Apologies, as always, for the cross-posting. Interested in performing or
presenting work at a future show? Write me, or better yet, come by and
introduce yourself... -aaron
----------[ Quiet American presents at 964 Natoma ]--------------------
Field Effects 7: Japan - US Relations
Friday, October 11th
Doors 8pm (arrive promptly for the on-site installation!)
964 Natoma, San Francisco, CA USA
$6-10 sliding, no one turned away for lack of funds
----> Event Description <----------------------------------------------
The world makes music, remember to listen.
Field Effects 7 offers a night of field recording-based sound art.
The seventh in a series of concerts showcasing the use of found
materials and field recordings in sound art, Field Effects 7
brings together artists living and working in Japan and in the
United States.
Field Effects 7 features work by artists:
tog (japan/sf)
Post-digital sound art duo Tog that was formed in Tokyo in 1999 by
Roddy Schrock and Robert Duckworth. The pair have performed widely
in Japan and America, with events in Europe as well. Tog has
worked with Mark Applebaum, Bevin Blectum, Kazumoto Endo,
Fred Frith, Brent Gutzeit, Chris Penrose, Atau Tanaka, and Carl
Stone. The duo will be touring Japan in December 2002.
Tog will present a work titled Fast Connection Search, built from
four units of site-specific field recordings in San Francisco and
Tokyo over a period of 24 hours: "in the final analysis, knowledge
of the source of the sound is not the single most determinate
aspect of the audio product, but it does add a richness to the
listener's experience. This is just to say that the work is
fundamentally based on the sonic world of these two cities even
though, at times, that relationship is intentionally ambiguous,
disguised, and warped." The work will be presented by San Francisco
based member Roddy Shrock.
http://www.tognet.org
sunao inami (japan)
Sunao Inami has been working with sound and using computers to
manipulate it for fifteen years. In the early 90's, he found his
direction performing real-time graphics with an Amiga computer,
and improvising and collaborating with artists from a variey of
disciplines. In the mid-90's he focused on multimedia, and
pioneered web-based performance and installation with projects
such as the band "Time Control" and the online installation,
"Moog Endless" (which featured a synthesizer streaming live sound
for 24 hours). Suano has a love of the analog synthesizer and
wavetable synthesis: he writes for the Japanese edition of
Keyboard magazine and translates synthesizer manuals into Japanese.
Sunao continues to run Cave Studios, and has toured extensively
this year, performing in Europe with computer musician Kazuya
Ishigami (with whom he is a member of the collective C.U.E,, which
also contains dancer Emi Makino); in Taiwan with dancers and
other musicians; and in Japan. Documentation of many performances
can be found on the Cave Studios website. Sunao also performs live
twice monthly from the studio in a series titled "Live from Far
East," which can be heard at the URL below.
http://www.cavestudio.com
http://www.cavestudio.com/electr-ohm
http://www.cavestudio.org/cue
http://www.cavestudio.org/cue/live_from_far_east/
metrologic (sf)
Metrologic (Todd Kurnat) writes: "I have been collaborating on a
range of audio projects since the mid-nineties, mostly as a duo
known as landis. since my introduction to the digital realm, i
find myself taking a more solo role as a musician. armed with a
guitar, MD player, microphones and a computer; i combine a number
of techniques and concepts to develop my music. as metrologic i'm
continuing my personal commitment to creativity and the discovery
of new sounds.
"my performance for field effects 7 will consist of recordings
from a camping trip in Mendacino National Forest. using the
original recordings as a structure to improvise around. i will
process elements putting emphasis on the sounds captured from
conversation, camping gear, and the natural environment. the main
objective is to combine the familiar sounds with the manipulated
to create a shifting soundscape..."
http://www.siladi.com/
~ On-site Sound Installation ~
'To El Paso and Back'
bill thompson (austin, tx)
Of his installation, Bill Thompson writes: "This installation is
derived from numerous recordings made during frequent drives to
and from El Paso. I would scan the am dial and listen to various
programs broadcasted across the Texas desert from all over the
country. Most of the drives occurred late at night or early in
the morning so much of the programming was far from conventional.
Often I would let the radio scan for half an hour or longer and
just listen to different snippets of programming or radio static
as I drove. These various recordings were then reworked to varying
degrees (mostly on the abstract side) and prepared for the
installation. The finished tracks play on multiple CD players, all
set to shuffle. The result is a constantly shifting interplay of
sounds combining and recombining with themselves and each other,
not unlike their original state as I found them."
Experimental composer/performer Bill Thompson founded and plays
with the GATES ensemble and ThomFarriCrew regularly; is a member
of Austin's New Music Co-Op, and contributed work to the online
phonography list's composer's compilation, and to ven voisey's
60 degrees somewhere/somewhere else project. He runs CDR label
ecoli records, and recently launched the Loft concert series in
Austin.
http://ecolirecords.com
The Field Effects series showcases artists who are interested in
framing the hidden beauty of the everyday world: beauty on the
surface, awaiting our attention. Beauty that must be delicately
extracted. And beauty in potential, awaiting juxtaposition,
collage, repetition and mutilation.
Seating mostly on futons to encourage comfortable deep listening.
Depending on weather, hot or cold drinks will be available.
Hopefully someone will make cookies.
----> Venue Info <----------------------------------------------------
964 Natoma
San Francisco, CA, USA
Between Mission and Howard, 10th and 11th street, south of market.
A few blocks from Civic Center BART, or the corner of Market & Van
Ness. Bike parking inside.
----> Additional Info <-----------------------------------------------
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