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Newsletter for July 2010 (Vol.5; Iss.7)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
www.naisa.ca
1) NAISA 2010 Call for Submissions
2) NAISA July workshops
3) Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art, July 18 - Sept 25
4) Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium Aug 4 - 7
5) Sound Travels Intensive Aug 10 - 13
apply by July 30 to qualify for scholarships
6) Making Art With Sound Youth Residency Aug 16 - 20
7) SOUNDplay Festival Oct 2 - Nov 28
8) Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art, May 1-31, 2011
10th anniversary celebration!
9) Related News / Links
Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and associates looking for new arts events.
Categories: Radio Art, Electroacoustic Music/Sound Art, Videomusic and Installation Art
September 30, 2010 Deadline
http://naisa.ca/opportunities.html#2010
2011 marks the 10th anniversary of NAISA’s Deep Wireless and SOUNDplay festivals and so it is an opportunity for NAISA to both reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. With this in mind, New Adventures in Sound Art invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme ABOUT TIME for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2011 programming for its annual Deep Wireless, Sound Travels, and SOUNDplay festivals presented in Toronto, Canada.
All workshops are @ the NAISA space, 601 Christie St #252
Pre-registration required - go to www.naisa.ca and click registration, then choose workshops
Micro-Radio Transmitter building Workshop with Hector Centeno
July 6, 10 am - 1 pm, $55 (price includes parts for building micro-transmitter)
This workshop will let you experience what radio transmission is like by creating a transmitter that has a very small radius of transmission that could be developed into radio art and micro radio.
SOUND AS ART 2 Advanced Recording & Editing workshop by Darren Copeland
July 25, 10:30 am - 5 pm, $100
The workshop will further explore the sound materials developed in the Sound As Art 1 workshop in order to uncover in more detail their inherent sound generation and compositional possibilities. Key focal points for the workshop include composition strategies, non-linear sound processing techniques and the associative qualities of sounds.
July 18 - September 25, 2010
www.naisa.ca/soundtravels
The 12th annual Sound Travels Festival opens with two simultaneous SOUNDwalks co-presented by the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (both at 1pm on Centre Island and beginning at the NAISA space, Artscape Wychwood Barns) and also coincides with the first World Listening Day - July 18 - the birthday of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, pioneer acoustic ecologist and director of the World Soundscape Project. Sound Travels continues with interactive installations, performances, a workshop intensive, 3-sided square (part of the New Music Marathon) and the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium. Featured artists include: Marcelle Deschênes, David Eagle, Ned Bouhalassa, D. Andrew Stewart, Satoshi Morita, Rose Bolton, Rob Cruickshank, and more.
Installations:
www.naisa.ca/soundtravels/installations
Synthecycletron by Barry Prophet on Toronto Island
July 18 to Sep 26
Kew Beach by Rose Bolton
NAISA Portraits by Stefan Rose
Listening Gallery curated by Darren Copeland
July 23 to Sep 25
Bodily Listening by Satoshi Morita
She Saw Me by Randall Gagne
Aug 4 to 7, 13, 14
Performances:
www.naisa.ca/soundtravels/performances
Breakfast – a morning ritual by Matt Miller, Rob Piilonen, Sam Morgenstein
Jul 31, 9-12 pm
August Sound Travels Concerts
Aug 4, 5, 6, 7, 13 @ 8 pm
3-Sided Square (part of New Music Marathon at Yonge-Dundas Square)
Sept 25, 2 - 9 pm
Aug 5 to 7, 9-5 pm, $70 / $35 (includes admission to 4 concerts)
Christie Studio & Wychwood Theatre, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #170 & #176, Toronto
https://www.naisa.ca/eshops/esymposium.php to register
NAISA and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community present 3 days of paper sessions discussing electroacoustic sound art. The symposium presents a selection of refereed papers and presentations as well as a keynote lecture by visionary Québec composer Marcelle Deschênes.
Aug 10 to 13, $150 (scholarships available)
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto
https://www.naisa.ca/eshops/eintensive.php to register
The Sound Travels Intensive is an opportunity for artists from across Canada and around the world to create and present new work in Toronto, exchange ideas with others, and hone electroacoustic skills with the guidance of a diverse group of world-renowned instructors. Four intense days of workshop sessions, private instruction and creative activity culminate in a public concert presentation at Toronto's Artscape Wychwood Barns. Participants must apply by Thursday July 30 at 12 noon Toronto time to be eligible for a limited number of scholarship and billeting possibilities.
MAKING ART WITH SOUND
August 16-20, $50
The NAISA Space, 601 Christie St #252
https://www.naisa.ca/eshops/ewkshopreg.php to register
NAISA is inviting youth aged 15-18 to create art entirely with Sound, Radio, Electronics, and/or Performance through exploration according to their own individual interest - through building a NAISAtron, a micro-transmitter, or working with basic recording and editing software. All equipment will be provided by New Adventures in Sound Art and no experience is necessary. Limited spots available. Register now to guarantee your spot.
October 2 - November 28, 2010
SOUNDplay is a meeting point for experimentation in sound art and new media encouraging new avenues for exploration. Featured artists include: Women With Kitchen Appliances, Eric Powell, Michael Waterman, Micheline Roi, Finger, Deb Sinha, Krista Martynes, Julien-Robert Legault Salvail and Avatar Orchestra Metaverse. www.naisa.ca for updates.
10th Anniversary!!
May 1 - 31, 2011
A month-long celebration of radio and transmission art including performances, installations, broadcasts, workshops and the Radio Without Boundaries conference (May 26-28). Check future NAISA Sound Channels or the web-site www.naisa.ca for updates.
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For information about the upcoming Third Coast International Audio Festival www.thirdcoastfestival.org
To listen to sound works of all stripes go to wwwsonus.ca
For listings of most Toronto and area events http://www.upcoming.org; www.livewithculture.ca; www.torontoartsonline.org
For listings of Montreal events www.laliste.qc.ca
For listings of Vancouver events www.oscillations.ca
Thanks to NAISA's Media Sponsors
NOW TORONTO www.nowtoronto.com
CIUT-FM www.ciut.fm
New Adventures in Sound Art is a non-profit organization that presents performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of electroacoustic and experimental sound art. NAISA is partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Trillium Foundation (for the NAISA Youth Initiative) and the SOCAN Foundation.
Inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
416 652 5115; naisa@naisa.ca
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