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February 19, 2008 | | "Wolkenbreiers" |
Is it possible to make sculptures out of sound? The Belgian artist Leo Reijnders believes so. In his on going series "Wolkenbreiers", Reijnders invites visitors to his radio program to create their own self portraits. His list of guests runs the gamut of cultural thinkers, from renowned local artists, such as Guillaume Bijl, Ria Paquee, Danny De Vos, and Koen Van Den Broek, to international visitors from all fields of the creative arts. These have included the Austrian curator Ulrike Lindmayr, Norwegian fashion designer Siv Stoldal, Ethiopian painter Mulugeta Tafesse, Gert Segers editor of "Revolver" magazine and "Echo Base", an experimental sound studio based in Brussels. Reijnders only ask questions when necessary, allowing the artists space to create their own "self portraits on air" about their activities.
This idea of letting artists present themselves has historical precedents. The Los Angeles artists Paul McCarthy utilized a similar strategy in the early 70's when he invited artists that were relatively unknown at the time to his radio show. Unfortunately his program was canceled when the young performance artist Chris Burden broke FCC rules by begging listeners to send him a dollar. The historical importance of McCarthy's project was acknowledged last year when the archives of around 100 reel to reel tapes were acquired by the Getty Museum.
Still to come on "Wolkenbreiers" in the near future are, museum director Jan Hoet, cultural TV presenters Chantal Pattyn, photographer/critic Bert Danckaert, theater maker Jan Fabre, painter Luc Tuymans, gallery holder Geoffrey De Beer, as well as many more. The program is available "on line" so that international listeners can follow the creative ideas circulating through Belgium.
"Wolkenbreiers" is broadcast live, every other Monday from 4 - 6pm on Radio Central at 106.7 FM on your radio dial.
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September 15, 2007 | | Ryoji Ikeda |
Ryoji Ikeda is one of Japan's leading electronic artists/composers today, presenting concerts, installations and recordings, while integrating sound, acoustics and related imagery in venues around the world. The artist combines music, time and space as he explores mathematical relations to sound by manipulating its physical properties. Ikeda pushes the boundaries of both visual and sonic media by using new computer and digital technologies focusing on ultrasonics, frequencies and sine waves. This October, the artist will present his first performance in Ireland with the Irish Museum of Modern Art, which will be in association with Forma, Note Productions and Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. Ikeda has presented works in the world's leading festivals and venues including Centre Pompidou in Paris, Tate Modern in London, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and the Tokyo International Forum. In 2001, the artist received the Ars Electronica Golden Nica prize in digital music.
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Brooklyn-based artist David Ellis creates work that is influenced by hip-hop culture and traditional elements of graffiti. The artist moved to New York to work in the music video business. However, he soon ended that career and began to develop Barnstormers, a group of some of the most prominent and well-respected graffiti, street and mural artists working in the U.S. today. Ellis has gained much notoriety for his live motion paintings that are often filmed and created to music. Music is pivotal to the artist's creative process and influences his imagery, sculptures and production. Many of the artist's works are painted directly on the gallery walls or onto buses, vans and cars. Many of his mechanical works are driven by small computers and beat-making devices that are controlled by impressions written onto vinyl records. The computers cause mallets to bang on a variety of items such as oil cans, cymbals and drums. The artist has exhibited throughout the country, including recent shows at the Red Gallery in Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, and at the Jessica Murray Projects in New York City. The artist recently appeared with a full interview in the art and contemporary culture magazine Juxtapoz.
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May 16, 2007 | | assume vivid astro focus |
A new multi-media extravaganza exhibition titled "a very anxious feeling" by assume vivid astro focus (avaf) is on view with John Connelly Presents in New York City. The exhibition contains three environments within the gallery and includes 3-D wallpaper, a corridor of music, flashing neon sculptures, video and a room with a series of music-related performances. A featured installation titled "Four-letter words" is comprised of wrapped objects and text-based wallpaper with provocative words such as BUSH, HOMO, PRAY, ANAL and HOPE. The gallery also converted the store-room basement into an extension of the show that features five abstract neon sculptures. In addition, the exhibition contains a re-installed series of work from a previous exhibition titled "absorb viral attack fantasy" with Hiromi Yoshii in Tokyo. assume vivid astro focus is led by artist Eli Sudbrack and is said to contain many members who are all born anytime between the 20th and 21st centuries in various parts of the world. This year, (avaf) will exhibit assume vivid astro focus XVIII with Deitch Projects as a follow up to the widely popular exhibit in 2003. (avaf) will also be featured this year in "Destroy Athens" at Athens Biennial and "Space for The Future" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
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May 07, 2007 | | Tim Hawkinson |
"Zoopsia" is the title of a new series of work commissioned for display at the Getty Museum by acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Tim Hawkinson. The term "Zoopsia" refers to the visual hallucination of animals that often occur in delirium tremens. Hawkinson, a previous DailyServing feature, has created several new works using common household materials that illustrate imaginative zoological forms. "Octopus," shown above, is a photo-collage constructed out of images of the artist's hands, lips and mouth. In addition, the artist's "Uberorgan" will make its West Coast debut in the Museum Entrance Hall. "Zoopsia" was reviewed in this month's Modern Painters.Hawkinson was recently featured in a retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in February 2005 and is currently represented by Ace Gallery in Los Angeles.
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March 11, 2007 | | Michael J. Schumacher |
Composer Michael J. Schumacher creates electronic sound installations that use multiple speakers to emit sound frequencies. The artist composes for computer-manipulated sound structures and live improvised music. These works are often exhibited in empty galleries or will take place as a live performance. Schumacher was born in Washington, D.C., and studied music at Indiana University and the Juilliard School of Music. The artist has worked with countless composers and musicians and has exhibited with The Kitchen, the Queens Museum and PS1 in New York. He frequently performs at the Diapason Gallery, New York's only sound art venue. In a recent performance with Diapason, the artist presented "Room Piece" as a multi-channel sound installation that continuously shifts the sounds in the room using the listener as the main axis point.
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Video of Michael J. Schumacher and Metamkine
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January 12, 2007 | | Stephen Vitiello |
Pioneer sound and new media artist Stephan Vitiello creates installations that use the physicality of sound to define a particular space. In 1995 Vitiello was an artist in residence in the World Trade Center, World Views. The artist connected contact microphones to the windows of his 91st story workspace and recorded ambient sounds from wind, traffic, planes and the building itself moving. Vitiello has completed several other artist residencies including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and P.S.1 National/International Studio Program. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University, and just last night the artist performed at Diapason Gallery, NYC's only venue devoted to sound art. Vitiello is a recipient of both a Creative Capital Foundation award and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. On January 31, GAS in NYC will present an exhibition titled [silence] featuring Vitiello.
Click HERE to listen to sound works.
Click HERE to view video featuring Stephen Vitiello, Nic Desantis, & Matt Flowers.
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