field
effects 11
saturday,
may 24, doors 8pm
964 natoma, sf, ca, usa
requested donation $6-10
The
world makes music, remember to listen.
Field Effects 11 offers a night of field recording-based sound art.
The eleventh in a series of concerts showcasing the use of found sound,
found materials, and field recordings in media art, Field Effects 11 offers
a night of quiet, subtle sound art in a comfortable environment.
Field
Effects 11 features work by:
thuja
(sf)
Thuja
create barren landscapes, phantoms and crags, evoking the mysteries of
the forest, fissures and smoldering seashores. Thuja's music is improvised
and momentous, its noises quiet and precarious. A delicate melodic drama
unfolds through an odd assortment of acoustic instruments, broken guitars,
tinkling piano, rumbling organ swells and whispering accordion, suspended
in abstract currents of treated percussion, electronics and sonified natural
and man-made objects.
Loren Chasse, Steven R. Smith, Rob Reger and Glenn Donaldson
formed Thuja in late 1998, and have since released four full-lengths
on the Emperor Jones, Tumult and Last Visible Dog labels, as well as
several EPs on their own Jewelled Antler imprint. Jewelled Antler also
serves as the name of the prolific group of musicians in and around
the band, who are involved in numerous projects further exploring outdoor
recording, minimalist-folk, fragmented pop and other playful experiments
in sound.
http://www.jewelledantler.com/
http://www.emperorjones.com/
glenn
bach (long beach)
Glenn
Bach is a sound artist who maps the sonic terrain of the city through
detailed sound walks, manipulated field recordings, sound drawings, and
found poems. His four-track EP, diamond
finesse, is out now on the Stasisfield
label. He has performed his work in solo appearances and in improvisational
group arrangements, including a recent appearance at Sound/Shift Oakland,
and upcoming performances this summer at the Big Sur Experimental Music
Festival and the CPEACH Summer Series in Eureka, California. He improvises
with two other musicians as Luminous Flux, and directs a larger group,
The Double Blind Ensemble, for his composed works. Bach is currently hosting
Quiet,
a series of concerts featuring various forms of quiet music in an intimate
setting.
http://www.csulb.edu/~gbach
http://www.stasisfield.com
jim
haynes (sf)
Of
his work, Jim writes: 'I rust things. This statement runs the risk being
glib, yet it is an accurate encapsulation of my ongoing activities with
decay. While a portion of my work engages decay through the manipulation
of oxidizing agents within a visual arena, I approach sound as a means
to render the morphology of corrosion within a context that emphasizes
duration and variation. Thus, the quest is to engage the drone supreme
through symphonies of whirring machines, erratic electrical surges,
and shortwave radio static; however, distractions and disruptions by
the minutae of sound itself are not uncommon. There have been several
publications of my work, most of which have been pitifully small private
editions; however, due to the generosity of noted philanthropist Helen
Scarsdale, the first major production is scheduled for release in July
of 2003. Currently, I am active in Coelacanth, a sound art project with
Loren Chasse, and have worked extensively within the music community,
as a director for 23five,
a non-profit organization dedicated to sound arts, as a writer for such
publications as The Wire, Sound Projector, and the San Francisco Bay
Guardian, and at Aquarius
Records.'
http://www.23five.org/jhaynes
The
Field Effects series showcases artists who are interested in framing the
hidden beauty of the everyday world: beauty on the surface, awaiting our
attention. Beauty that must be delicately extracted. And beauty in potential,
awaiting juxtaposition, collage, repetition and mutilation.
Seating
mostly on futons to encourage comfortable deep listening and viewing.
As I think we've bid farewell to Blasthaus' wonderful beanbags (thanks
again, Blasthaus!), you may want to bring a pillow.
Depending
on weather, hot or cold drinks will be available on a donation-based honor
system. With luck, someone will bake cookies.
This
information is not for print distribution or advertising. This is a private
event for friends, family, and our community.
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