09:00 PM : TBA: DJ Spooky @ Newmark Theatre

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PAUL D. MILLER
AKA DJ SPOOKY THAT SUBLIMINAL KID
Rebirth of a Nation
“It wouldn’t much surprise me if DJ Spooky invigorates the
intellectual world someday as Professor Spooky or even
Chancellor Spooky.”
—Bruce Sterling
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years

Remixing cinema, music and American history,
DJ Spooky reconstructs D.W. Griffith’s racist 1915
silent film Birth of a Nation for three-screen digital
video projection. Added digital and analog visual
elements, including footage from the Bill T. Jones
Dance Company and Miller's own original score, are
mixed by the artist on the fly, making for a unique
performance each night.
Paul D. Miller is a conceptual artist, writer, and
musician. His writing has appeared in The Village
Voice, ArtForum, Rap Pages and Paper Magazine,
among others. His first collection of essays, Rhythm
Science, was published by MIT Press in 2004, and
his anthology of writings on sound art and multi-
media, Sound Unbound, will be published this year.
Best known under the moniker of his “constructed
persona” as “DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid,”
Miller has recorded a huge volume of music and has
collaborated with such musicians and composers
as Iannis Xenakis, Kool Keith a.k.a. Doctor Octagon,
Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Steve Reich, Yoko
Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. Miller’s
media work has appeared in contexts including
The Whitney Biennial, The Venice Biennale for
Architecture and The Andy Warhol Museum.
DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of A Nation was commissioned by The Lincoln
Center Festival, Festival D’Automne à Paris, Spoleto Festival USA and
Wiener Festwochen (Vienna). Additional support was provided by
the American Center Foundation and Mass MOCA. Venue generously
provided by Portland Center for the Performing Arts.
www.djspooky.com

Newmark Theatre
Portland Center for the
Performing Arts
Fri . Sept 9 . 9 pm
Sat . Sept 10 . 9 pm
Running time: 75 min
Seating Capacity: 880
$15 members / $20 general
Mature Audiences