This weekend I’m attending the 7th annual Radio Without Boundaries conference on Radio & Transmission Art in Toronto. Among the participating artists and producers are Tetsuo Kogawa (Japan), Chris Brookes (Can), Jared Weissbrot (USA), Trademark G (USA), Chantal Dumas (Can), Anna Friz (Can), Andreas Kahre (Can), Peter Courtemanche (Can), Damiano Pietropaolo, and Neil Sandell (Can).… Continue reading Radio Without Boundaries 2008
Month: May 2008
Sunday, May 25, Auris, Edwards-Leonardson duo, and Vertonen live on “Something Else”
Tune in to Something Else, Chicago’s only weekly radio program of audio art, experimental music, and live performance in Chicago, hosted by Philip von Zweck since 1995. This Sunday’s performers are: • AURIS • Eric Leonardson and Blake Edwards duo• VERTONEN Listen in every Sunday from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. (US CST/GMT -6) WLUW-FM… Continue reading Sunday, May 25, Auris, Edwards-Leonardson duo, and Vertonen live on “Something Else”
Shapes of Sound exhibition online
Hal Rammel inspired me to make my own instruments in 1990. Tonight, I learned from him that a web page about the wonderful exhibition of experimental musical instruments and their inventors, The Shapes of Sound: Musical Instruments and the Imagination in the Midwest, curated by Hal is now online. I was honored to be among… Continue reading Shapes of Sound exhibition online
New Interviews on Gearwire
More video interviews with students from my 2008 Instrument Construction course at SAIC have been uploaded. SAIC Student Rob Martens: Evil Brother Of Snap, Crackle and Pop Martens? http://www.gearwire.com/theramin-instrument-construction.html (Part 1) SAIC Student Bethany Childs Tempts The Fury Of Neptune http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-001.html (Part 2) SAIC Student Bethany Childs And Playing An Interfaced Conch Shell http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-002.html Stuart… Continue reading New Interviews on Gearwire
Instruments Featured on YouTube
One highlight from 2007’s Instrument Construction class remains the “Bubble Organ” designed and built by Aaron Wendel. Below is a short, unedited video clip of Aaron’s instrument.
Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire
On Friday, May 2 SAIC’s Waveforms presented videos and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gretchen Hasse from Gearwire came and interviewed many of the students in my Instrument Construction course, who opened the evening with an ensemble performance on their new instruments. The video… Continue reading Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire
SAIC’s Waveforms, Looptopia
SAIC’s Waveforms presents sound works and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on Friday, May 2 at the Fine Arts Building (Curtis Hall) 7:00-10:00pm, 410 S. Michigan Avenue 10th floor, Curtis Hall, FREE ADMISSION Students in my Instrument Construction course will open, performing as an… Continue reading SAIC’s Waveforms, Looptopia