New Photographs
David Bernabo David Bernabo

New Photographs

My photography practice dwindled away, and I’m now realizing it is because I stopped carrying a camera when I went out. Here are photographs that I made while attending the ALL STARS: A Constellation of 10 Resident Artists exhibition at Alma Lewis, which runs from Nov 23, 2024 - Apr 4, 2025. These photographs were shot through the back window of The Black Archive room.

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How Things Are: Residency at Signal Sauna
David Bernabo David Bernabo

How Things Are: Residency at Signal Sauna

Join us every Sunday at 4pm in November to sweat to the sounds of How Things Are, the eclectic experimental duo featuring Brian Riordan and David Bernabo. Brian and David are collectively and individually prolific performers and artists. We couldn’t be more excited to see what dreamy soundscapes they bring to the sauna.

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Three Waves
David Bernabo David Bernabo

Three Waves

A new album of improvised flute and percussion pieces from Trē Seguritan Abalos and David Bernabo.

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Watererer Does It Again
David Bernabo David Bernabo

Watererer Does It Again

On a cold winter day in Pittsburgh, the Watererer trio of David Bernabo, Matt Aelmore, and PJ Roduta entered The Church Recording Studio and improvised four hours of material. It was a new approach. It's true that Watererer's previous five records leaned heavily on improvisation for sections of songs and parts, but that tendency was anchored by through-written compositions and studio-as-instrument experiments. Here, the moods of the day and the influence of a Youtube playlist containing songs by James Brown, Change, Joaquín Orellana, and Kali Malone guided improvisations that quickly grew rhythmic and more open to dissonance and entanglement than past Watererer efforts.

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