/4 local shows: Sat 26 Jul, #CenterForNewMusic. 1½ blocks from Powell Muni/BART, Tenderloin.
#ASynesthetesAtlas is usually 1 long, structured, collaborative improv but this'll be shorter compositions, solo (maybe a guest or two), + an invented instrument.
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
#ASynesthetesAtlas is usually 1 long, structured, collaborative improv but this'll be shorter compositions, solo (maybe a guest or two), + an invented instrument.
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
Been away–NL, BE, DE last autumn; MX, Louisiana, & Texas this year–so a bit sleepy about booking local performances.
Four lined up Jul & Aug, each different, the first:
11 Jul 2025
Sonic Cartographies II w/Klank.ist Collective
2727 California St @ Ward, Berkeley
erictheise.com/a-synesthete...
Four lined up Jul & Aug, each different, the first:
11 Jul 2025
Sonic Cartographies II w/Klank.ist Collective
2727 California St @ Ward, Berkeley
erictheise.com/a-synesthete...
June 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Been away–NL, BE, DE last autumn; MX, Louisiana, & Texas this year–so a bit sleepy about booking local performances.
Four lined up Jul & Aug, each different, the first:
11 Jul 2025
Sonic Cartographies II w/Klank.ist Collective
2727 California St @ Ward, Berkeley
erictheise.com/a-synesthete...
Four lined up Jul & Aug, each different, the first:
11 Jul 2025
Sonic Cartographies II w/Klank.ist Collective
2727 California St @ Ward, Berkeley
erictheise.com/a-synesthete...
Reposted by Eric Theise
All we want is healthcare.
June 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
All we want is healthcare.
The Lab in the round tonight for Bill Orcutt's The Four Louies, a mashup of Steve Reich's Four Organs & Louie, Louie. Willie Winant, at center, above the cheat sheet, held the whole thundercloud together on maracas. Much fun, very glad I was packing earplugs.
June 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The Lab in the round tonight for Bill Orcutt's The Four Louies, a mashup of Steve Reich's Four Organs & Louie, Louie. Willie Winant, at center, above the cheat sheet, held the whole thundercloud together on maracas. Much fun, very glad I was packing earplugs.
Kerouac's #DharmaBums got me interested in mountains & wilderness, Sierra Club got me out into it: first as Service Trip participant, then as cook, ultimately paving the way for my move to San Francisco.
Selfie atop California's Matterhorn late summer 1989. Facial hair: poor
Scan by Photoworks SF.
Selfie atop California's Matterhorn late summer 1989. Facial hair: poor
Scan by Photoworks SF.
May 30, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Kerouac's #DharmaBums got me interested in mountains & wilderness, Sierra Club got me out into it: first as Service Trip participant, then as cook, ultimately paving the way for my move to San Francisco.
Selfie atop California's Matterhorn late summer 1989. Facial hair: poor
Scan by Photoworks SF.
Selfie atop California's Matterhorn late summer 1989. Facial hair: poor
Scan by Photoworks SF.
People grill but I couldn't shake a video of Bay-caught anchovies from my mind. Dubious to claim boquerones are backbreaking work but 2 hrs of standing & gutting did deter me for years. Stool acquired at #Minimo liquidation = improved ergonomics.
#HankShaw recipe: honest-food.net/boquerones-r...
#HankShaw recipe: honest-food.net/boquerones-r...
May 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
People grill but I couldn't shake a video of Bay-caught anchovies from my mind. Dubious to claim boquerones are backbreaking work but 2 hrs of standing & gutting did deter me for years. Stool acquired at #Minimo liquidation = improved ergonomics.
#HankShaw recipe: honest-food.net/boquerones-r...
#HankShaw recipe: honest-food.net/boquerones-r...
Last week I noticed one vendor selling cherries at the farmers' market; this week there were three. Season's on and I'm celebrating with the first crumble of 2025: cherries w/tucked in tarragon, ¼ cup chopped pistachios added to the topping. Pitting's a fussy job but it smelled terrific as it baked.
April 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Last week I noticed one vendor selling cherries at the farmers' market; this week there were three. Season's on and I'm celebrating with the first crumble of 2025: cherries w/tucked in tarragon, ¼ cup chopped pistachios added to the topping. Pitting's a fussy job but it smelled terrific as it baked.
20/21 is WTUL’s program of contemporary classical & experimental music. Tonight hear DJ Pennebaker’s interview w/Carl Stone & me in advance of our 5 Apr New Orleans gig.
8p-12a Central/1-5a UTC, interview begins an hour in, Carl’s music throughout.
www.wtulneworleans.com
#ASynesthetesAtlas
8p-12a Central/1-5a UTC, interview begins an hour in, Carl’s music throughout.
www.wtulneworleans.com
#ASynesthetesAtlas
March 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
20/21 is WTUL’s program of contemporary classical & experimental music. Tonight hear DJ Pennebaker’s interview w/Carl Stone & me in advance of our 5 Apr New Orleans gig.
8p-12a Central/1-5a UTC, interview begins an hour in, Carl’s music throughout.
www.wtulneworleans.com
#ASynesthetesAtlas
8p-12a Central/1-5a UTC, interview begins an hour in, Carl’s music throughout.
www.wtulneworleans.com
#ASynesthetesAtlas
Some shots from the first of Todd Haynes' appearances at @bampfa.bsky.social this weekend. A post-Safe conversation with his former teacher, Mary Ann Doane; series curator Kate MacKay cracking herself up over struggles with the word "physiognomy" in Doanes' bio.
Velvet Goldmine screens at 18:30.
Velvet Goldmine screens at 18:30.
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Some shots from the first of Todd Haynes' appearances at @bampfa.bsky.social this weekend. A post-Safe conversation with his former teacher, Mary Ann Doane; series curator Kate MacKay cracking herself up over struggles with the word "physiognomy" in Doanes' bio.
Velvet Goldmine screens at 18:30.
Velvet Goldmine screens at 18:30.
Performing A Synesthete's Atlas w/Adriana Camacho, contrabass & electronics: La Cueva, Fri 7 Mar 2025; 8p.
Pay what you will.
Serapio Rendon 8
San Rafael
CDMX
expcinema.org/site/en/even...
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
#ASynesthetesAtlas
Pay what you will.
Serapio Rendon 8
San Rafael
CDMX
expcinema.org/site/en/even...
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
#ASynesthetesAtlas
A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations between Eric Theise and Adriana Camacho
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, in collaboration with Adriana Camacho´s cosmic dance bass. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, w...
expcinema.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Performing A Synesthete's Atlas w/Adriana Camacho, contrabass & electronics: La Cueva, Fri 7 Mar 2025; 8p.
Pay what you will.
Serapio Rendon 8
San Rafael
CDMX
expcinema.org/site/en/even...
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
#ASynesthetesAtlas
Pay what you will.
Serapio Rendon 8
San Rafael
CDMX
expcinema.org/site/en/even...
#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
#ASynesthetesAtlas