SquareTangle virtual art performance company launches with an open source plug-in for artists and sound designers.

Renowned Australian virtual artists John McCormick and Adam Nash today announced the formation of SquareTangle, a virtual/art/performance company, as a milestone in their Australia Council Inter-Arts Connections Residency at Hidden Cove Solutions.

They have released the first results of this productive collaborative residency, in the form of a plug-in that allows the FMOD sound designer to be used within the Unity game development environment. Continue reading

Celebrate John Cage and Merce Cunningham — A John Cage Birthday Event :: September 5, 2009; 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. :: St Mark’s Church, Parish Hall, 10 Street and 2nd Avenue, New York City :: admission is free; arrive early to get a seat (no reservations).

Kevin Hufnagel will be playing ambient prepared guitar music and Nurit Tilles will perform 4’33,” after which the feature video (95 minutes long) Cage/Cunningham will be shown and Elliot Caplan, filmmaker, will be on hand to discuss it afterwards.

Cage was born on Sept. 5, 1912, and died on Aug. 12, 1992. Hufnagel was the first of 22 artists performing in the 16th annual celebration at St. Mark’s Church Parish Hall, in New York City.

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Carl Stone will perform at the Eighth Veil, 7174 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA :: September 12, 2009; 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. :: free

Carl will perform as part of Into Infinity, a collaboration between dublab and Creative Commons, which builds on audio loops and circular canvases that are available online to the public for sharing, remixing, and resubmission.

This event is itself part of Mapping sound: the SASSAS 10th Anniversary Concert, a daylong celebration of the tenth anniversary of the sound. concert series. Continue reading

An unusual solo performance by Chris Brown :: August 27, 2009; 6:00 - 7:00 pm :: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA :: Tickets here.

Chris will be playing piano solo with interactive electronics — first an improvisation with live signal processing, like an “alap”, without pulse, then a newly restored old rhythm piece called “invention#7 — branches”, in which he interacts with his “ritmos” polyrhythm software.

It’s part of YBCA’s “new frequencies” series — Chris will be playing in the galleries in front of pieces that are part of their “wallworks” show. Continue reading

Swedish musicians Daniel Larsson (music) and Thomas Redigh (animation) succeed in creating the world’s trippiest 8-Bit experience. The video description reads, 1500 hours of moving legobricks and take photos of them. To put that into perspective 1500 hours = 62.5 sleepless days. Raccoon-tailed Mario, Megaman, Puyo Pop, Tetris, Pong, and Karate masters (possibly from Karate Champ?), all make celebrity guest appearances.

Thanks to: Stelios Phili on Flavorwire.com.

Sonic Playground with Eric Leonardson — an interactive music performance using the new Lake Crescent playground :: August 25. 2009; 6:00 - 8:00 pm :: Lake Crescent #532, 1061 E. 41st Street, Chicago, IL.

Join Eric Leonardson in sonically activating the Lake Crescent Playground. This event is a part of the Park District’s “Concerts in the Parks” series, offering Chicago families a fun, affordable way to spend an evening in their own community. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, but prepare to play and listen to the playground in a totally different way. Curated by Inferno Mobile Recording Studio.

Ichiigai: audio art from Karlsruhe, Germany :: August 25, 2009; 7:00 - 9:00 pm :: Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, 596 Broadway #602, New York City.

Ichiigai (”not one”) is an experimental audio-art collective which has been exploring a fusion of sound, music, video and art since 2004. Ichiigai is also an artist-run label based in and supported by the State University for Arts and Design (HFG) and the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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How to Make Music With Police Cars and Get away with It — An Artist’s Talk by Lázaro Valiente :: August 26, 2009; 8:00 p.m. :: Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St., Queens, NY ( Directions).

The Police Car Quartet was the first of nine public happenings by acclaimed Mexican artist, Lázaro Valiente, including the Tamal-Car Orchestra, muchos Mexican barrel organs, visual concerts at red lights, public radio Interventions, and many others. Each is a suggestion on how to control traffic in public spaces. Please join us to hear Lázaro speak, perform, and distribute works of art. Continue reading

Pamela Z, Todd Reynolds, and Luke DuBois :: August 28, 2009; 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. :: Monkey Town, 58 N 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY :: Make reservations early because seating is limited ::

Working separately and together Pamela Z and Reynolds/Dubois will surround you with moving images and a sonic frenzy of sampled concrète sounds, voice & processing, and violin & processing. In their first shared evening, composer/performer Pamela Z (voice, electronics, video) and Todd Reynolds + R. Luke Dubois (violin, electronics, video) will present a program sonically and visually rich layered works. Continue reading

Garage Geeks present Experiments in Art, Software, Hardware and UX with Amit Pitaru :: August 21, 2009; 8:30 p.m. :: Holon Industrial Zone, Israel.

Like a typical garage geek, Amit splits his nights and days between experimental and commercial work. In this session he will share recent art projects and discuss how they affect his work as software/hardware designer, user experience freak, and (recent) entrepreneur. This is a free event, please bring DRINKS and snacks to share. It might get hot without cold beers at hand, and Amit recommends one for better UX.

Amits recent projects: Sonic Wire Sculptor :: Rhonda 3D drawing tool :: Smashup Dance Project, Continue reading