On Thursday June 20 I will present in a seminar on “Sound, Silence and Acoustic Ecology.” This is an invitation-only event held in conjunction with the Silence Exhibition, curated by Alex van Oss. The exhibition is open to the public at the Embassy of Finland on June 29-30 and July 13-14, from 11 AM to 4 PM.
Embassy of FinlandRead more about the seminar here:
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I will be the special guest of the New England Forum for Acoustic Ecology (NEFAE) giving a talk, followed by a reception, and then a concert with members of NEFAE.
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9 pm Wednesday, April 17 at
Casa del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent, Montréal
I’m excited to be performing with two wonderful sound artists, Magali Babin and Martin Tétreault. Also performing this evening, Alexander MacSween and Jérémi Leroy.
Saturday, April 13 at 7:30pm@ Union Docs
322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Suggested Donation: $9
My transmission art performance with good friend Anna Friz is a prelude to the following weekend’s MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival, a celebration of sound art. On Friday, April 12 Anna and I will visit and talk about our work with students at The New School. Our performance/installation happens at Union Docs, a non-profit center for documentary arts. Along with the acoustic space inside a multichannel array of suspended radio receivers and micro-watt transmitters; we will be adding our sounds through the instrumentarium of Springboard, Tetrax Organ, Korg MS-20, accordion, harmonica, and various effects pedals.
As posted in mid-February, the MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival is a weekend-long event dedicated to the art of sound. Artists including documentarians, technologists, musicians, educators, urban planners, scientists, radio producers, and fans interact to share secrets on producing and presenting challenging audio works online, on-air, and on the stage.
photo by Cole Morgan
On Saturday, March 30 I was among the artists performing and presenting installations for Soundfest at Amherst College. Katharine Duke’s review was published on Wednesday, April 3rd, with photos by Cole Morgan and Rob Mattson, including an audio excerpt of my piece, “Similaria” here: https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/campusbuzz/node/462685
Artists participating in Soundfest included faculty and alumni of Amherst College, local artists, and Copeland Fellows like myself, a part of the 2012–13 Copeland Colloquium: “Art in Place / the Place of Art.”
On Friday, April 12 Anna Friz and I will visit and talk about our work with students in Jim Briggs radio course at The New School, in New York.
Published on March 26, 2013
Tortua is a robotic video artwork that was on display in the Eli Marsh Gallery at Amherst College, on March 4–27, 2013. The installation incorporates a digitally animated sequence by Rebekah Tolley, a robotic sculpture by Micheal Tolley and audio by Eric Leonardson.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
multiple locations at Amherst College
I am creating a new electroacoustic composition to be performed solo in Soundfest, a showcase of indoor and outdoor sound installation work and performances. It happens all around the Amherst College campus. I perform “Similaria” in the Mead Art Museum. Soundfest features the work of Tim Eriksen, Jake Meginsky, Steph Robinson, Wendy Woodson, Phil Dupont, and myself. Read more about Soundfest here:
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I perform on this evening with Jonathan Chen (violin) and Anne Guthrie (french horn).Also performing that evening an fantastic group of improvising musicians on acoustic, electronic, and electroacoustic instruments:
SULT – Tony Dryer (contrabass), Jacob Felix Heule (percussion), Guro Skumsnes Moe (contrabass), Håvard Skaset (acoustic guitar), from Norway.
https://soundcloud.com/sult/sets/demo/s-46Dab
PascAli – Sean Ali and Pascal Niggenkemper (prepared bass duo)
Jack Wright (saxophone) and Andrew Drury (percussion) – http://www.springgardenmusic.com/
David Grollman (percussion)
Owen Stewart-Robinson (guitar) and Brad Henkel (trumpet)
Performing with Doug van Nort, Jefferson Pitcher, and Jonathan.Doug van Nort A member of the trio Triple Point with Pauline Oliveros and Jonas Braasch, and frequent collaborator with If, Bwanna’s Al Margolis. Van Nort’s “work is dedicated to the creation of immersive and visceral sonic experiences, and to personal and collective creative expression through composition, free improvisation and generally electro-acoustic means of production.”
Jefferson Pitcher Florence, MA-based guitarist and composer. “Pitcher makes the strange sound natural. . . a fluid undulation from starry indie-folk to inert sound collage and back again, never breaking its lulling wave-like motion along the way. Terrific!”—Pitchfork
Jonathan Chen Electro-acoustic improvisation and compositions for violin and electronics.