Audiosphere – Sound Experimentation 1980-2020

The Audiosphere exhibition of sound art opened October 14 at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. I contributed one of my favorite unpublished field recordings for inclusion in the massive collection, contributed individually by experimental sound artists around the world, assembled and presented by Francisco López. Conceived as a social audio experiment… Continue reading Audiosphere – Sound Experimentation 1980-2020

re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018

Friday, July 20, I am performing with musicians Anja Kreysing (from Muenster) and Donatella Bartolomei (from Italy) in the re:flexions sound-art festival. Abraxas Sommestr. 30 Augsburg, Germany 86156 www.abraxas.augsburg.de/ presented by attenuation circuit re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018 Teaser from LDX #40 on Vimeo. 13 artists joining for 5 unique collaborations “For each 30 min… Continue reading re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018

June 11: Stara Mestna Elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana

My first concert in Ljubljana happens Thursday, 11 June at Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana, thanks to CONA | institute for contemporary arts processing: Eric Leonardson (ZDA) and Martin Brandlmayr (AUT) Thursday, June 11, 2015, at 21.00 Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana Slomškova 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia Entrance fee: 5,00€ Reserve your ticket: cona.institute(at)gmail.com

May 15: HOME RADIATION at Defibrillator

Date: MAY 15 2015 @ 7PM Location: 1463 W CHICAGO AVE CHICAGO IL 60642 Cost: $10 requested donation Defibrillator is proud to present ANNA FRIZ, JEFF KOLAR, ERIC LEONARDSON in HOME RADIATION Performing with radiophonic instruments, unique homemade electronics, micro-watt transmitters, and re-purposed objects, ANNA FRIZ, JEFF KOLAR and ERIC LEONARDSON create intimate atmospheres traversing… Continue reading May 15: HOME RADIATION at Defibrillator

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

Saturday, March 22 – 3WDS14 – New York

3WDS14 – NEW YORK NODE – EAR TO THE EARTH I have a new electroacoustic composition premiering in the “Hydrosonics” program, part of the World Water Wheel on Saturday, March 22 in New York.

Invisible Places | Sounding Cities Symposium

I am working on the international scientific committee for Invisible Places | Sounding Cities, a symposium on sound, urbanism, and sense of place happening 18–20 July, 2014 in Viseu, Portugal. The call for submissions was announced January 13. Three sections will be featured with a keynote by Jean-Paul Thibaud from CRNS at CRESSON for the… Continue reading Invisible Places | Sounding Cities Symposium

Special Seminar, “Sound, Silence and Acoustic Ecology”

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… Continue reading Special Seminar, “Sound, Silence and Acoustic Ecology”

November 20, X-Act Sound On Free Radio SAIC

X-Act Sound, a live one-hour radio listening experience created by students of Eric Leonardson’s Introduction To Sound course, at the SAIC Department of Sound. Date: Tuesday, November 20 Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM (US CST / GMT -6) Listen at Free Radio SAIC What you can expect to hear: sounds made live and recorded in… Continue reading November 20, X-Act Sound On Free Radio SAIC

July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

Jay Needham and Eric Leonardson perform Chronography: Animal 22:00 Friday, July 27 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) 603qm Alexanderstr. 264283 Darmstadt (Atelier Elektronik) This event happens within the Soundscape Composition program featuring Hildegard Westerkamp, and is organized in cooperation with the 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012 (46th International Summer Course for New Music… Continue reading July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012