John Zorn Live Concert Series: Jack Quartet Plus Plays Sigil Magick And Prolegomena

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The Drawing Center's exhibition John Zorn: Hermetic Cartography is accompanied by a series of musical performances curated by Zorn that will be held in the exhibition.

Jack Quartet Plus Plays Sigil Magick And Prolegomena:

Sigil Magick:
Chris Otto / Violin
Austin Wulliman / Violin
John Pickford Richards / Viola
Jay Campbell / Cello
Michael Nicolas / Cello

Partita for the Firebird:
Geneva Lewis / Violin

Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science:
Chris Otto / Violin
Austin Wulliman / Violin
John Pickford Richards / Viola
Yura Lee / Viola
Jay Campbell / Cello
Michael Nicolas / Cello

Known predominantly as a groundbreaking figure in New York’s avant-garde and experimental music scenes, John Zorn has long been celebrated for his radical innovations in music. However, his abstract drawings—a private language of symbols and notations—have remained a closely guarded secret. Offering profound insight into Zorn’s creative mind, Hermetic Cartography reveals a new dimension of his artistic practice by showcasing works on paper that span seven decades of his visionary engagement with mark-making, improvisation, and the esoteric.

Additional performances will take place at 7:30pm on the first Saturday of each month (March - May, 2025) and are free and open to the public.