Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer Contre Jour

The Dark: PS21’s fearless winter festival of live performance radiating across Columbia County Monday, February 16, 2026 6:30 pm Film with Live Score / Music / Visual Art Adapting the French name for contralight, Contre Jour is a project in evolution for more than thirty years, bringing together the artistic vision of Canadian photographer and multimedia artist Leah Singer with American composer, guitarist, and producer Lee Ranaldo , a founding member of Sonic Youth. Singer and Ranaldo break traditional dynamics between performer and audience to examine how live image and sound might interact. Contre Jour , the shadow is introduced as an integral part of the performance. Ranaldo and the suspended guitar cast their omnipresnet shadows on the screen, staging a dialogue with the projections. A folding in of prior documented performances featuring shadows creates a mise en abyme setting. Contre Jour was invited to GNRation, Porto (2024), the arts festival Dark Mofo, in Tasmania (2023), and the S8 International Film Festival, A Coruna, Spain (2022) among others. This performance takes place at Basilica Hudson as part of The Dark a new annual festival from PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance that celebrates and elevates the depths of winter. Taking place February 16–22, 2026 , the festival will unfold at PS21 and across Columbia County— TICKETS and MORE information available at the PS21 website.