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Activate 2011: Radio
Activating The Medium XIV : Radio
Chapter One
San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art : April 7
Richard Garet (New York)
Jim Haynes & Allison Holt (Berkeley)
presented in conjunction with SFCinematheque
Chapter Two
The Lab : April 22
Wobbly (San Francisco)
Ensemble Economonique (Arcata, California)
Robert Piotrowicz (Poland)
Thomas Carnacki (Berkeley)
made possible with the generous support of the Polish Cultural Institute
Chapter Three
The Lab : April 23
Gregg Kowalsky (Oakland)
Vertonen (Chicago)
Byron Westbrook (New York)
Zachary James Watkins (Oakland)
Each year, 23five curates Activating The Medium around a specific theme that seeks to underscore the connectivity between artists working with various methods and materials. Previous festivals have explored field recording, mimesis, the architectural impact from sound, and many other concepts and themes. The 2011 festival explores the use of radio through composition and new media presentation. Looking back to the seminal works of Stockhausen, Cage, and Tenney through the culture jamming theatrics of Negativland and into the psychological minimalism of John Duncan, radio has served an invaluable and expressive tool within the continued history of avant-garde composition. Hence, 23five will present works including Richard Garet's grey-noise constructions mined from radio interference and electromagnetic disturbances and Byron Westbrook's multichannel diffusion of live transmission and reception of radio signals.
In addition, 23five will be presenting a radio series of additional works of composers using radio as source material with the intent of this being broadcast by means of radio.
Activate 2011: Radio
Activating The Medium XIV : Radio
Chapter One
San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art : April 7
Richard Garet (New York)
Jim Haynes & Allison Holt (Berkeley)
presented in conjunction with SFCinematheque
Chapter Two
The Lab : April 22
Wobbly (San Francisco)
Ensemble Economonique (Arcata, California)
Robert Piotrowicz (Poland)
Thomas Carnacki (Berkeley)
made possible with the generous support of the Polish Cultural Institute
Chapter Three
The Lab : April 23
Gregg Kowalsky (Oakland)
Vertonen (Chicago)
Byron Westbrook (New York)
Zachary James Watkins (Oakland)
Each year, 23five curates Activating The Medium around a specific theme that seeks to underscore the connectivity between artists working with various methods and materials. Previous festivals have explored field recording, mimesis, the architectural impact from sound, and many other concepts and themes. The 2011 festival explores the use of radio through composition and new media presentation. Looking back to the seminal works of Stockhausen, Cage, and Tenney through the culture jamming theatrics of Negativland and into the psychological minimalism of John Duncan, radio has served an invaluable and expressive tool within the continued history of avant-garde composition. Hence, 23five will present works including Richard Garet's grey-noise constructions mined from radio interference and electromagnetic disturbances and Byron Westbrook's multichannel diffusion of live transmission and reception of radio signals.
In addition, 23five will be presenting a radio series of additional works of composers using radio as source material with the intent of this being broadcast by means of radio.