Category Archives: Art

Cam radio program on Field Recordings

I am a bit late on this, but was happy to discover one of my tracks was featured on the CAM radio program dedicated to field recordings. From what I gather, CAM is based in Wales and is a platform for experimental music and film.
Go Here to listen. The program is stellar!  Here is what they say:

This special mix concentrates on the role of field recordings within music. All tracks featured in this show are either a pure field recording or ones that feature field recordings layered with other sounds or manipulated from a number of artists around the world. The show features a huge variety of sounds ranging from wine making in West Wales (Jacob Whittaker) to marching bands in San Sebastian (Tyler Newman), and from the cliffs of northern Iceland (Kate Carr) to road trips in Portugal (Tobiáš Potočný)

The track Xu leads the classroom discussion is taken from Remote Partings published on the Echomusic label a few years ago.

 

May Events!

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Exciting events coming up in the next week or so. A special thanks to Una for the Soundscapes and Sound Identities symposium.

http://www.paesaggiosonoro.it/soundscapeandid/#eng
http://www.portobeseno.it/blog/?p=6186

http://www.pgcmls.info/node/6459

http://dc-soniccircuits.org/shows/05-15-2015-pyramid-atlantic-223/

Alternative Topographies: February 2 – March 20 at SU Art Galleries

This exhibition starts next week at Salisbury University. I am really thrilled to be included.

Alternative Topographies: February 2 – March 20

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An Exploration of Place(s) Real, Imagined, Representational and Abstract.

This time-based media exhibition takes the broad idea of topography to delve into questions about place: how we define place; the roles we play in the preservation and transformation of place; and how place is represented in our memories, imaginations and shifting experiences of reality.

MEDIA INSTALLATION:  Electronic Gallery, TETC 128, open 7 days a week, 8a.m.- 8p.m.

Artists include:  Alejandro Acierto, Kristen Anchor, Matt Dombrowski, Stephen Ellis, Johanna Evans-Colley, Felix Frederick, Adam Hurwitz, Ron Lambert, Christine Lucy Latimer, Chris Lynn, Edward Morin, Paul Shortt and Filippo Tagliati.

Link is here

Foot Notes : On the Sensation of Tone, Opening Night at Apexart Gallery in NY City

A wonderful time at the opening of the Foot Notes: On the Sensation of Tone exhibition curated by Alastair Noble. A special and heartfelt thanks to the Gallery staff and owner Steven Rand. The attendance was high from start to finish and everyone seemed intrigued by all of the work on display. It was also a great opportunity for me to experience and engage in other sound works by Ed Osbourne, Chris Watson, Annea Lockwood,Robert Macfarlane and David Rothenberg. I definitely will be going back! The exhibition runs until March 7, if you are in New York, check it out!

More photos here

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Foot Notes: On The Sensations of Tone at the Apex Art Gallery Tomorrow !

B7PUR0zIIAAoIIt Organized by Alastair Noble Featuring Una Lee Annea Lockwood Chris H. Lynn Robert Macfarlane Ed Osborn David Rothenberg Chris Watson Field recordings have proliferated in recent years due to the availability and portability of high quality recording equipment, enticing composers and sound artists to take their studios to the edge of the wilds or down the street. Foot Notes: On the Sensations of Tone, an audio and visual art exhibition organized by environmental/installation artist Alastair Noble, features 9 composers and sound artists whose works map, record, and respond to their natural environment be they urban or wild. http://apexart.org/exhibitions/noble.php

Foot Notes: On The Sensations of Tone at the Apex Art Gallery in NY City January 15-March 7th

I am really excited that the ongoing Miniature Landscape Correspondence project that Una Lee and I created is going to be part of this wonderful sound event curated by Alistair Noble.
Here is the link and some very insightful text on the Miniature Landscape Correspondence:

Another international venture is built with field recordings, the source of the raw unedited audio-visual postcards or Miniature Landscape Correspondences (2013), a collaborative project between Una Lee in South Korea and Chris H. Lynn in the United States. This again relies on a two-way call-and-response process of on-site audio recordings, coupled with a steady visual and audio rhythm. These reflect the direct experience of the everyday from each vantage point of the correspondent. The unassuming public spaces are captured to relay an intimate association for a private missive between friends. Short, without text, just two video shots with recording of urban or natural sites, no narrative or texts are recorded; it is purely the transmission of an atmosphere by each party. Here, poetic moments of image and sound convey all. Initially, current social networking sound bytes are conjured up with these very short audio visual videos, however they more closely resemble 19th century epistles between fellow poets. Once again the ruminations of Coleridge come to mind in which his communiqués transform his reader through poetic verse.
Text: Alastair Noble
Other amazing performers and artist include:
Annea Lockwood
Robert Macfarlane
Ed Osborne
David Rothenberg
Chris Watson
George Quasha and Chuck Stein

Above is a new MLC just published.
More exciting events on the way!

Nuit Blanche (Art All Night) in Washington D.C on 9/27/14

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Here are plenty of links to check out the event

http://artsoiree.com/events/art-all-night-nuit-blanche-dc-north-capitol-main-street/

http://dcarts.dc.gov/event/art-all-night-nuit-blanche

Upcoming shows/events for Fall and Winter

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Here are some confirmed shows in the upcoming months. There are other events/screenings, but I am still waiting on all the details. I will provide links soon.

Ships Passing on the Huangpu River and NorthNorthEast will be screened at the Experimental Festival in NY City on September 29th at the Spectrum curated by James Tuite
Live Super 8 films and Field Recordings at the Sonic Circuits Festival on October 3, 2014 at Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, Md. Curated by Jeff Surak
Utopia Film Festival-Urban/Rural Program, Greenbelt, Md -Oct 24-26, 2014
Expanded Cinema event with Gary Rouzer and Daniel Barbiero on December 11, 2014 at Takoma Arts Center, Takoma Park, Md.
Miniature Landscape Correspondence with Una Lee at Apexart Gallery NY from Jan 14-March 7, 2015. Footnotes:On the Sensations of Tone curated by Alastair Noble
Very Excited!
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