Eric Theise

@erictheise.com

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Performance cartographer, experimental filmmaker, software engineer; reader & writer, eater & drinker. A Synesthete's Atlas is my maps-as-expanded-cinema project, collaborating w/improvising musicians. https://linktr.ee/erictheise

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fragment of the score showing staves for two live percussionists and one pre-recorded electronics track
Gregory Scharpen in the KALX studio
A blue cat spinning records w/their tail plugged into a wall outlet yowling "KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley"
Flyer reads: Beauty Supply Arts / Sat. June 13 / 8pm / $15 NOTAFLOF Eric Theise (Performance Cartography) Fred Lonberg-Holm Quintet: Tasya Abbot, Lorin Benedict, Nathan Corder, David Golightly, Emily Pothast
A comic book image of an agitated white man with a drafting table behind him saying "Maps, maps, maps! I'm sick of them -- all of them! I can't stand looking at them any more!"
photograph of the bathroom wall at Outta Sight Pizza, San Francisco; sign says, "Yo! Please don't tag our bathroom walls. Our friend worked really hard on this mural. You can tag the trash can. We feel this is fair".
A road sign saying that Provincetown, MA, is 3205 miles away.
Wood sign in the shape of a fish displaying mileages to various California locations.
flyer for Eric Theise's A Synesthete's Atlas performance at Santa Fe Noise Ordinance, 2889 Trades West Rd, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fri 10 Apr 2026, 9:30p, w/Kenneth Cornell & Carlos Santistevan. Includes a background map of Santa Fe, headshots of Theise, Cornell, and Santistevan.
a billboard with a photo of a cow and the text "cud you not text and drive?".
Line Upon Line Percussion Ensemble performs to Shahrzad Talebi's score & Eric Theise's touchdown/liftoff against Brussels' street grid at dadaLab, Austin, 28 Mar 2026.
flyer for Eric Theise's A Synesthete's Atlas performance at Guild Cinema, Albuquerque, Thu 9 Apr 2026, 7p, w/Kenneth Cornell & Clifford Grindstaff. Includes a background map of Albuquerque, headshots of Theise & Cornell, and the Guild Cinema logo.
lyer for Eric Theise's A Synesthete's Atlas performance at Wave Archive, Tucson, Sat 4 Apr 2026, 7p, w/Jeffrey Gordon Evans, Hannah Joyce , and Steev Hise. Includes a background map of Tucson, headshot of Theise, and the Wave Archive logo.
short excerpt of map animations
a bowl of the Liverpudlian favorite, scouse; lamb, potatoes, onions, turnips, carrots, & thyme, w/quick-pickled roasted beets on the side
backside of the 1993 prospectus for #sfcinematheque membership showing member benefits at the $1,500 level to include, for life, copies of all publications, free admission plus reservation privileges for two people, first class calendar mailings, invitations to special member events, and occasional issues of the long-discontinued Cinemascope newsletter. Plus a one-time t-shirt designed by George Kuchar.
CAST (Contemporary Art & Sound Technologies) 2026 Selected Artists Announcement
event poster w/photos of Eric Theise & Ed Osborn, plus The Map Center's logo, laid over a non-traditional map of an area of Providence.
front view of plate in plexiglas enclosure
Sep/Oct 2025 performance calendar for Manny's Performance Space, State College, Pennsylvania
An abstract, globe-like form, overprinted with location information contained in the post
anchovies
in-process photo of whole cherries in a sieve, pitted cherries in a baking dish, & a compost bowl containing pits & stems.
Pegasus rendered in neon atop a downtown Dallas office building
poster for 5 Apr performance of A Synesthete's Atlas; Silver City Grocery, 838 Pacific Av, Algiers Point, New Orleans, Louisiana; doors 7p / show 7:30p, $15 general / $10 students. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthetes-atlas-cartographic-improvisations-eric-theise-carl-stone-tickets-1301811014789
A colorful map is displayed underneath text giving details of the performance (doors @ 7p, show @ 7:30p, C. Penitenciaría 660, Col Americana, Americana, 44160 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico).
Photo of dozens of windows in a brick mid-rise apartment building with "#1 Frownland curated by Stefano Miraglia" superimposed. It's the first such program to be offered by Chute Film Coop.
Interior photo of Taller Sociedad, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Time lapse of Eric Theise working on color separations for screenprinting.
State of the Map US 2024/Salt Lake City attendees.
If, as it advanced, the countermap's counter twirled the map around and down, spiraling out from Salesforce Tower to Bolinas as unwaveringly as the boléro. (If Map #5) on the second tallest building west of the Mississippi River, San Francisco, California, February 2024. The Salesforce Tower Top art project is a partnership between Jim Campbell Studio and BXP/Boston Properties.
An atypically-colored map of the area surrounding Pittsburgh with a few mysterious markings.