Kelly Moran, b. 1988, is a composer, performer, improviser, sound designer … Read Full Bio ↴Kelly Moran, b. 1988, is a composer, performer, improviser, sound designer and multimedia artist from Long Island, New York. She completed her undergraduate degree in Performing Arts Technology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor where she studied piano with Stephen Rush and Louis Nagel and composition with Bright Sheng and Erik Santos. Kelly was granted a fellowship to study Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology at the University of California-Irvine, where she currently resides. She is one of the winners of the 2009 New Music On the Block Competition for her song "jeu de nuage fumé" to be released later this year on iTunes through the University of Michigan's Block M record label. As a pianist, Kelly has given multiple recitals of contemporary piano repertoire specializing in works by John Cage, John Adams, George Crumb, Henry Cowell and Philip Glass. An interest in composition for dancers has propelled numerous collaborations, most recently for the show "Click, Flash, Cut" at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Her debut album, Microcosms, was released in 2010.
Her 2018 album "Ultraviolet" was described by Philip Sherburne's review in Pitchfork as "The prepared-piano specialist abandons the meticulous compositions of her previous albums, editing down improvisations and bejeweling them with layers of synthesizers and effects."
https://kellymoran.co/
Her 2018 album "Ultraviolet" was described by Philip Sherburne's review in Pitchfork as "The prepared-piano specialist abandons the meticulous compositions of her previous albums, editing down improvisations and bejeweling them with layers of synthesizers and effects."
https://kellymoran.co/
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Love Birds Night Birds Devil-Birds
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Warp Records
‘Love Birds, Night Birds, Devil-Birds’ is a collaborative work between Kelly Moran and video director Cassie McQuater. The two artists, who have known each other for the better part of a decade, speak the same beautiful, haunting language in this piece, which initially debuted as an immersive three channel installation spanning three 18 ft walls at Transfer gallery during this year’s Frieze in Los Angeles.
On the visuals, McQuater says,“‘Love Birds, Night Birds, Devil-Birds’ started as a re-imagining of the surrealist story ‘The Debutante’ by artist Leonora Carrington, in which a young woman exchanges places with a hyena, masked in a suit of human skin, for her societal debut. Extravagant dresses made of anatomical parts, glass, and pink light swirl in pastoral landscapes populated by undulating fluorescent flowers, strange monsters and deconstructed birds, who paint the sky. Part of an on-going series exploring the mythological idea of women’s bodies as dangerous and poisonous gardens, with references to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story ‘Rappaccini’s Garden’ - the origin story of Batman’s Poison Ivy.”
Brian Kish
I find Kelly's work both relaxing and stimulating. Here's to a long career!
Paul Robert
Thank you for this experience. I especially love how the glitchy beauty of the cloth simulations come into play and contrast these bright serene colors.
lambdashift aka David Heikkila
One of my favorite prepared piano players right now.
narc78
So beautiful!
CRUSADES
Stunning
J
deserves all the credit. Truely Transcending
MassiveAttackFan
Well that was gorgeous
Kelly Moran
make sure you hit the video quality to 1080 HD! xoxoxoxoxoxo
Octagon9
oh sheeeiitt thanks I hadn’t been doin tha