On the occasion of the final week of Hiroka Yamashita’s exhibition “幽光 The Lights from the Deep Mountains”, Kiang Malingue New York is pleased to present an experimental music program with Nava Dunkelman on percussion and Dan Gorelick on cello. 

A deep listening session and improvisational performance that reflect on the themes explored in Yamashita’s work: memory, spirit, folkloric rituals, natural phenomena, and everyday gestures, the duo will explore the essence of sound and silence–the nature of ma (間), the Japanese concept of the in-between space. As a sonic invitation to connect with the ephemeral and what cannot be named, Nava Dunkelman and Dan Gorelick draw from forgotten rituals and everyday objects, tuning into what moves between the seen and unseen. Echoing animist traditions, in which vibrations carry spirit, each sound offers a fleeting connection, for oneself, between each other, and to the natural world and beyond. For the evening, Dunkelman and Gorelick will play two distinct and related sets, further activating memory as a material that reverberates.

Nava Dunkelman is a percussionist and improviser based in Brooklyn. Born in Tokyo and raised in a multicultural environment by an American father and Indonesian mother. Her musical approach is innovative and dynamic, combining virtuosity and intuition. Meticulous in an intrinsic way, she uses her distinctive sound palette to explore and give life to a vast spectrum of musical possibilities. Dunkelman’s current projects include electro-percussion experimental noise duo IMA with Amma Ateria, and percussion duo NOMON with her sister Shayna Dunkelman. She also has performed and collaborated with Angélica Negrón, Brandon Seabrook, Du Yun, ÉMU, Fred Frith, gabby fluke-mogul, Ikue Mori, John Zorn, Pauchi Sasaki, William Winant, yuniya edi kwon, and many others. She has performed classical and contemporary pieces with the William Winant Percussion Group, Joan Jeanrenaud, Raven Chacon, San Francisco Girls Chorus, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and others. Her work has been recognized through notable awards and residencies, including the Jerome Artist Residency (2024–2025) and the Jerome Commission at Roulette (2023–2024), Hermitage Artist Retreat (2025), Loghaven Artist Residency (2024), create Award with the American Composers Forum (2023), and the New Music USA Creator Development Fund (2022). She has played at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Art Museum, and Pioneer Works, among other venues.

Dan Gorelick is an interdisciplinary artist who blends his classical cello and computation background to create immersive experiences, interactive installations, and improvisational performances. He explores how sound can create embodied and expressive works that blend acoustic, electronic, and digital techniques–finding ways to make the computer as expressive as the cello. He is currently exploring broader definitions of technology, and how sound can allow us to connect to different timescales–spanning biological, human, geological, and beyond. His sonic work has been shared at the New Museum, New York; La MaMa, New York; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Gray Area, San Francisco; and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin and has been featured in the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. He was a part of NEW INC Year 10 and 11 in the Art & Code track. Gorelick is based in Brooklyn, with active ties to the San Francisco Bay Area and Berlin art communities.

RSVP appreciated.
Date: June 25, 6pm EST
First Set: 6:30pm EST
Second Set: 7:30pm EST

Nava Dunkelman: Photo by Dayan Liu
Dan Gorelick: Photo by Adam Ninyo