Barry Stone will perform a selection of Porch Swing Orchestra compositions originally improvised in Galveston which accompany photographic images currently on view at the Galveston Art Center as part of Stone' solo exhibition, Slow Bell, along with other pieces set to a site-specific video score. The music will feature a special live arrangement with accompaniment by Paul Stautinger on keyboards, guitar, and lap steel. 

Please note: This performance will take place at the Galveston Artist Residency.

About PSO:

Porch Swing Orchestra (PSO) began as a web project in 2018 and has expanded into installation, performance, collaboration, and curation. PSO started out on Stone’s porch and has grown to include pieces at Spiral Jetty in Utah, the border town of Del Rio, Texas, on the coast of Maine, as scholar in residence at the University of Washington's Whitley Center at Friday Harbor Labs in the San Juan Islands, and other far-flung places. PSO has been featured in Artforum and Glasstire and has performed at Lora Reynolds Gallery, in the UT Austin’s Landmarks Public Art Program’s Sky Space, The Color Inside, by James Turrell, been commissioned by The Texas Historical Commission to create original audio and visual works, and has curated a series of performances at Co-Lab Projects. PSO was the subject of a solo exhibition at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in New York City and featured in ICOSA’s soundscape program. Since 2018, PSO has collaborated with dozens of musicians, artists, poets, writers, and activists to publish over 240 pieces.

Photo by Brynn Osborn