Santiago Sierra: Concierto para planta eléctrica diesel

http://www.santiago-sierra.com/200702_1024.htm

CONCIERTO PARA PLANTA ELÉCTRICA A DIÉSEL
Salón Experimental de la Fundación Chacao. Caracas, Venezuela. Febrero de 2007

CONCERT FOR A DIESEL ELECTRIC PLANT
Chacao Foundation’s Experimental Room. Caracas, Venezuela. February 2007

Via: The Ratzinger Times

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The Earth’s Original 4.5 Billion Year Old Electronic Music Composition

http://www.interactive-agents.com/paper1.html
http://www.interactive-agents.com/

SOUND INSTALLATION
The installation is characterised by the interplay of two concepts that we will define as Displacement and Extension. Through its use of radio signals that are being received in real time, and those that are digitally pre-recorded, the work posits an extension of the artistic experience (or at least of natural phenomena that can be apprehended as artistic material) beyond the physical location of the gallery space.

There is thus a displacement of the artistic content of the work. Although there are sculptural aspects of the work, such as the 3m (10ft) cube steel space frame, the most important artistic component is the VLF and short wave radio signals, which are the residual sonic fragments of occurrences happening elsewhere.

Discharges from lightning storms, which are currently in progress around the planet, or which happened once and were recorded, combine in the work to create a complex network of temporal and spatial displacements. What we are hearing may be the resultant of a lightning storm currently in progress, or may be a recording made during an historical storm; a recording that was made at an unknown point in history, and at a location that is remote from the gallery space. [MORE …]

Via: Plunderphonics blog

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FESTIVAL TRANSITIO MX 02 - Convocatoria abierta

Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio_mx 02.

El Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video, Transitio_mx es la plataforma en México más relevante para la expresión y análisis de las prácticas contemporáneas de creación artística con medios electrónicos y de cultura digital.

El tema de la presente emisión es Fronteras Nómadas, y alude a la línea simbólica de unión cuyos confines son determinados por la riqueza y movilidad disciplinaria de la comunidad de las artes electrónicas; esa frontera es el espacio de acción del Festival, el lugar de la convergencia. El eje conceptual es: Comunidades en Proceso y Procesos en Comunidad.

El Festival tiene como principal objetivo apoyar, reconocer y difundir la producción e investigación actual en torno a los medios artístico-electrónicos y sociales, en un ambiente inclusivo y expansivo a través de una muestra, un simposio y un concurso.

El concurso está abierto a todos los individuos, grupos y asociaciones activos en la producción creativa con medios electrónicos como videoarte, arte sonoro, net-art, instalaciones, artes escénicas, composición, acciones performáticas y manifestaciones afines.

DOCUMENTACIÓN: Para obtener la información de las bases de participación para cada premio así como el Formato de Inscripción y toda la información sobre la documentación que debe ser incluida, favor de consultar la página de Internet del Festival http://transitiomx.net o la página del Centro Multimedia http://cmm.cenart.gob.mx

Para Mayores informes y entrega de documentos dirigirse a: Centro Nacional de las Artes Centro Multimedia Avenida Río Churubusco 79, Colonia Country Club, C. P. 04220, Coyoacán, México, D. F. Los horarios de atención son de 10:00 a 15:00 horas.

Atención: Ana Villa al teléfono 1253 9400 Ext. 1290 ó al correo: concurso@transitiomx.net

>>> DESCARGAR PDF

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Room Temperature, CDR label

http://www.roomtemperature.org/

Literal:
Room Temperature is a CDR label and website established and designed by Fergus Kelly in 2005 for his solo and collaborative work in the areas of improv, electronics, and soundscapes. Initially, it is an information and audio-visual resource, with gig info, concert photos, MP3s, and recording info. The aim is to also provide online ordering. A big thank you to Simon Doyle for his invaluable support in building this site. Thanks also to Noel Kelly.

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La p’tite maison, Cabinet de curiosités sonores

http://www.laptitemaison.com/

Literal:
LA P’TITE MAISON est une association culturelle à but non lucratif enregistrée au tribunal d’instance de Strasbourg

Née en 1999 à Strasbourg. France. La p’tite maison est une association oeuvrant pour la promotion de l’écoute et des musiques de bruits. Son site Internet est un lieu ouvert à la recherche, la création, la promotion et la diffusion musicales.

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Marvin Suicide

http://www.marvinsuicide.org

Do you like the smell of goats?

Spend every day thinking about fun?

Don’t like using public toilets?

Then try listening to marvin suicide. Every week hear 30 minutes of music and sounds that have been downloaded freely and legally from the internet. You can listen to the programme by either subscribing to the podcast, or by tuning in to Resonance 104.4 FM every Thursday at 16:30pm GMT.

