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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.

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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
CAST (Contemporary Art & Sound Technologies) 2026 Selected Artists Announcement Selected Visual Artists: Krista Faist Britt Moseley David Sydiongco Eric Theise Jonathan Monaghan Shirley Steele Selected Musical Artists: Carolina Carrizo Stylianos Dimou Rafael Godoi Haeun Park Mathis Saunier Shahrzad Talebi
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Story of The Map Center/Andrew Middleton where I'll perform w/Ed Osborn:

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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
event poster w/photos of Eric Theise & Ed Osborn, plus The Map Center's logo, laid over a non-traditional map of an area of Providence.
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Favorite map of the trip … thus far.

Dish with a Map of Japan
1830-44
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

@ Philadelphia Museum of Art
front view of plate in plexiglas enclosure side view of plate in plexiglas enclosure
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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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
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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
Sep/Oct 2025 performance calendar for Manny's Performance Space, State College, Pennsylvania
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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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
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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
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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
August 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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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

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An abstract, globe-like form, overprinted with location information contained in the post
June 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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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
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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
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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...
anchovies salted anchovies vinegared anchovies oiled anchovies with garlic, chile, and parsley
May 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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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.
in-process photo of whole cherries in a sieve, pitted cherries in a baking dish, & a compost bowl containing pits & stems. finished crumble fresh out of the oven.
April 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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#horned
April 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#winged
Pegasus rendered in neon atop a downtown Dallas office building rear view of a gilded, winged male figure clutching a handful of lightning bolts
April 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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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
poster for 5 Apr performance of A Synesthete's Atlas; Silver City Grocery, 838 Pacific Av, Algiers Point, New Orleans, Louisiana; doors 7p / show 7:30p, $15 general / $10 students. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthetes-atlas-cartographic-improvisations-eric-theise-carl-stone-tickets-1301811014789 photo of Carl Stone seated on tatami mats surrounded by electronic music gear WTUL logo Silver City Grocery logo
March 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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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
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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
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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
A colorful map is displayed underneath text giving details of the performance (doors @ 7p, show @ 7:30p, C. Penitenciaría 660, Col Americana, Americana, 44160 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico).
February 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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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.
Photo of dozens of windows in a brick mid-rise apartment building with "#1 Frownland curated by Stefano Miraglia" superimposed. It's the first such program to be offered by Chute Film Coop. Lyrics from Captain Beefheart's Frownland above introductory remarks to the program. An excerpt from what I've written about my piece, Gutterball; full text at https://erictheise.com/films/gutterball/ An excerpt from what I've written about my piece, To No End Gathered; full text at https://erictheise.com/films/to-no-end-gathered/
January 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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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!
Interior photo of Taller Sociedad, Guadalajara, Mexico. Exterior photo of Taller Sociedad, Guadalajara, Mexico. Interior photo of Taller Sociedad, Guadalajara, Mexico. Interior photo of Taller Sociedad, Guadalajara, Mexico.
January 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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