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NAISA Sound Channel Newsletter for July 2006 (Vol.1; Iss.4) In this issue: 1) Sign Waves indoor installations opening reception July 23rd 2-6pm Feel free to forward this newsletter to your friends and associates who are looking for new arts events. If you would like to receive the NAISA Sound Channel directly to your in-box, just send a message to naisa@naisa.ca with subscribe in the subject line. ======================= 1) 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_, Andra McCartney's _Journées Sonores: Canal de Lachine_ with interactive design by Don Sinclair (see descriptions below) and the visually stimulating _Sound Travels Documents_ by Stefan Rose with accompanying Listening Gallery. Also included each Sunday afternoon in and around the church will be Reena Katz's _Air Born_, an audio installation in which listeners will 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. Aur(e)ality If someone showed you a photograph of the neighbourhood you live in, you’d be sure to recognize it. But could you recognize it from a sound recording? What have you noticed about the soundscape around you today? The tranquil interior of the church provides a visual backdrop for listening where visitors can hear sounds placed out of context, and are permitted to create their own interpretation of the sound. The soundscapes have not been digitally altered. They are like unretouched, sonic photographs. The intention is not to create art from sound, but rather to present sound as art. Do you recognize what you are hearing? Do the sounds evoke memories, inspire curiosity? What do the sounds mean to you, particularly when heard out of context? Listeners are invited to construct their own listening experience—moving through the physical space of the church changes what you hear through the headphones, depending on where you are. Soundscapes may be considered individually, or as part of the constructed whole in which disparate soundscapes interact with each other. Journées Sonores: canal de Lachine Journées Sonores: canal de Lachine is a soundscape project based on soundwalks, historical research and interviews with earwitnesses in the neighbourhood of the ======================= 2) SOUND TRAVELS SOUNDwalk series + a special set of SOUNDwalks on the Sound Travels performance weekend 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. Note: the SOUNDwalks on the Sound Travels performance weekend will include Guerilla Sound Art performances. ======================= 3) SIGN WAVES OUTDOOR SOUND INSTALLATION Sonic Boardwalk is a sound installation that generates a microsound landscape activated by the kinetic imprint of passing visitors. The work has been 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 various bell sounds, enabling the boardwalk pedestrian to 'create' their own hybrid acoustic ecology consisting of an 'orchestra' of natural and 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. Please stay tuned for the opening date of the second Sign Waves Outdoor Installation: 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) SOUND TRAVELS PERFORMANCE WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS GUERILLA SOUND ART EVENTS Directed by Peter Hatch with a number of guest artists. 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 multi-media work _beshadowed_ by Bernhard Gal for Flute, cello, light and sound projection as well as the world premiere of Darren Copeland's _Let Me Out_. This concert will be followed by an artist Q&A with Peter Hatch, Darren Copeland and Bernhard Gal. 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_ for tape and Japanese Shoh performed by Toronto-based sound artist Sarah Peebles, the soundscape work _Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches_ by Francisco López 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. _A Tree in The Middle_ is a performance about music in motion. Set around a tree on Toronto Island, the audience joins the musicians on a playful journey through an exploration of moving music and sound. ======================= 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: New Rates Package A: Concerts and reception only - $18/person Includes 3 days of performances plus wine & cheese reception (Note: this reception is being held exclusively for the Sound Travels artists and weekend pass-holders only). Package B: Concerts, Artist reception and Ferry tickets (3) - $35/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). Note: Ferry pass is normally $6 return. 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) 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. ======================= 7) 5th ANNUAL SOUNDplay FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS SOUNDplay is a meeting point for experimentation in new media and sound art encouraging 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 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 Weekend Screenings & 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. The SOUNDplay weekend will also include a Flicker film programme curated by Michael Snow and Tony Conrad followed by a Round Table discussion. ================ 8) 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 or to send your own proposal e-mail naisa@naisa.ca. ================ 9) 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 Artistic Director Darren Copeland will be launching a series of sound installations called _Playing on the 401_ at Modern Fuel gallery in Kingston from July 19 to August 29, 2006 <http://www.kingston.org/kaai/programming.html> ================== NAISA PRIVACY POLICY Below is a summary of our Privacy Policy. For the full version, please visit our web-site By corresponding with any NAISA representative and/or submitting a form on any of the NAISA sites or at any of our events you will be entitled to receive the NAISA Sound Channel Newsletter and correspondence from NAISA. Every Newsletter we send out will include an explanation on how to opt-out from receiving future Newsletters or e-mail announcements. NAISA does not share e-mail addresses we collect through our web sites or event surveys with any unaffiliated third parties unless we specify at the point of collection. Receiving Newsletters from NAISA is optional. You may choose not to receive Newsletters, even after granting prior permission, or you may wish to correct information you previously provided. If you do not wish to receive Newsletters or wish to correct information you provided to NAISA, please send an e-mail to naisa@naisa.ca. Nadene Thériault-Copeland http://www.naisa.ca |
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