Some Bug Music- at Hi-lo- with David Rothenberg and myself- 2018. Video here
Matt Bua in collaboration with Cassidy A. Maze and the Turning Mill
2003 project at Socrates Sculpture Park- where we had to get everyone to role the building into place- with Sabine Heinlein, Jesse Bercowetz and the students
ON this Bill - God is My Co- Pilot, V- Reverse, Pontius Pilot, The Dimitri Gurevitch Quintet
May 23 〜 June 13, 2013
Fail-Safe (or FAILSAFE): "Process and progress in failure. Matt Bua celebrates things breaking down. Raven Chacon relinquishes intended comforts. Josh MacPhee wonders what’s holding us back. Alan Moore fucks up with his Colab comrades. Renzo Ortega turns his back on his past. Amy Westpfahl stumbles forward." Curated by Jason Lujan. Participating Artists: Matt Bua, Raven Chacon, Josh MacPhee, Alan Moore, Renzo Ortega, Amy Westpfahl. at the Bullet Space
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Just before the “END of the Mayan Calendar!” with Glenn Kreisberg
With Cassidy A. Maze and Camp Now
Foma did “Screaming for Vengeance” and “Diamond and Rust” (Joan Baez) at this Judas Priest- Cover show night at Meow Mix-
Under Island Project on Roosevelt Island and in the East River!with Carrie Dashow and Jesse Bercowetz. More info HERE
with Jesse Bercowetz
Concept: Matt Bua Desiged by Cara Turett for the Open Air Catskill Project
John Beekman- Bass Player of Fly Ashtry- said this was 1996- Also with Uncle Wiggly
50th anniversary show of the 1st Pink Floyd album at Hi-lo in Catskill. Great video highlights captured by Branden Marlowe can be seen Here
Made for Arum Delgado’s Taco Party- Falcon Crest the band- was a duo of Ryan Holsopple and Matt Bua- I think we did “Putin on the Ritz” that night?
All Star Cast— Floor plan of ye old RUBULAD
Concept Flyer for a Ping Pong- Uncle Sam project from 2010? “I want You- to not Want” easier said then done. In collaboration with Ross Goldstein
Agonbite of Inwit background
early 90’s - Jacob’s Run in Wilmington NC
Early Foma appearance in Greenville NC- I believe at Doug and Jeana’s house on Summit street. 1993
HUMAN THURMA! I think Daddy wasn’t able to make the trek north..
For a Greenville House Party-(with keg)- I think from the looks of this flyer- I was still traumatized from when my baby sitter- Jay Nagle told me it was fine to start watching “the Shining”- nothing bad happens- so I watched and skat man Crothers gets the axe in his belly!
Regraped- Ben Iddings Bass, Kip Larson-second Bass, Brian Quast- Drums- Stephen Hren - wild man and vocals
The Good Friday Spell- early 90’s- They did a mean “season of the witch” and “Whipping Post” and looks like they still are!
Kritter, Saetia, Magro Kuso , the Kassabone Red, And Fomatrums aka Your Cot Tantrums!
ROBOT– was an early 90’s Greenville NC band who’s members were- Matt Basset, Sean Livingstone guitars Scott Hersey drums, Brent McKoy bass, Matt Bua vocals, sax, samples—— With Tribal Lullabies -
On the bill: Distraught, As$troland, Closure, Half Man, Adverse Possession, and Foma
On the bill was Mammals of Zod, Water Margin, a band called Moses and Foma with Tamio Shriashi and Ladislav
Foma’s very first show at Ralph Baker’s waterfront realm. Trevor Carlson and Stanley Love (RIP) with crew did a dance for our Cheerleader song and Ryan Holsopple played the cock roach in our Cockroach escape theme song. It was a festive Hollow’s Eve -electricity free extravaganza!
Takeshi Tadatsu’s 1996 New York Press Comic- ‘Tokyo New York’- where he receives the Foma 45 in the mail.
At Brian Kelly’s Gargoyle/ Dirty Deeds Auction House…
Sitting in Edward Leedskalnin’s carved seat at Coral Castle- just outside of Miami Florida- 2019 ish- My shoes were given to me by Rooz, as we were moving out of the Tung Fa Noodle Factory on south 5th and Berry in Williamsburg. 2017? Great Chef! My orange shirt was our uniform for the 1st rendition of the Truck Drawing Project at the Drawing Center.
Another Cara Turett designed Open- Air Catskill poster
This copy got a little macerated—- so I had to digitally draw back into it, Kritter, Saetia, Magro Kuso , the Kassabone Red, And Fomatrums aka Your Cot Tantrums!