Video artist ACVilla and keyboardist/vocalist Thollem McDonas are touring with stories they have collected over years of travel, including ones from just the other day, retelling them through miniature films and live music. These are audio/visual sneak peeks into otherwise unobserved events that are unfolding at the same time as ours, creating seconds- or minutes-long bonds that change our day whether we notice them or not. With an eye on these connections, ACVilla highlights the moments with an analog sensibility using digital equipment that fits into her nomadic lifestyle. Thollem’s live soundtrack draws on his infinite influences to create a sonic soundscape that is as equally enlightening as it is entertaining. Stories About People & Everyone Else is exactly that, told through two artists at the center of a world on the edge.
Thollem will also play a short “Infinite-Sum Game” (solo piano) set.
Thollem and ACVilla have been performing their multimedia collaborations over the last 15 years throughout N. America and Europe. In 2025 the duo will be touring ‘Stories About People & Everyone Else’, a 60-minute series of new shorts as well as selections from older projects including Obstacle Illusion, Worlds In A Life, and Who Are U.S. Thollem’s original live music draws from these soundtracks as well as his recent releases: Worlds In A Life and Infinite-Sum Game on ESP-Disk’, Obstacle Illusion on Astral Spirits, and Hot Pursuit Of Happiness on PA Tapes.
Presented by Nonsequitur.