Cube of Light
a 41-minute post-classical visual album
by christina giacona and patrick conlon

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Album Review:

“The 2021 Full-Length Visual Album from Onyx Lane’s Founders is a Post-Classical Triumph…to listen to Cube of Light is to experience the path of artistry, walking among stars and dreaming of the surreal, and all of it is driven solely by the simple sentiment – I just want to create.”

Review by David Dickinson

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Saturday, March 9th 2024 with the Shoals Symphony Orchestra 

“Cube of Light” is a 41-minute post-classical visual album created by Christina Giacona and Patrick Conlon. The music is influenced by the sounds of modern classical composition, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, Muse, Animal Collective, the Stranger Things soundtrack, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. 

Inspired by Olafur Eliasson’s “1m3 light” and Leo Villarreal’s “Star Ceiling,” “Cube of Light” is centered around the idea of artistic reflection and the journey of light through space, time, and consciousness.  

“Cube of Light” can be experienced as a stereo audio album, a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos immersive audio multimedia installation, as a continuous looping multimedia work, as stand-alone music videos, or as a live performance with full symphony orchestra, guitar, bass, drums, laptop, and three vocalists.

The seven music videos which comprise the visual side of the album were choreographed by Hui Cha Poos, Maggie Boyett, Audrey Johnston, Tina Kambour, Austin Nieves, and Kim Loveridge. 

Created and composed by Christina Giacona and Patrick Conlon (Onyx Lane), Cube of Light features Erica Downs (Honeywave) on Vocals, Mitch Bell (ZHU, Emotional Oranges, They.) on Guitar, Dustin Ragland (Young Weather, Charlie Hall Band) on Drums, John McCall (Beau Jennings and the Tigers) on Bass, the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble, and the Onyx Lane Scoring Orchestra. It was recorded and mixed by Onyx Lane at Castle Row Studios, Cardinal Song Studios, and ACM@UCO; and mastered by Kevin Lively Mastering.

Collaborators:
Race Dance Collective
Kaleidoscope Dance Company
Performers from the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Tulsa Philharmonic, and Fort Smith Symphony
The Los Angeles New Music Ensemble
Onyx Lane Scoring Orchestra

Funding and In-Kind Donations:
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC)
The Kirkpatrick Family Fund
University of Oklahoma’s Ruggles Native American Music Series
University of Oklahoma’s School of Music
The University of Central Oklahoma College of Fine Arts and Design
The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO)
Onyx Lane, LLC
Freestyle Creative
Evolve Research
Cardinal Song

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Past Exhibits and Performances:

“Cube of Light”
University of North Alabama I2E2 Conference Keynote Performance – 2022

“Cube of Light and WUBWUBWUB”
Dr. Shanti Simon and the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony – 2022

“Cube of Light”
Will Rogers Film Festival Finalist – 2021

“Cube of Light”
Cameron University New Music Festival – Composer in Residence: Christina Giacona – 2021

“The Dreams We Had”
deadCenter Film Festival Music Video Official Selection – 2021

“Cube of Light”
FLY Film Festival Short Oklahoma Film Official Selection -2021 

“Cube of Light”
WORLDFEST – Houston International Film Festival Gold Award Winner – 2021

“Cube of Light” 
Vancouver Independent Film Festival Finalist – 2021

“Cube of Light”
The Melton Gallery “You Are Here,” August 20 – November 19, 2020

“First Light,” “BBW (Big Bad Wolf),” “In This Light I Find,” “Falling Into Light”
UCO’s Kaleidoscope Dance Company in Concert, November 19 – 20, 2020

Live Improvised Dance Response to the Music of “Cube of Light”
The Melton Gallery, October 1, 2020

“First Light” and “Falling Into Light”
Kansas Dance Festival, Fall 2020

“The Dreams We Had”
The University of Oklahoma’s Ruggles Native American Music Series, Fall 2020

Credits:
Created, Produced, Composed, Recorded, and Mixed by Christina Giacona and Patrick Conlon
Mastered by Kevin Lively
Assistant Engineered by Luke Tallon

Choreography by:
Tina Kambour
Austin Nieves
Audrey Johnston
Kim Loveridge
Maggie Boyett
Hui Cha Poos

Videos Filmed and Edited by Josh Bivens (1-7), and Sonni Adams and Freestyle Creative (2 & 3)

Installation and Performance Options:
Stereo Album
Surround-Sound Multimedia Installation
Online Visual Album
Live Performance with Full Symphonic Orchestra With or Without Videos
Chamber Ensemble with Live Electronics with or without videos