No Balance, a 5th Deathiversary Tribute to COIL's Jhonn Balance

Friday 13^th 2009 marked the fifth deathiversary of Jhonn Balance (1962-2004), founding member of British industrial/experimental/post-Crowley/chaos-wagers COIL. The date was marked by a night of interpretive performances of COIL works by 13 artists invited by The Process. The three-hour show was staged at the Santa Fe Complex. It included music and theatre by Andrew Cryptic, Rhod Harrison, The Vivi Sect (with the One and Only Ian Anderson), Martin Back, and Lilia Pea’s ensemble. Curator Red Cell invited Venus Bogardus to perform The Wheel (vocal version). The evening will be remembered by the audience crammed into the Complex as a seminal gathering of the Santa Fe avant-garde. The event was filmed and documented by several photographers. The release of images and recordings from the show is keenly anticipated. “It was, without doubt, one of the very best shows that we have ever been associated with, and it was an honor to be invited to perform.”