fields harrington with Melvin Gibbs, Howard Mandel, Katherine McKittrick, and HxH (Lester St. Louis and Chris Williams)

The Extra Dimension of Reinvention

Emerging from The Kitchen L.A.B. Research Residency primary researcher fields harrington’s archival research on Butch Morris’s improvisational strategy Conduction®, this event brings together musician Melvin Gibbs, music critic Howard Mandel, and professor Katherine McKittrick with harrington to discuss possible connections between Morris’s groundbreaking method and McKittrick's theoretical approaches to reinvention and rebellion as outlined in her 2020 book Dear Science and Other Stories. The evening will culminate with a performance by HxH, the improvisatory electro-acoustic duo of Lester St. Louis and Chris Williams, who will respond to harrington’s investigation of Conduction® as a form of guided improvisation.