Saturdays, September 4, 11, 18 & 25

6 PM - Midnight

Barry Weisblat

Chord of the Fifth Force

Eliane Radigue

Music for ÔLabyrinth SonorÕ

Barry Weisblat: Chord of the Fifth Force

When listening to am radio during a thunderstorm you will likely experience signal interference caused by lightning. This installation examines the effects of electromagnetism on radio transmission substituting battery powered fluorescent lights for lightning.

Fluorescent lighting has moving parts (filament and gas) and an amplifier (ballast, which changes the low battery voltage into high voltage). When the electro-magnetic pulses of these moving parts and amplifier are placed in the vicinity of a radio's antenna the effect is of interference similar to lightning. The pulses from the fluorescent lights, due to their proximity, are of greater magnitude than the radio broadcast. They are emitted through the radio and the radio speaker vibrations induce the sounds of the bulb back through itself, thus modulating the electro-magnetic field with its own vibrations causing a feedback loop. Finally, the battery powering has its own effect of providing inconsistent electrical current for the fluorescent lights.

Born 1975, Brooklyn, New York.
Sound Artist/Improviser and Electronic Instrument Builder.
Extensive experiments with electro-magnetic devices, solar technology, homemade and modified circuits for application in sound generation/manipulation, audio engineering and photography. Musical collaborations with Margarida Garcia, Tim Barnes, Toshio Kajiwara, Tower Recordings, Sean Meehan, Ricardo Arias, Tetuzi Akiyama, Mattin, Dean Roberts, Dion Workman, Michael Rodgers, Anthony Guerra, Alfredo Costa Monteiro. Instruments built for Peter Kowald, Okkyung Lee, Samara Lubelski, Glenn Kotche , Manuel Mota. Sound engineering for Erstwhile Records, Drag City Records, Jon Gibson, Matthew Valentine.

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Eliane Radigue: Music for 'Labyrinth Sonor'

Eliane Radigue was born in Paris. She studied electroacoustic music techniques at RTF under Pierre Shaeffer and Pierre Henry, later becoming Henry's assistant at the Studio Apsome. She has had residendes at the New York University School of the Arts, at the University of Iowa, and at the California Institute of the Arts. In 1975, Radigue became a disciple of Tibetan Buddhism. After four years of study, she began a large-scale cycle of works based on the life of the 11th century Tibetan master Milarepa. Three recordings of this work, "Songs of Milarepa," "Jetsun Mila," and "Mila's Joumey Inspired By A Dream," have been released by Lovely Music. Radigue's music has been performed throughout Europe and the United States. She currently lives in France, where she continues to compose electronic music and to study the teachings of the Tibetan lamas.

Eliane Radigue works with electronic sounds on tape to create an ambience within which sound seems to move in a continual flow around the listener. Her music has been described as "infinitely discreet ... next to which all other music seems to be tugging at one's sleeve for attention."
Michel Chion, in Les Musiques Electroacoustiques

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