You can download and find tracklistings (with links) for every single show by visiting the episodes page, and if I can be of any assistance then please don’t hesitate to get in contact.

I hope you enjoy your stay.

++++ and also, listen to Marvin Suicide´s electronic.buffet

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ixiQuarks release

IxiQuarks is graphical user interface (GUI) environment for live improvisation that allows for user interaction on hardware, GUI and code level. The ixiQuarks were made with the intention to be suitable instruments for live improvisation. The ixiQuarks tools are divided into the following categories: basic utilities, instruments, effects and filters. These tools all manipulate audio on audio channels and the idea is that the user routes audio from one tool to another, like connecting guitar effect pedals together. There are 52 Audio Channels by default, but that can be changed easily in the preference file. The sound channel can be stereo or mono defined by the radio buttons on the bottom of the quarks browser.

The quarks browser shows the respective categories with lines in between. By pressing the “open” button or hitting “Return” you open the tool.

Many of the instruments in ixiQuarks support Wacom tablet (for pressure) so we recommend trying it out with a tablet. We are working on support for any hardware interface for the instruments.

ixiQuarks exist in 3 different forms: ixiQuarks, ixiQuarks Pro and ixiQuarks as Quarks library for SuperCollider. (ixiQuarks are written in the SuperCollider programming language). For non-programmers, we recommend ixiQuarks, for people that like experimenting with programming and write their own instruments as part of ixiQuarks, we recommend ixiQuarks Pro. For SuperCollider users, we simply recommend installing the ixiQuarks from the repository.

Tools:
basic utilities: AudioIn, Recorder, Player, BufferPool, PoolManager, FreqScope, WaveScope, EQMeter, MixerNode, Amplifier, ChannelSplitter, TrigRecorder.
instruments: SoundScratcher, Predators, Gridder, BufferPlayer, GrainBox, PolyMachine, ScaleSynth
audio effects: Delay, Freeverb, AdCVerb, Distortion, ixiReverb, Chorus, Octave, Tremolo, Equalizer, CombVocoder, RandomPanner, MRRoque, MultiDelay
filters: Bandpass, Lowpass, Highpass, Resonant Lowpass, Resonant Highpass, Resonant, Klanks
generators: Noise, Oscillators

ixiQuarks is a free sofware
with a GPL license made by ixi-software

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Matt Thomas, Turntable mouse interface

http://terminatorx.org/turntable.html

Matt Thomas: Proudly presenting DJ Loopdloop’s terminatorX turntable. A very interesting approach that hides the mouse completely inside the turntable.

Turntable gallery
While scratching with the mouse usually sounds the way terminatorX users want it to (at least if the feedback I get is representative) it doesn’t really feel like scratching. The only way to get that traditional haptic feedback is to turn your turntable into a mouse device.

If you want to do this without harming your mouse nor turntable, the method suggested by the terminatorX logo should be feasible. Optical input devices are known to produce best results in such a scenario. For those interested here’s a document on how I turned my old turntable into a terminatorX device.

Via: Hack a Day

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[out of time] Sound installation Flounder

http://flyndresang.no/en/

About
The sound installation Flounder is created by the composer, musician and programmer Øyvind Brandtsegg. This work of sound has been built over an existing sculpture by the sculptor Nils Aas, which carries the same title, and which is located at Straumen in Inderøy, Norway.

The work was initiated in 2003 while Nils Aas was still alive, and he showed great interest in the initiative. He thought that the sound would add a new dimension to the sculpture and said: “I really would like to hear the Flounder sing”.

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Asociación Cultural Fase

http://acfase.wordpress.com/

La Asociación Cultural Fase es un colectivo formado por músicos coruñeses que tiene como objetivo la difusión y el fomento de la música experimental en Galicia. Buscan expandir las nociones existentes de este tipo de música, trabajar con ideas y formas aún no desarrolladas suficientemente en el ámbito musical y experimentar activamente con ellas en la búsqueda de nuevos estímulos que puedan reorganizar sus conceptos artísticos.

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Sue Teller video

Hello,

I’m Sue Teller and I’ve been teaching arts and crafts classes for over 40 years! I always enjoyed working with people, but after so many years, I was tired of making all the same old crafts. That’s when my grandson told me about the websites. So I got a computer and I just get on and learn about all the fun people being creative. I also meet so many nice people who want to learn about arts and crafts and who teach me things too. That’s why I started this worldwide internet site. So, if you want to learn how to make some fun crafts like wintergreen oil T-shirt transfers or design your own plush toys, you can read my arts and crafts blog or watch my videos. They’re exciting and easy. There’s only one rule. You have to have fun! So don’t be afraid to stop by and say hi or make some arts and crafts.

