SONIC DESIGNS by Elise Kermani (contact: elise@elisekermani.com)
Photo by Donald Swearingen of Elise performing Metamorphosis taken at the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival 2003
2014 Pathetique: miniatures in detail - Elise Kermani, composer; Vicky Shick, choreography; Barbara Kilpatrick, set and costumes. Performances at West End Theater, and the 92nd Street Y, NYC. view the film by Peter Azen
2013 Everything You See - Elise Kermani, composer; Vicky Shick, choreography; Barbara Kilpatrick, set and costumes. Performances at St. Mark's Church, Danspace. view blog
2012 JOCASTA - Elise Kermani, director and composer; Barbara Kilpatrick, production design; Alan M. Smith, cinematography. Screening at the AGON film festival, Athens, Greece. film web site
2012 POE [...and the museum of lost arts] - Elise Kermani, director. Preview screening at Harvestworks, NYC. Event site
2012 Into the Mirror - Elise Kermani, composer; Evelin Stermitz, video artist. Performance for video, various gallery screenings. view online
2011 Not Entirey Herself - Vicky Shick, choreography; Elise Kermani, sound; Barbara Kilpatrick, set and costumes. Performances at The Kitchen, NYC.
2010 Silence - Evelin Stermitz, video; Elise Kermani, sound. International festivals. view online
2009 Blue House - Evelin Stermitz, video. Elise Kermani, music. Dance Performance Improvisation - Various gallery installations wordlwide. view online
2009 Glimpse - Vicky Shick, Choreographer; Barbara Kilpatrick, set installation and design; Elise Kermani, sound design. The Trafo, Budapest, Hungary.
2008 Keep-Sake - Barbara Kilpatrick, Set and Photography, Elise Kermani, Sound and Video. Ancram Opera House, NY. Project site
2008 JOCASTA - Alan McIntyre Smith, cinematographer; Barbara Kilpatrick, production design; Elise Kermani, writer, director, editor and sound designer. Anthology Film Archives, Film Columbia Festival, NY. YouTube 8 min excerpt
2007 Exuberance - Barbara Kilpatrick, photography; Elise Kermani, sound and video design. Dance Theater Workshop Gallery, NYC. Project site
2007 Plum House - Vicky Shick, choreographer; Barbara Kilpatrick, set installation and design; Elise Kermani, sound design. Dance Theater Workshop, NYC.
2006 Venus Hum - Barbara Kilpatrick, visuals; Elise Kermani, sound and video. sound sample (mp3)
New Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA.
2005 Repair - Vicky Shick, choreographer; Barbara Kilpatrick, set installation and design, Elise Kermani, sound and electronics. - St. Marks Church, NYC. Radiator Girl mp3
2004 Blur Ear - solo performance by Elise Kermani. "Turning Sounds Festival," Warsaw, Poland; and at the "San Francisco Electronic Music Festival." Webpage for Project, BlurEar mp3
2003 dice3 - Elise Kermani, Producer. CD-R, IshtarLab Recordings. web site The diceProject.pdf
2003 Sonic Designs - CD of music, IshtarLab Recordings photo and info .pdf
2003 Undoing - Vicky Shick, Choreographer; Barbara Kilpatrick, Set installation and design; Elise Kermani, Sound Design. Dance Theater Workshop, NYC. Undoing .mp3
2002 The Aleph Exhibitions - created by Elise Kermani in collaboration with Barbara Kilpatrick. Deep Listening Space, Kingston, NY. Syn*tax .pdf bi payan .pdf Metamorphosis .pdf Digital Dragons .pdf
2002 The Ava Project - with Kathleen Ruiz, Visual Artist; Elise Kermani, sound and electronics; Vicky Shick, dancer; Barbara Kilpatrick, visual artist. Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Photos and Info .pdf
2001 Wak Auf - various locations - Elise Kermani, composer. Downtown Ensemble, various locations in New York State. score and review .pdf
2000 Hestia Project - created by Elise Kermani Interactive CD-rom, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY. Aleph, Mem and He .mov
1998 Sacred Spaces - Melli Hoppe, Choreographer; Elise Kermani, music composition. Madame Walker Theater - Indianapolis, IN. photos .pdf
1998 Women in History - Marty New, director; Elise Kermani, composer. Asphalt Green Theater, NYC.
1997 dice2 - Tour and CD. Elise Kermani, composer/producer. The Kitchen, Thundergulch and iEAR Studios, in New York.
1997 DREADmonad - CD musings with Don Malone - Elise Kermani, vocalist/composer.
1996 TROUSERS - Elise Kermani, founder/composer; Elaine Kaplinsky, keyboards; Christine Bard, percussion. Various locations and tour to Eastern Europe. TROUSER's press .pdf
1996 123sumthing - Marty New, director; Elise Kermani, composer. One Dream Theater, NYC. Loss.mp3 WorkSong.mp3
1996 ANNE - Experimental Intermedia Foundation, NYC. Excerpt from ANNE .mp3
1995 Private Eye/Public Hand - Cleveland International Performance Art Festival, P.S. 122. Elise Kermani, composer/performer. PE/PH (and ANNE) info.pdf
1995 Dreaming the Page - Elise Kermani, composer/performer. Knitting Factory, P.S.122 in New York City. performance script .pdf
1994 Dead Awaken - Rachel Wineberg, Director; Elise Kermani, composer. Knitting Factory, NYC. Train Song
1993 Artem(Is) Rising - Elise Kermani, composer/performer. In collaboration with the video group 77Hz. The Kitchen, Cybertronics Festival, NYC. AIR .pdf
1993 Private Eye/Public Hand - Solo performance in collaboration with Nancy Meli Walker. Premiere at The Roulette, NYC. PEPH photos
1992 dice - IshtarLab Recordings, music CD. Elise Kermani, composer/producer.
1991 THe HearTH - Elise Kermani, composer/performer. DiverseWorks Artspace, Houston, TX. Elise solo voice mp3