John Zorn Live Concert Series: Jack Quartet Plus Plays Sigil Magick And Prolegomena
John Zorn, Grosse Rake, 1969. Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Courtesy of John Zorn. Photo: Daniel Terna
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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:
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.