Call for participation :: Matadac Festival :: December 12-15, 2011 :: at Caixaforum Madrid, ES :: Write for subscriptionprocedure to: info@madatac.es ::

The Xth Sense (XS) is a free and open source based technology; as such, its free distribution is an integral aspect of the research. In this workshop participants build their own XS biosensor and learn how to generate interactive music from the muscle sounds of their bodies.

Xth Sense: biophysical live media performance: Hands-on training in augmentation of the body for audiovisual performance. Creating your own low cost biosensing wearable device for muscle sounds. Continue reading

Power/field compilation #3 :: Call for Submissions :: deadline January 1, 2012 :: Track length 3-15 minutes preferred ::

Recordings are wanted for the third edition of the Power/field compilation. This series is dedicated to recordings made “in the field” with processing on-site - i.e., pedals, laptops, or strange acoustic phenomena in the intersection of power and environment. No post-processing besides basic trim edits and gain.

Traditional field recording captures ambient sound in various locations via microphone without any effects. Power/field recordings are field recordings made with effects processing units used on-site. Continue reading

Frozen Music presents Awning by Rene Barge, David Dunn, and Gustavo Matamoros as part of Sleepless Night :: November 15-16, 2011; 6:00 pm - 2:00 am :: Artcenter, South Florida’s Facade, 800 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach :: Free (always).

For Sleepless Night, the Listening Gallery will feature the world-premiere of Awning alongside of their live performance of Plaza, with guest sound artist Russell Frehling, only a block away at the civic plaza, on the corner of 17th Street and Meridian Avenue. The live performance will begin at 6:00 p.m. and continue uninterrupted until 2:00 a.m.

And in December, stay tuned when SFCA’s Listening Gallery will open full blast during Art Basel with a new multichannel sound piece by Miami sound artist Russell Frehling and with Face2Face, a dual screen lab for the exploration of synchronized video created by Charles Reche. Continue reading

Practical Sound Analysis :: with Fredrik Olofsson :: October 28-30, 2011, 18:00-22.00h :: Hangar. Passatge del Marquès de Santa Isabel, 40. Barcelona. Metro Poble Nou. :: Price: 90€ (or cheaper as part of the whole course) :: prior knowledge of basic sound synthesis is assumed ::

This seminar will give an overview of several sound analysis techniques and guide participants on how to apply them to control sound or music processes. We will experiment with techniques for pitch detection and envelope tracking and will also cover more advanced algorithms, such as event and chord identification. We will also look at the importance of filtering and mapping the resulting data prior to using it to drive various synthesis parameters in realtime. Continue reading

Sound Tossing

image: First Sound Tossing activities in Japan by Daich

The project was inspired by so-called Shoe Tossing or Shoefiti, the practice of hanging shoes which have been tied together on overhead cables such as power or telephone lines. Sound Tossing operates in a similar way to the visual codes used in Shoe Tossing; Small sound generators hooked up to loudspeakers are thrown onto overhead electric wires, buildings and trees, from which they emit acoustic signals. They are solar powered and their sounds are
pretty much like crickets. Continue reading

Grande exposition of Sound Art :: Opening Friday, October 28, 2011 at 6: 00 p.m. - intermedia plateform :: APO33, 17 rue Paul Bellamy 44000 Nantes, France :: +33 02 51 89 47 16 ::

Exhibition open everyday from October 28, 2011 to November 6, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. :: 1 piece per day - 10 artists: Brandon Labelle :: Jenny Pickett :: Jason Kahn :: Christian Galarreta :: Achim Wollscheid :: Julien Poidevin ::
Kasper T Toeplitz :: Dominique Leroy :: Francisco Lopez :: Julien Ottavi ::

-Tuesday 1st of November :: First meeting - OpenSound Seminar :: Bastien Gallet what is a sound installation?
6:00 pm :: Free Entrance - Intermedia Plateform - Fabrique-Nantes Continue reading

PuréeData by Ted Hayes [Optimized for Google Chrome]:

PuréeData is a web-browser interface for a single shared sound environment that allows live, collaborative patching for anyone, anywhere. Visitors interact with a shared PureData audio synthesis patch and listen to the results as an MP3 stream, with no software to install or set up. The project is open-source, and all are encouraged to modify, improve and set up their own PuréeData servers.

PuréeData is a 2011 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. for its Turbulence website. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation. Continue reading

SoundWalk 2011 is a free annual one-night event of 42 sound installations by local and international sound artists held in Long Beach, Ca since 2004. The event, which will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 5:00-10:00 pm, will take place throughout 4th St, Linden Ave, First Street and Elm Ave.

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Call for works 2011 :: The 2011 Phonurgia Nova Prize is open ::

What makes the Phonurgia Nova Prize unique? The invitation to leave the well trodden tracks that hinder creativity and to find hitherto unexplored ways of taking the listener on a new journey of attentive listening to the world of everyday and imaginary sound. It is an invitation to make way for new sound (Radio award). To discover new interactions between seeing and listening ( New media award). In short, this award (which attracted 142 candidates from 15 countries last year) has to do with CREATION… and the attentive exploration of sound.

It is not a music festival, although music may be one component of a piece - along with speech, voice, silence and all the other sounds of this world and beyond. Continue reading

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