(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Woman Life Freedom

Woman Life Freedom is a neon-based artwork by Taravat Talepasand that is currently on display at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

“Woman, Life, Freedom” is a movement which supports basic rights and freedoms for women in Iran. The movement began in 2022, after Mahsa Amini was arrested for not wearing a hijab in accordance with Iranian government standards; she subsequently died while in police custody.

In recognition of this movement to recognize women’s rights, Iranian-American artist Taravat Talepasand developed this neon sculpture, featuring the phrase in both English and Farsi. The piece was first displayed at YBCA in 2023 as part of her solo show, طراوت | TARAVAT, and remains on view as public art in our lobby.

Tuna with Korg Poly-800 and Eventide Pedals

Tuna is napping on a Korg Poly-800, along with an Eventide Space pedal and another pedal. Submitted by our friend thedigitalpurrgatory on Threads.

Here he is sleeping on one of his favorite beds: Korg Poly-800.

It really does seem to be one of his favorites.

Cutty and Elektron Octatrack

Cutty relaxes next to an Elektron Octatrack (DPS-1 version). From SDEM on Bluesky, who shares a bit more info about Cutty.

Age unknown , a reformed stray – Arrived at mine 2014 , think he’s about 12 . Polydactyl – 7 toes on each front paw.

7 toes, that’s “Poly-polydactyl” 😸

Coco, Nord Lead, Prophet 12 Module

Coco has squeezed into a narrow spot between a Nord Lead and a Sequential Prophet 12 module. Submitted by Bob SwanS on BlueSky

Wordless Wednesday: Rite Spot Cafe

The Rite Spot Cafe in San Francisco is a great little venue in the Mission District for food, drink, and live music. We saw our friends in Past Present Future play there a couple of weekends ago and featured them in a recent CatSynth TV episode.

Dahlia and 1010music Blackbox

The beautiful Dahlia returns, this time sitting under the desk with a 1010music Blackbox portable sampling synthesizer and sundry audio gear. From our friend Rob Robinson via Facebook.

She is the true wizard of the studio, if any magic happens at all it’s because of her. 🙂

Sam Sam, MiniBrute 2, Modular, Octave CAT

Black and white cat standing on a covered synthesizer and keenly inspecting the patch bay on an Arturia MiniBrute 2 analog synthesizer. Next to her head is a small modular setup with modules from several manufacturers.

It’s rare that Sam Sam ever gets up on one of the synth desks, so when she did I rushed to snap some photos. This was the best one, with her standing on our vintage Octave CAT (safely covered) and inspecting the Arturia MiniBrute and RackBrute modular setup.

A full account of synth brands in this photo can be found in the tags.

Nomi tests the presets (Korg, Behringer)

The adorable Nomi tries out some sounds with a Korg keyboard, Volca, and a Behringer Neutron.

Submitted by our friend David Van Brink via Facebook.

Wordless Wednesday: Alexanderplatz geometry

Behringer Model D and CME UF 80 keyboard

This cat has found a nice napping spot on the desk near a Behringer Model D synthesizer and a CME UF 80 controller keyboard. And the orange towel suggests this is a regular spot.

From Patrick Summey on Facebook, who assures us that “she is a fixture” 😺