HTBAF: Sounding
When: Friday, April 17, 7-9pm
Where: Open Source Gallery (306 17th St., Brooklyn, 11215)
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In the final month of HTBAF Season 11 we explore the many meanings of “sounding,” from the literal act of hearing or making sound to the ways people test ideas, express feelings, or try to understand the world around them. Stories might center on music, voices, echoes, or the sounds that mark important moments, but they can also explore “sounding out” a situation—testing a plan, asking questions, or figuring something out step by step. Sound can signal warnings, create connection, reveal hidden things, check the depth of something, or simply capture the atmosphere of a place or moment. Whether it’s a noise that sparks curiosity, a voice that carries meaning, or an idea someone is trying to work through, these stories show how sound—and the act of sounding—can shape experiences, decisions, and discoveries.
Storytellers:
Sophia Pazos, (she/ella), is a fat, sober, bisexual, Latine, Scorpio, cat lady and native New Yorker (Go Mets!). By day she exists in the giant government machinery as a social work administrator. By night, she escapes the bureaucracy in a private therapy practice and listens to an obscene amount of history and true crime podcasts. Sophia has performed several times for Queer Memoir. When she began her story telling, Sophia had dreams of being an elegant, poised, erudite performer; a Rita Hayworth of storytelling. Now in her postmenopausal stage of her life, she has accepted (begrudgingly) that she is in fact a neurodivergent Lucy Ricardo of storytelling. Que Sera Sera! Sophia is minimally active (like a good Gen X’er) on Facebook, Instagram, and Discord.
Alessandro Magania is a performer and artist working across mediums. As an actor and dancer he has performed in live works by Object Collection, The Wooster Group, Salome Oggenfuss, Sibyl Kempson, Eliza Bent, The Million Underscores, Marija Krtolica, Zbignew Bzymek, Roman Ondak, Jarrod Beck, Allison Plamondon, Benjamin Gassman, and Tereke Ortiz, among others. He has created live performances shown at The Performing Garage, The Collapsable Hole, Prelude Festival, and Brick Aux Gallery. Recent film and TV: Nomotopowell by Brent Chesanek (2022 FID Marseille), The Tumbler by Savannah Knoop, Autotrophia by Anton Vidokle (2021 Berlinale), and the Netflix series Living With Yourself. He has directed videos showcased by Artforum and Visionaire, and co-directed the documentary There Were Always Dogs Never Kids (2017 IndiePix; Special Mention Prize – Milano MIX Festival).
Who is Will Clark? Or, maybe more importantly, who is The Danky Bum? An actor? A poet? A theater maker? A songwriter? A musician? A singer? A storyteller? You tell me.
And more…
How to Build a Fire is generously funded in part by the Puffin Foundation.
