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NAISA Sound Channel Newsletter for June 2006 (Vol.1; Iss.3) In this issue: 1) Sound Travels opens with The Power of Space June 10th (part of soundaXis festival) Feel free to forward this newsletter to your friends and associates who are looking for new arts events. Subscribe to the NAISA Newsletter by e-mailing naisa@naisa.ca and get this newsletter in your email box free. ======================= 1) SOUND TRAVELS opens with the POWER OF SPACE Saturday June 10, 8pm POWER OF SPACE features Xenakis’ percussion masterpiece _Psappha_ along with classic electroacoustic works by Barry Truax _River Run_, Paul Dolden _Below the Walls of Jericho_, and Michael Gordon _Industry_, as well as the premiere of Wende Bartley’s _Oracle_ featuring the CONTACT ensemble plus vocalists Maryem Tollar and David Wall. Inspired by the oracle tradition of ancient Delphi, Bartley’s work is based on sound materials gathered at ancient temple sites in Greece and Malta. Power of Space is one of many events produced by Toronto organizations and presented as part of the soundaXis festival. The spatial movement of sound in the space, or what it is called spatialization, is a primary artistic concern for NAiSA. The movement of sound in a performance hall has many names. The technique used for this show is not a conventional Dolby surround system. It is more complex than that and is driven by the particularities of live public performance. For this concert, NAiSA Artistic Director Darren Copeland is unveiling a new 12 channel spatialization system that features a real-time physical controller (the Polhemus Patriot), multichannel spatialization software (designed by Ben Thigpen using Max/MSP to modify the IRCAM Spat system), and a support structure to suspend loudspeakers above and around an audience (designed by Laird MacDonald). This system would not be possible without the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the North America division of Tannoy. There are further refinements and adjustments still to be made, so join us for our Sound Travels concerts this summer to track the progress of this concert innovation. ======================= 2) DEEP WIRELESS - RADIO WITHOUT BOUNDARIES Trans = from, across, beyond, through; X = unknown quantity. transmission, transport, transversal, transgender, transaction, transitive, translation, transportation, transverse, transnational, translocal… Make your own theme by adding a word to replace the X and create a piece for radio that reflects it. New Adventures in Sound Art invites submissions of any duration less than 60 minutes in length that reflects the theme TRANS-X, makes use of original sound sources in interesting and innovative ways and are suitable for radio broadcast. Note there will be a special category called “Radio Art Interventions” on the same theme for pieces one minute in length. Pieces will be selected for broadcast within Canada and on several international radio stations in May 2006 as part of the Deep Wireless festival of radio and transmission art. Deep Wireless celebrates radio as a creative and artistic medium for cultural expression. The International submissions will be considered for inclusion in the following: -The Deep Wireless 4 radio art compilation CD A small number of Canadian artists will be chosen from the submissions to be part of the Deep Wireless Commissioning Programme in 2007 with residencies at Charles Street Video in Toronto. ======================= 3) SIGN WAVES OUTDOOR SOUND INSTALLATION _SONIC BOARDWALK_ Canadian artists Krisit Allik & Robert Mulder will be on-hand for the opening "I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart's core." - W.B. Yeats Sonic Boardwalk is a sound installation that generates a microsound landscape activated by the kinetic imprint of passing visitors. The work will be installed on a section of the boardwalk on Toronto Island Between Wards Island and Centre island near the lakeshore. Each year more than a million visitors travel to the Island many of which walk, run or bicycle on this 1.6 km. long boardwalk, even some ambulances are known to frequent its grey rustic surface. The installation’s microsounds can be perceived as a mapping and modeling of certain aural characteristics of cricket sounds, high bell sounds and scraping sounds, enabling the boardwalk pedestrian to 'create' their own hybrid acoustic ecology consisting of an 'orchestra' of natural and synthesized sounds. When activated, Sonic Boardwalk will generate a small cloud of microsounds emanating from below that will appear to surround the visitors, that is sounds that highlight and 'puncture' the somber 'cantus firmus' of Lake Ontario's wave action. Microsounds are sounds measured at a very high pitch with a very short duration. They are generally perceived to be very directional (i.e., as if they are only perceived by one ear). One could say that the Field cricket found in August near the boardwalk on Toronto Island is a good example of a microsound generator; the end result of which is as if the cricket 'throws its voice', and thus appears to be in a number of places simultaneously. WARNING: Unlike Ray Bradbury's science fiction story 'The Sound of Thunder' where the future remains unaffected as long as one remains steadfast on the path, engaging in frivolous interactive play on the boarding of Sonic Boardwalk will influence the future in ways that are yet not fully understood! June 2006. © ma/ma Kristi Allik and Robert Mulder Please stay tuned for the opening date of Barry Prophet's _Synthecycletron_, a site-specific sound sculpture on which participants will generate power by pedaling which will in turn activate synthesizers and generate sounds. ======================= 4) SIGN WAVES INDOOR INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS The indoor portion of Sign Waves 2006 at St. Andrew-by-the-Lake on Centre Island will include Lori Beckstead’s _Aur(e)ality_ which touches on themes of location/dislocation and nature/culture. Listeners control their own listening experience by moving through a space wearing wireless headphones that allow for soundscapes to