Category Archives: Art

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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Inspired by Flickr: British Library Series

I contributed two tracks to the excellent new series Inspired by Flickr  for the British Library . A special thanks to Cheryl Tipp!
Go here to listen.
This looks like it is going to be a wonderful place to  visit for sounds and images.

If you are interested in submitting , this is what they are looking for:

“Whether you’re a musician, artist or designer, we’d like to invite you to bring these images to life by creating a short sound piece inspired by this amazing collection. Whether you’re interested in creating a sound portrait of an exotic landscape or fancy tackling something a little more abstract, we’d love to hear what you come up with” – See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/sound-and-vision/2014/03/inspired-by-flickr.html#sthash.oa5CFrLU.dpuf
Below are the two images I chose.
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Go have a listen!

Bourgeon Article

I was really happy to contribute to the latest edition of Bourgeon. Bourgeon is an Arts magazine that documents the D.C art scene and its artists. Here is their mission statement:

“Bourgeon’s mission, through our online publication and community initiatives, is twofold: to increase participation in the arts and to improve access to the arts. Bourgeon serves as a bridge-builder between contemporary artists and audiences.”

I document my working methods and speak specifically on the film Baoying Window

Go here to read the article.
Thanks to the Editors!