Golan Levin is an artist/engineer interested in the exploration of new modes of reactive expression. His work focuses on the design of systems for the creation, manipulation and performance of simultaneous image and sound, as part of a more general inquiry into formal languages of interactivity, and of nonverbal communications protocols in cybernetic systems. Through performances, digital artifacts, and virtual environments, Levin applies creative twists to digital technologies that highlight our relationship with machines, make visible our ways of interacting with each other, and explore the intersection of abstract communication and interactivity. Presently he is Associate Professor of Electronic Art at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Continue reading

{R} A K E - A performance series of alternative and collaborative electro-acoustic music and video :: Set 1 - DJ Olive, Music; Dan Winckler, Video; Set 2 - Audrey Chen, Music; Richard Garet, Video; Set 3 - Charles Cohen and Hair Loss, Music; Josh Ott - Video :: January 30, 2008; 8 - 10:30 pm :: Monkey Town, 58 North 3rd Street (bet. Kent & Wythe), Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

For January, {R}ake stays close to its roots. We’ve paired-up musicians and video-artists who haven’t formally collaborated together to present a night of truly improvisational multimedia performances. Continue reading

Michael J. Schumacher’s Glacier, a sound installation in 4 Parts and Living Room Pieces (excerpts) :: February 2, 9, 16, 23; 2–8 pm :: Diapason gallery for sound and intermedia, 882 Third Avenue (between 32nd and 33rd Street), 10th floor, Brooklyn, NY.

Glacier was composed during a stay near Glacier Lake in Nederland, Colorado this past summer. It consists of 4 sections, each with a distinctive sonic character, mood, feeling. Each section is made up of 13 modules, (a module being defined as a specific sound as well as the process used by the computer to execute the sound). Continue reading

Self-Cancellation - Mark & John Bain, John Butcher, Michael Colligan, Rhodri Davies, Benedict Drew, Robin Hayward, Gustav Metzger, Lee Patterson, Sarah Washington :: February 2 - 9, 2008 :: Beaconsfield, 22 Newport Street, London

Ten experimental sound artists are invited to explore in public the principles of self-cancellation in sound through conferencing, workshops and performance in London and Glasgow. Commissioned by Arika & the London Musicians’ Collective and developed with Beaconsfield. Continue reading

Founded in 1998, the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables, creating a unique music aesthetic. The Vegetable Orchestra consists of 11 musicians, a sound engineer and a video artist who perform in Europe and Asia. A concert of the Vegetable Orchestra appeals to all the senses; as an encore, the audience is offered fresh vegetable soup.

The Vegetable Orchestra’s second CD, Automate, is a compilation of tracks influenced by the most diverse contemporary electronic music styles. Continue reading

Vaibhav Bhawsar wrote the following on A-bog: Udder-Utter is an instrument that utters syllabic sounds derived from the Devanāgarī alphabet, which is used to write Hindi and other Indo-Arabyan languages. It’s playability is inspired by the gestures involved in milking a cow. The sounds that this instrument utters are intended to be a mix of discrete and continuous in nature and are rhythmic due to their syllabic / phonetic origins. I see the Udder as an instrument for constructing and rupturing meaning through its playability, by using syllabic sounds to construct monosyllabic meanings and imagery to extract formal elements. Continue reading

Snowy Day at MGFest 2008 from Michael Una on Vimeo. Continue reading

Monique Buzzarté and Leopanar Witlarge discuss and perform their recent works in the Harvestworks presentation room, 596 Broadway #602, NYC :: February 4, 2008; 6:30 pm :: HARVESTWORKS Digital Media Arts Center, 596 Broadway, Suite 602 (at Houston St.), New York (Subway: F/V Broadway / Lafayette, 6 Bleecker, W/R Prince)

Monique Buzzarté will perform Subtle Winds (2007), an eight-channel surround sound composition that can be performed in three configurations: as an electro-acoustic piece with or without an optional performer, or by live performers only. Continue reading

image: Michelle Rosenberg: Desk Bellows 2005 An Evening of Sound Experiments :: January 31, 2008; 7-10 pm :: @ SEAPORT, 133 Beekman, NYC (at Front Street, entrance at 207A Front Street).

Enjoy an evening of experimental sound performances that activate the @SEAPORT! venue, a former retail store. The evening will feature Michelle Rosenberg, Nicedisc, Ones, Kabir Carter, The And Group, and CoConuts. Organized by Sara Reisman in collaboration with Andrew Cappetta and Jeff Pash, Making Noise curators.

Cellar Door by Loris Greaud :: February 14 - April 27, 2008 :: Opening: February 14, 2008; 8pm - midnight :: Palais De Tokyo, 13 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris.

Cellar Door is an ambitious artistic enterprise: a colossal organism engendered by an original music score that distends through space and time. This mutant form of exhibition is guided in real time by a studio and an engineer located at the heart of the display; they activate the artworks, produce the assemblage of sounds, and prompt its accelerations and retractions. Continue reading