May 26
8:30 pm
Flow Sound Collective
The Flow Sound Collective is an event founded on the pursuit of exploring the electronically produced manifestations of sound in compositional pieces. We strive to provide a context for artists to present their work in a relaxed atmosphere. We are mostly interested in the mapping of the electronic terrain and the farming of it's sensibilities. Our predecessors, from Karlhienz Stockhausen to Pan Sonic, remain inspirational and operational, but they are only the gate before the forest. So much more is possible within these algorithmic walls. The tools of our de/construction remain hidden inside microchips and processors, but the world of information is at our fingertips, ready to be transformed into soundscapes that defy traditional modes of creation. At times soothing, and then again, at times grating, we present audiences with possibilities; possibilities for understanding the auditory experience in a post industrialized world and hope for the colonization or re-ordering of these simple noises that have leaked into and remain intrigal to our modern day lives.
Artists include o.blaat, Bubblyfish (with Adam Kendall), Kenta Nagai, and Sawako with Chika.
Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC-based
sound sculptor who understands the value of dynamics and the power of
silence. After beginning in video art, Sawako shifted her focus from the
video camera to sound. Once through the processor named Sawako, sounds
in everyday life - field recordings, instruments, voice and electronic
sounds - float in space vividly with a digital yet organic texture. Her
unique sonic world has been called "post romantic sound" by Boston's Weekly
Dig. Sawako has collaborated with a wide range of musicians such as Andrew
Deutsch, Asuna, Yuichiro Fujimoto, HYPO, Taku Sugimoto, Toshimaru Nakamura
and Taylor Deupree. She did live performances in Tonic(NYC), offsite(Tokyo),
Resonance FM(London) and Batofar(Paris). She appears on more than 20 CDs.
In 2004, her 1st album "yours gray" was out from and/OAR, Oregon based
field recording label, and in 2005 her 2nd album "hum" is out from NYC
based electronic label, 12k.
www.troncolon.com
Chika
Iijima is a live computer
visuals artist working within New York's expanded cinema community and
VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric minimalist patterns and original
graphics in unique, repetitive combinations. Chika works exclusively with
Module8 from Gragecube in Switzerland.
Chik a has performed at the Museum of Modern Art, The Mapping Festival
(Geneva), the Bushwick Art Project and the clubs Galapagos and Tonic,
as well as private parties, festivals, events, galleries and night clubs.
Since Chika started performing
live in the summer of 2004, she has become very active in the experimental
music and video underground scene in NYC. She is a member of the Share
community, a weekly multimedia open jam, http://share.dj
for more info.
Chi ka was born and raised in Japan and moved to New York in the early
90s, working as a graphic designer until she began her experiments in
time-based media. Chika also collaborates with electronic musicians and
DJs on several projects. http://chiklet.com
Kenta Nagai is a sound and visual artist based in New York City. He works with acoustic and electronic sound, visual media and live performance. In addition to performance on fretless electric guitar and other instruments, Nagai collaborates frequently with dance, theater and film arts. His work has been presented throughout the US and abroad, at venues including The Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, St. Mark's Church, Judson Church, The Japan Society, Anthology Film Archive, Harvestworks, Diapason, The Knitting Factory, Roulette, Tonic, PS122, Location One, Lincoln Center Out of Doors and the Smithsonian Institute.
Haeyoung
Kim relocated to the
US from Korea in 1992. With a background in classical piano, she has been
focusing on experimental electronic music. Currently, under the name Bubblyfish,
she creates "lo-fi", 8 bit sound works and experimental compositions.
Based in NYC, Haeyoung has worked as a composer, sound designer, and audio
engineer. Haeyoung's work has been presented in various art venues, clubs,
festivals, and galleries including Centre Pompidou, The American Museum
of the Moving Image, Eyebeam, The New Museum, Roulette, and Lincoln Center's
Walter Read Theater. www.bubblyfish.com
o.blaat
(Keiko Uenishi) The "Art of Disappearance" continues. Based in Brooklyn,
New York, sound artist, composer, and core member of SHARE (http://share.dj),
o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi) is known for her sound works formed through experiments
in restructuring and analyzing one's relationship with sounds, through
kinesthetic response as well as aural cognition.
She has collaborated with
numerous artists including: Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, Lloop, Miguel Frasconi,
Eyvind Kang, Sachiko M, Tetsuji Akiyama, Aki Onda, Toshio Kajiwara, Kaffe
Matthews, Ralph Steinbruchel, Anthony Coleman, .242 pilots, Klaus Filip,
Noid, Takemura Nobukazu, Ryuichi Sakamoto, among others. Her "Across:
Fillip 2", a site-specific audio-light interactive piece for a cargo container,
was a part of "Six sites for sounds" curated by dosensos.org in East London
in June 2005.
Her CD 'Two Novels: Gaze/In the Cochlea' is available from cronica label.
Upcoming concert in NYC is on Wed. June 7th within Mixology Festival 2006
at Roulette @Location One (Check roulette.org for details,) and in Europe,
series of concerts and an installation have been scheduled through June
- August 2006.
More information is available at
http://obla.at
http://myspace.com/oblaat
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