Musician/composers from The Wires String Duo will compose 12 world premiere musical works in 6 concerts, inspired by each of the artists showing at the Habitat Gallery. Each concert will also include additional original compositions and dialogue between the audience, artists and musicians to create a conversation that cross pollinates the mediums of visual art and music. Visual Artist inspirations for the December 16 concert are Momoko Usami and Gerry Trilling. Momoko Usami's surreal works explores narratives of socio-political, economic and climate concerns. Gerry Trilling is a conceptual artist who presents a personal recounting of the history and assimilation of the American Jewish Diaspora in exquisite deadpan. Her parents escaped the Holocaust, relocating to St. Louis where she grew up in a community of immigrants viewing identity, assimilation and belonging as linked to home environments and material culture. Her current body of work, "all stories are true", explores familial narratives. With each fiber crocheted, Trilling echoes a life story and the memory ponds, verts, game boards and woodland objects become more complex as the tale unfolds.

All concerts are at Habitat Contemporary Gallery (2012 Baltimore Kansas City, MO) at 7pm.