B3 Autumn School Spatial Sound Workshop – Frankfurt

B3 Biennale Spatial Sound Workshop for students and young professionals in Frankfurt apply by Sept. 10 http://t.co/WyacJxcZBB — ericleonardson (@eleona) September 6, 2014 English version see below. Vom 29. September bis 4. Oktober findet die Autumn School des B3-Festivals in Frankfurt statt. Als besonderes Highlight für Audio-Interessierte gibt es den Workshop “Spatial Sound”, der sich… Continue reading B3 Autumn School Spatial Sound Workshop – Frankfurt

The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics

I recently helped students in Jesse Seay’s Sound Art Electronics class use piezo disc contact microphones to build amplified sound sculptures and instruments for public interaction at The Arcade, an exhibition space at Columbia College Chicago. Their handmade electroacoustic creations were very fun and effective. The show runs for one month and closes May 2,… Continue reading The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics

April 13, 2013 Megapolis Audio Fest With Anna Friz at Union Docs

MEGAPOLIS Pre-festival – 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… Continue reading April 13, 2013 Megapolis Audio Fest With Anna Friz at Union Docs

Tortua video online

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.

2013 Megapolis Audio Fest with Anna Friz

I’m excited to be performing with Anna Friz again, and we’re honored to be the “pre-festival teaser” for the 2013 Megapolis Audio Festival.

Respire: Performance with Anna Friz at ESS on SoundCloud

ESS posted my performance with Anna Friz for the opening of Respire at Audible on its SoundCloud profile. What you hear, amongst a roomful of radios receiving the sounds of breathing and other bodily exclamations typically absent from regular radio programming, is Anna playing amplified sruti, mbira, and electronics. I performed on the Springboard and… Continue reading Respire: Performance with Anna Friz at ESS on SoundCloud

Sculpture Magazine article and panel discussion on sound art in Chicago

Saturday, April 30 Sound Structure: Sound and Art in an Era of Flow 4:30-5:30 p.m. Presented by the International Sculpture Center Polly Ullrich’s feature article about sound in art in Chicago comes out in the May issue of Sculpture Magazine. Read her full article online with audio and video, “Making Worlds: Chicago Sound As Sculpture.”

The Sounds Of Winter

Chris DeLaurenti and the Seattle Phonographers Union played one of my field recordings on the “Weekday” show today, Monday, December 20, on KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound Public Radio. The show is archived for your listening pleasure at: www.kuow.org/program.php?id=22147 My audio submission (the metallic contraction sounds of a gas furnace as it cools) and other collected… Continue reading The Sounds Of Winter

Erotics of Sound

My audio work “Get Your Marks On” has been selected for the Erotics of Sound online showcase in conjunction with the Decadence Now! Visions of Excess exhibition at the Rudolfinum Gallerie, in Prague. The show opened September 29, 2010 and runs until January , 2011. Students will be given prompts to use the piece to… Continue reading Erotics of Sound

2010 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology Conference in Koli, Finland

My presentation, “Tourists in the Soundscape, Acoustic Ecology in Chicago” will be given at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16 in the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology International Conference, Ideologies and Ethics in the Uses and Abuses of Sound in Koli, Finland. The conference runs from June 16-19, 2010. Conference proceedings (abstracts, papers, and audio recordings)… Continue reading 2010 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology Conference in Koli, Finland