DURATIONS: Acid Horizon presents Civilization Is Over with Emma Stamm, Stuart Kendall, essentialsalts
About This Event
Acid Horizon, a local, performance-led electronic collective, presents Civilization Is Over at Public Records alongside Emma Stamm, Stuart Kendall (no official site listed), and essentialsalts. The bill emphasizes sustained structure and pacing over spectacle, favoring restrained sound design, extended durations, and real-time textural shifts that treat the room as a listening environment.
About Civilization Is Over
“Civilization Is Over” arrives at Public Records as a live electronic program shaped by Acid Horizon, Emma Stamm, Stuart Kendall, and essentialsalts. Framed as a club-room event rather than a stage show, it treats sound as a social document, moving between pulse-driven structures and spoken or text-based ideas. No NYC premiere history is publicly established, but its significance here is contextual: it tests how a New York listening space can hold critical discourse without turning it into spectacle. The most telling moments are the ones that leave the room slightly unresolved.
About the Artists
Acid Horizon
Acid Horizon is an electronic group that has appeared on New York City bills at Public Records, often working in collaborative formats. Their set for DURATIONS, “Acid Horizon presents Civilization Is Over,” placed them alongside Emma Stamm, Stuart Kendall, and essentialsalts, leaning into the shared authorship typical of the city’s experimental scenes.
Emma Stamm
Emma Stamm is an electronic artist whose work moves between club infrastructure and conceptual listening. In New York City, she has appeared at Public Records, including DURATIONS: Acid Horizon presents Civilization Is Over alongside Acid Horizon, Stuart Kendall, and essentialsalts.
essentialsalts
essentialsalts is an electronic group active on New York City bills, with performances at Public Records. Their work moves through extended durations and textural shifts, treating structure as something that can be tested in real time.