Fanoplane / Plark
Fanoplane / Plark brings together a large-scale improvised music ensemble and a live audiovisual performance. Fanoplane creates spontaneous, unrehearsed music without a predetermined score, while Plark combines paper-based imagery, projections, instruments, prerecorded video, and interactive technology in an evolving performance.
Fanoplane grew out of a duo performance by synthesizer player Bob Boilen and basscello player Ted Zook. For this presentation, they are joined by Doug Kallmeyer, Jerry Busher, Patrick Whitehead, Maya Renfro, Brie Anderson, Dan Gutstein, Sarah Marie Hughes, and Sarah Paz Hyde. Plark features Kaitlyn Paston working with collaborators Chrystine Rayburn and Lindsey Arturo. Paston’s handmade paper imagery, shadows, light, gestures, and projected video are shaped in real time by the performers’ instrumental input through an interactive Max MSP system. The piece explores embodied understanding and develops a visual language through an ongoing process of collage.
When: Sunday, November 22, 2026
Showtimes: 7:00 PM–10:00 PM
Venue: Rhizome DC
Tickets: $15–25
Fanoplane lineup: Bob Boilen on synthesizer; Ted Zook on basscello; Doug Kallmeyer on bass guitar and electronics; Jerry Busher on drums; Patrick Whitehead on horns; Maya Renfro on violin and voice; Brie Anderson on baritone guitar; Dan Gutstein on spoken word; Sarah Marie Hughes on saxophone, flute, and voice; and Sarah Paz Hyde on violin, handpan, ngoni, and voice.
Fanoplane performance: The ensemble performs fully improvised, unrehearsed music created in the moment. Recordings of many of the project’s performances are available for free download through Ted Zook’s Fanoplane site.
Plark collaborators: Kaitlyn Paston performs the live images with Chrystine Rayburn and Lindsey Arturo, who contribute to the improvised sound and video environment.
Plark performance: Paper images, shadows, shaped light, gestures, prerecorded video, instruments, and an interactive Max MSP system influence one another continuously. The performers respond within the system to build an evolving projected composition that examines bodily experience and the ways people make meaning through physical perception.