Eric Theise
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Eric Theise
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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
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
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 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
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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...
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 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
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 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
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 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
August 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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...
June 30, 2025 at 8:01 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.
June 1, 2025 at 6:22 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.
May 30, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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...
May 26, 2025 at 10:14 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.
April 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
April 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
April 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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
March 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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.
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Had the chance to see #ZyanyaYax (sax) & #ChinoOrtega (bass) perform last night. We’re collaborating on a #ASynesthetesAtlas performance tomorrow @ #CineMayahuel (#Guadalajara / #GDL) & I cannot wait to see where we take it.

#experimental #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
February 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Back to born-digital … for first of two #Guadalajara / #GDL #ASynesthetesAtlas performances I'll collaborate w/Maria Camarena, voice; Eliud Ernandes, bass & electronics; & Gustavo Larroyo, guitar. @ #Jupiterfab.

#experimental #improvisation #expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #foss4g
February 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Devoted myself to the born-digital since realizing I could use “day job” geotech to make experimental work but it’s already a high point of 2025 that two of my analog pieces will bracket #FROWNLAND curated by @stefanomiraglia.bsky.social for Chute Film Coop (Den Haag/Istanbul).

Details to follow.
January 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m uncomfortable stretching the truth. Wrote my bio to say “North American performances” but usually change it to the more accurate “US” before posting.

No longer.

Scoped out #TallerSociedad today, where #FernandoFeria & I’ll perform #ASynesthetesAtlas, Th 6 Feb. 1st of 2 #Guadalajara/#GDL shows!
January 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'll exhibit the screenprinted maps from my AGA LAB residency alongside works by fellow AiRs Clara Arámburo & Nina Djekić this Th, 17-19:00.

De Bouwput
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74
Amsterdam

#printmaking #silkscreen
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap #FOSS4G
#ASynesthetesAtlas #IfMaps
#MaptimeAMS
October 22, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Setting up for tonight's performance @ De Bouwput.

Kitchen glass & metal will join Edward Schocker's wind instruments.

Door 19:30, perf 20.
Pay what you will.

https://
debouwput.com/agenda

#ASynesthetesAtlas
#expandedCinema
#maps #cartography #OpenStreetMap
#music #improvisation
#Amsterdam
October 19, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Eion Carey only works @ AGA LAB Fr & Sa so I asked for early critique; his feedback was invaluable.
First I've seen the baker's dozen +1 maps I screenprinted together: pleased. So many hours materials shopping, ink mixing, & dropping f-bombs at the press.

📷: Emma Rivet
#ASynesthetesAtlas #IfMaps
October 19, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Oakland-based #EdwardSchocker brings #piri, #hichiriki, #shō, & #foundObjects to our performance of #ASynesthetesAtlas in #Amsterdam this coming Saturday.

19 Oct, 2024
De Bouwput
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74, Amsterdam
Doors open: 7:30p, performance: 8p
Pay what you will
October 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM