“The duo’s performance as a whole was utterly unique, inviting a deep sense of reflection.”
– Lola Watts, Santa Barbara Independent
Over the years, Thollem and ACVilla have collaborated on a wide variety of unique projects and performances. Starting in 2025 they will be touring with Obstacle Allusion, Worlds In A Life, Infinite-Sum Game Sampled and Who Are U.S.
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RESIDENCIES
Livorno IT @ Teatro Refugio – site-specific residency
Palermo Sicilia – work on The Story Of Curva Minore, a documentary
Santa Fe, NM @ Acequias de Las Joyas – continuing work on various documentaries
Poschiavo CH @ Uncool – workshop at local school and creating site-specific visual and audio recordings.
Amsterdam NL @ The Atelier – to gather material for 2024 documentary.
St. Erme FR @ Performing Arts Forum (PAF) – artists exchange.
Porto PT @ Sonoscopia – to develop site-specific piece.
Brooklyn, NY @ Pioneer Works – composing site-specific music and developing contextualizations.
Gary, IN @ Calumet Artist Residency – project about Joe Hill. ACVilla: contextualizations realized with public domain footage. Thollem: compositions of songs with lyrics inspired by Joe Hill.
2024 – Worlds In A Life
Mar 8 (Lisboa PT) @ Casa do Comum
Mar 25-Apr 4 (Livorno IT) @ Teatro Refugio – Residency: Outside In – Livorno
Apr 5/6 (Dublin IE) for the Metronome Series @ the National Concert Hall
June 15 (Philadelphia, PA) @ Pageant Soloveev (Fire Museum Presents)
June 23 (Brooklyn, NY) @ Roulette – Arts For Art Vision Festival 2024
2023 – Obstacle Illusion 2023
Feb 8-9 (Santa Barbara, CA) @ UCSB – Obstacle Illusion Live – performance and Q&A
Mar 14 (Albuquerque, NM) @ The Guild Cinema – premier of Obstacle Illusion Live + The Murals of Nani Chacon (documentary)
April (Poschiavo CH) @ The Uncool Residency – This marks the final event that was cancelled in 2020.
April 11 (Poschiavo CH) @ Scuole Valposchiavo – Thollem/ACVilla workshop
April 22 (Poschiavo CH) @ Casa Hasler Poschiavo
May 5 (Firenze IT) @ La Chute
May 6 (Livorno IT) @ Teatro Refugio
Sep ’23-August ’24 – Interviewing for the 2-part film, Artists Engaged: the film
2022 Bicontinental Tour | Obstacle Illusion 2022
Mar 12 (Albuquerque, NM) @ The Guild Cinema in conjunction with Basement Films
Mar 17 (DC) @ Rhizome
Mar 18 (Baltimore, MD) @ 2640 Space
Mar 19 (Philadelphia, PA) @ The Rotunda (Fire Museum Presents)
Apr 1 (Toronto CA) @ Array Music
Apr 7 (Lisbon PT) @ Ler Devagar
Apr 9 (Porto PT) – @ Sonoscopia
Apr 15 (Palermo IT) – @ Sala Perriera (Presented by Curva Minore)
May 6 (Napoli IT) – @ Infrasuoni l’Asilo
May 13 (Bitonto IT) – @ Resilienza
May 20 (Brescia IT) @ Spettro
Jun 2 (Amsterdam NL) @ OCCii
Jun 23 (Santa Fe, NM) @ Center for Contemporary Art for the Sandbox Series/Currents Festival
Aug 20 (San José, CA) @ School of Arts & Culture Gallery at Mexican Heritage Plaza, presented by Works/San José
Sep 10 (Guelph ON) @ Silence
Sep 19–25 (St. Erme FR) @ Residency at Performing Arts Forum (PAF)
Nov 5 (Palermo IT) @ Sala Faust
Nov 25 (Torino IT) @ Imbarchino
Dec (Amsterdam NL) Residency at The Atelier to create a site-specific piece
2021 Post-lockdown Bicontinental Tour | Who Are U.S. 2021
Aug 29 (San José, CA) @ Works/San José
Sept 11 (Flagstaff, AZ) @ Kickstand Café – Interference Series
Sept 19 (Albuquerque, NM) @ The Guild Theater
Sept 23 (Kansas City, MO) @ 9th and State
Sept 24 (Chicago, IL) @ Elastic Arts
Sept 25 (Plymouth, IN) @ Wild Rose Moon
Sept 30 (Detroit, MI) @ Trinosophes
Oct 24 (Milano IT) @ Macao
Dec 9 (Lisbon PT) @ Damas
Dec (Porto PT) @ Sonoscopia – Residency
Dec 23 (Porto PT) @ Sonoscopia – Canceled due to Omicron
2020 Lockdown
New Mexico: Inside Out for (virtual) High Zero Festival (Curated by High Mayhem, Santa Fe, NM)
Celebration of Silicon Alleys for Gary Singh’s (virtual) book release – presented by Works/San José
(EU tour cancelled due to global pandemic)
2019 US Tour | The Now Of US
A focus on murals with a message. The film shown in progress included clips of an interview with Diné/Chicana muralist Nani Chacon. For each presentation, Thollem/ACVilla invited a local muralist to show her work and talk about her own role in her community.
2018 US Tour
Thollem’s Technicolor Grey Zone: Everyone Knows This To Be True
Tour launched with premiere in Albuquerque, NM @ Guild Cinema
2017
Residencies: Calumet (Gary, IN) & Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY)
Electro Music Fest (Indianapolis, IN)
Northwest Film Forum (Seattle, WA)
2016 US Tour | Who Are US
A 7-month, 48-state project made during the run-up to the US elections (without being about the elections). Presented in-progress, with live music, along the way at film societies, art houses, DIY venues, galleries, universities, and museums with Q&A.