Sincerely,
Sue Teller
MySpace Layouts

Via: Zemos98
Sue Teller Myspace

Festival Agora 2007: Utopia-Exotica

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Dans le déplacement aux confins du possible qu’est l’utopie, l’imaginaire se déploie, aimanté par le lointain. L’année des trente ans du Centre Pompidou, au cœur d’un espace sensible élargi, l’Ircam inscrit la prospective musicale sous le signe de l’utopie mêlée d’exotisme. Edgard Varèse coupant les ponts avec l’Europe pour vivre la modernité aux États-Unis, Karlheinz Stockhausen rencontrant l’Orient, Jonathan Harvey inventant aujourd’hui la scène lyrique où se croisent le Bouddha et Richard Wagner… ces aventures singulières se sont toutes envolées hors des terres natales. L’ailleurs fonde le “sans lieu” de l’utopie, le déplacement révoque l’embarras des héritages et des origines assignées.
Apparentée à l’esprit utopique, l’attitude expérimentale considère la réalité comme invention et tâche perpétuelles. Elle effectue des essais ou des études qui ne réduisent pas l’éventail des possibles. Qu’en serait-il si… ? Cette question contagieuse, la question de l’Ircam, appartient pleinement à la création qui ne vient pas “doubler” le monde. Elle crée des espaces différents et séparés (Emmanuel Nunes), des lieux absolument autres. Plus fertiles que la nostalgie pétrifiée des grandes utopies historiques fracassées, ces voyages imaginaires dessinent un écart ou un jardin proche.
Un autre méridien.

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Marcus du Sautoy: La música de los números primos

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A los niños les enseñan en la escuela que los números primos sólo pueden dividirse por sí mismos y por la unidad. Lo que no les enseñan es que los números primos representan el misterio más fascinante al que nos enfrentamos en nuestra búsqueda del conocimiento. ¿Cómo predecir cuál va a ser el siguiente número primo de una serie? ¿Existe alguna fórmula para generar números primos? En 1859, el matemático alemán Bernhard Riemann planteó una hipótesis que apuntaba a la solución del antiguo enigma. Pero no consiguió demostrarla y el misterio no hizo más que aumentar. En este libro asombroso, Marcus du Sautoy nos cuenta la historia de los hombres excéntricos y brillantes que han buscado una solución para revolucionar ámbitos tan distintos como el comercio digital, la mecánica cuántica y la informática. El relato de Du Sautoy constituye una evocación maravillosa y emocionante del mundo de las matemáticas, de su belleza y sus secretos.

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Radical Musicology

http://www.radical-musicology.org.uk/2006.htm

RADICAL MUSICOLOGY

Co-ordinating Editors: Ian Biddle and Richard Middleton
Associate Editor: Richard Elliott

“Radical Musicology is a peer-reviewed online journal produced in the International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University (UK). It was established to provide a forum for progressive thinking across the whole field of musical studies, and encourages work that draws on any and all relevant disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The journal espouses no particular theoretical line, ideology or programme. However, responding to a perception that the projects going under the names of ‘new’ and ‘critical’ musicology have been succeeded by a certain disciplinary retrenchment or even counter-reaction, we aim to encourage work which explicitly or implicitly interrogates existing paradigms, and which acknowledges that musicological work will always have a political dimension. The politics we favour might be summarised as a desire to democratise the field of the permissible.

Radical Musicology is published in annual volumes, with new content added continuously when available. As well as major academic articles, it includes essay-reviews of particularly significant books, recordings and concerts, and, in the interests of furthering dialogue, also welcomes thoughtful responses to articles”.

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Movie Cards: Vídeo a la carta

Taller: Vídeo a la carta
El Departamento de Educación del MNCARS ha organizado del 20 al 24 de junio el taller de animación Vídeo a la carta, dirigido a público infantil y familiar. Gracias a la tecnología de edición de video desarrollada por los artistas japoneses Tatsuo Sugimoto y Mika Miyabara, los niños podrán realizar su propia creación en vídeo. Con esta propuesta los niños no solamente son receptores, sino que también se convierten en creadores de sus propias producciones audiovisuales.

En Madrid, en La Dinamo, el domingo 24 de junio

El pró­ximo domingo 24 de junio se presenta MOVIE CARDS en Ladinamo (http://www.ladinamo.org/), un trabajo llegado desde Japó­n del colectivo artí­stico formado por Tatsuo Sugimoto y Mika Miyabara.

Un interesante vídeo del asunto:


http://www.moviecards.org/