Arto Vs Arto

Not even Arto Lindsay knows how an Arto Lindsay concert will unfold. The exact amounts of continuity and interruption, noise and harmony, frustration, humour and euphoria are dosed and distributed live and in unpredictable manners. Improvising, singing, attuning and disattuning himself to others shape Arto Lindsay’s practice during the last four decades. The concert, in collaboration with bassist Melvin Gibbs, will be an unpredictable event.

Arto Lindsay bridges music and art with his work. As a member of DNA, he contributed to the foundation of No Wave while as bandleader of Ambitious Lovers, he subverted and radically changed Pop music. Through his collaborative practice, he has worked with artists such as Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Animal Collective, Matthew Barney, Caetano Veloso and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Photography: Renato Cruz Santos