change according to the physical location of the listener. Also included will be a re-mounting of Andra McCartney's _Journées Sonores: Canal de Lachine_ with interactive design by Don Sinclair and the visually stimulating _Sound Travels Documents_ with accompanying Listening Gallery. ======================= 5) SOUND TRAVELS PERFORMANCE WEEKEND PACKAGE RATES Although the installations and SOUNDwalks happen over the course of the summer, the performances, concerts and artist talks happen in a more concentrated period of time - August 11-13, 2006. We've been asked by many who have attended in the past if we can offer a weekend package that is all-inclusive. We've done better than that - we've added a reception that's exclusive to weekend pass-holders and the artists in the festival. SOUND TRAVELS WEEKEND PACKAGE: $45/per person Includes 3 days of performances, 3 ferry passes (one per day) plus wine & cheese reception (Note: this reception is being held exclusively for the Sound Travels artists and weekend pass-holders only). Interested? E-mail naisa@naisa.ca at which time a pdf document will be e-mailed to you so that you can fax or mail in your registration with payment in advance. Note: there are a limited number of weekend-passes available. ======================= 6) SOUND TRAVELS SOUNDwalk series (includes _Airborne_ by Reena Katz) The SOUNDwalks will feature some of the many interesting acoustic sound marks on Toronto Island with some special attractions along the way including the outdoor Sign Waves interactive installations and also featuring Reena Katz's _Airborne_, an outdoor soundwalk on the Toronto Island boardwalk whereby the participants will use personal listening devices to tune into a history in reverse of the Toronto Islands and the urban development issues that have marked their existence as part of our city. Note: the SOUNDwalks on the Sound Travels performance weekend will include Guerilla Sound Art performances. ======================= 7) SOUND TRAVELS PERFORMANCE WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS GUERILLA SOUND ART EVENTS Guerilla Sound Art Events are short ‘spontaneous’ performance art pieces that draw attention to the contemporary urban soundscape. While often humorous in nature, they also bring attention to both the noise and recognizable ‘soundmarks’ of urban life, calling for a more active role in shaping our urban soundscapes. Sound Travels 2006 will feature Guerilla Sound Art events by Peter Hatch and four Toronto emerging artists LIGHT AND SOUND CONCERT A musical interplay between sound and silence and darkness and light using the extremes of sonic and visual perception, the Friday night Sound Travels concert will include the soundscape work _Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches_ by Francisco López and the multi-media work _beshadowed_ by Bernhard Gal for Flute, cello, light and sound projection. Also included is Darren Copeland's new radiophonic sound work Let Me Out, created for Kunstradio in Austria. ARTIST & WEEKEND PASS-HOLDER RECEPTION MULTI-CHANNEL CONCERT This multichannel concert will explore the beautiful natural acoustics of St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church with a new 12-channel surround system designed by artistic director Darren Copeland that features the physical control over the movement of sound above and around the audience. Works featured include _Masques et Parades_ by Stéphane Roy, Denis Smalley’s _Wind Chimes_, John Young’s _Virtual_, a selection from _Clear Dawn_ performed on the Japanese Shoh by Toronto sound artist Sarah Peebles, and _brief candle_ by the software programmer of the new system Ben Thigpen. OUTDOOR SITE-SPECIFIC performance August 13, 2006 3pm / $5 at the door (begins inside church) This site-specific concert will feature a world premiere by Carey Dodge. It is an outdoor performance in and around a tree that will include five performers: a violinist, a bassist, a french horn player, a percussionist and a computer musician in an immersive environment created with the help of eight speakers surrounding the audience. ======================= 8) 5th ANNUAL SOUNDplay FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS SOUNDplay is a meeting point for experimentation in new media and sound art, SOUNDplay pushes the boundaries and encourages new fusions of image, sound and text. This year's festival includes sound sculptures, installations, videomusic screenings, performances, artist talks and workshops. Co-producers include Gallery 1313, Prefix, Pleasure Dome and EarShot. Videomusic screenings Videomusic is a recent development that includes abstract non-narrative video and sound art while exploring the sonic and visual aspects in equal measure. Artists include NomIg, Stephanie Loveless, Cliff Caines, Nelly-Eve Rajotte, François Handfield and many more. SOUNDplay installations The interactive installation _Sound Object_ by Louis Dufort applies granular synthesis to both the video and sonic elements. The theme of resonance is explored through three sound sculptures: Sphere by Finnbogi Pétursson; Frozen Sands Infinite River by Mohammed Al Riffai (cur. by Alissa Firth-Eagland); and Key Piece by Gary DiBenedetto. SOUNDplay Performances SOUNDplay 2006 includes performances by Wet Gate, PHH!K with Don Sinclair, Tony Conrad, Michael Snow, Louis Dufort and a version of Metropolis (co-presented by EarShot) - the silent film classic - that is accompanied by a live performance of music written by David Ogborn. ================ 9) TRANSLOCAL EVENTS PLANNED FOR DEEP WIRELESS 2007 May 2007 will be the first Deep Wireless festival to include translocal events (performances and broadcasts that occur simultaneously in more than one location locally and internationally). For details on how you can participate e-mail naisa@naisa.ca. ================ 10) LINKS For info on many of the composers programmed by NAISA visit electrocd.com, one of the best sources on Canadian and international electroacoustic sound art <http://www.electrocd.com> ================== NAISA PRIVACY POLICY Below is a summary of our Privacy Policy. 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