Communicator Series no. 10
Performed at
Poetic Research Bureau
Los Angeles, California
11 March 2025
Curated by
Emji Saint Spero
Sound by
jeremy kennedy
Video by
Nina Sarnelle
Photo by
Gentry McShane
Communicator Series no. 10 offers performances by Erica Dawn Lyle, Huntrezz Janos, and D. Hill, in collaboration with Salvador de la Torre and a sound ensemble featuring Erika Regalado, Ian Vergara, Katie Sisk, and Ronaline Itchon. Tuesday March 11th, 7pm at Poetic Research Bureau.
7pm Doors
7:30pm Performances
Free / RSVP
About the Artists
Erica Dawn Lyle is a writer, curator, experimental musician, and cultural instigator who lives in New York and Florida. The former touring guitar player for Bikini Kill, as a solo performer, Lyle has released musical collaborations with Kim Gordon, The Raincoats, Bernadette Mayer, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Deal, Brontez Purnell, and many more. The author of several books and a contributor to Artforum, Art in America, Frieze, and other publications, her most recent book is The Knight of Cups (Beladonna Press, 2023).
Huntrezz Janos is as much herself as she is the information being relayed to you now through this sequence of symbols. Born to Hungarian architect Szabó Gyöngyi and metal icon Scoonie Gee in Los Angeles, CA, Huntrezz is a light-speed organism determined to reach a distant Antarctic destiny by way of a circuitous path of digital synthesis involving animated video/game art, 3D printed armor, Augmented Reality, sustainable architecture, and rhyme performance along with a laundry list of other, increasingly esoteric practices. Janos emerges from her various disguises to present afro-futurist media designed to delight, confound, and confront those of us entangled in this epoch. She has showcased her work across platforms such as Redcat, Honor Fraser Gallery, Tate Museum, The Modern, MoMA, Adult Swim, Postmaster’s Gallery, Vellum LA, Transfer Gallery, The Athens Biennale, LACMA, Photographer’s Gallery, Torrance Art Museum, and Onassis ONX. She holds a BFA in experimental animation from California Institute of the Arts (2018) and an MS from the University of Southern California (2024).
D.Hill presents Trans-Melody performance involves a Black Transman narrative dealing with gender dysphoria, live sound using instruments and body movement within a free space. The performance is an original poetry/prose lyrical experience by D. Hill that invites all walkers of life.
The band consist of a six person performance group that plays experimental and band-like sound over original written literature. Our group consist of Erika Regalado (keyboardist), Ian Vergara (guitarist), Katie Sisk (vocalist & songwriter), Ronaline Itchon (vocalist), D. Hill (percussionist) and special guest artist Salvador de la Torre.
Communicator Series, with Poetic Research Bureau, will meet Trans-Melody to explore a time-based engagement. Everyone and every body is welcome to an inspirational experience between sound, quasi-storytelling and a Black-transman-thought.