between systems and grounds (Olivia Valentine & Paula Matthusen) celebrates the release of its second album the overshot sessions with Carrier Records on June 18th as part of Des Moines Art Week!

between systems and grounds is a performance and installation based durational project involving live-textile making (Olivia Valentine) interwoven with live-electronic improvisation (Paula Matthusen). The sounds of work, space, people, and synthesized tones are driven by the textile construction process and motions, which are then fed back into the process of making the textile through visual and physical means, ultimately resulting in one long, slow feedback loop of physical and audio artifacts.

To welcome this release into the world, we are joined by the extraordinary improvisatory talents of Ritwik Banerji, Warren Enström, and Sam Wells. The event runs continuously from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., people are welcomed to come and go throughout the event.

Special thanks to: 

The Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowments for the Arts, Wesleyan University–Grants in Support of Scholarship, Carrier Records, Art Week Des Moines, the Des Moines Arts Center Salon 4700 Member Group, Mise-En_Place, The American Academy in Rome Society of Fellows, Doily Free Zone, Loghaven Artist Residency.

Rachel Buse, Jared Ledesma, Julia Mason Gray, Moon Young Ha, Raluca Iancu, Cat Berg, Angharad Rixon, Anna Serrotta, Jean Dommeruth, Molissa Fenley, Stephan Moore, Jason Shaw, Ron Kuivila, Jennifer Beattie, Firat Erdim. 

Mastered by Nathan James, Vault Mastering

Record production by Phil Young and Trey Reis

Album graphics by M. Wright | thisisindex.com