I wrote a little bit last week about the Hoboken Artists' Studio Tour that was on Sunday, November 3, and this week I wanted to follow up with some of the music that was played in the afternoon and evening of that beautiful day's celebration. Visionary Module who has performed at the gallery before was there in the evening to create his always wonderful music with some covers and some original pieces, and there was another band that played in the afternoon by the name of Plunk, Steven Dworkin on accordion and cello, David Gould on percussion, and Kevin Kemper on guitar and electronics, who play experimental music and described themselves to me as "a free improvisation music trio that combines acoustic and electronic, melodic and textural sounds into a unique experience." They were all that and more, and the combination of their wonderful music with the changing afternoon light in the gallery made for a gorgeous sound installation and immersive experience. Both Plunk and Visionary Module invited a wonderful group of friends and the gallery had such a lovely feeling to it throughout the day and evening.
Because of my own schedule, I had arrived early that day to set up and was waiting until I had everything moved around and completed before changing into the dress I was planning to wear. It was a pink sequined gown that I'd found just recently at the Hoboken Thrift Store, a wonderful place that I've written about in these pages before. It was very comfortable, but it had a little bit of a train, so I didn't want to be dragging it around and risk tripping on it or damaging it while I was moving everything into the places where they needed to be for the event. Fred Watson who arrived in the afternoon took the most wonderful photograph of me in it, and I'm so grateful to him as always for his support of the gallery and of me and his good hearted celebratory spirit. When I first put the dress on it was still very sunny outside, and with the light shining in the windows the sequins on the dress danced on the walls like stars. A visitor took a video of me that I haven't yet seen, but the memory of it still reminds me of how beautiful and special that day was because of all the wonderful people who were part of it.
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