field effects 22: quiet things
friday, february 18, doors 8pm
964 natoma, sf, ca, usa
requested donation $6-10

The world makes music, remember to listen.

The Field Effects series showcase the use of found sound, found materials, and field recordings in media art, presented in a uniquely comfortable environment.

Field Effects 22 features especially quiet sound work from Field Effects alumnae:

cheryl leonard and collaborators

For Field Effects 22, Cheryl Leonard and her collaborators A.L. Dentel and Patty Liu will perform ziran: compositions by Cheryl E. Leonard, with poetry read (in Chinese and English) by Chun Yu.

Water, rocks, feathers, bones, pinecones, flowers, roots, and ice are cultivated as instruments in a collection of compositions inspired by Chinese wilderness poetry from the Tang Dynasty. ziran is a work for three players, in which all sounds are produced live from found natural materials. Each of the individual pieces comprising the collection is derived from a specific poem and has a unique instrumentation determined by the content of its poem. Throughout the entire work the intricacies and latent musicality of the natural 'instruments' are explored, with a focus on the revelation of very quiet phenomena.

The Chinese word ziran literally means 'self-ablaze.' As a philosophical concept it can be translated as 'self-so,' 'occurrence appearing of itself,' 'spontaneous,'or 'natural.'

The texts on which this set of musical compositions are based come from the ancient tradition of 'rivers and mountains' poetry and include works by Li Po, Meng Chiao, Po Chü-i, and Ch’i Chi which were written in the 8th - 9th centuries C.E. With deep roots in Daoist and Ch’an Buddhist (Zen) thought, these poems emerge from a conception of wilderness as a dynamic cosmology in which humans participate in the most fundamental way, a poetry that articulates the experience of living as an organic part of the natural world.

http://www.allwaysnorth.com

albert ortega

Albert Ortega, a Los Angeles native, instrument builder, and sound situationist, considers his immediate surroundings as the primary energy in which to capture, blend, and release sound using environmental instruments / instrumental environments that are modified with each performance. His sound practice explores the tactile relationships of the body with objects among other bodies negotiating their presence within a space. A list of his works can be found at http://music.calarts.edu/~aortega.

For Field Effects 22, Albert will arrange an array of various organic & manufactured objects. Some of them will be amplified, others not, some will be held, others will be left alone.

http://music.calarts.edu/~aortega

Depending on audience interest, I may also screen the first year of my
own 30 frames-per-day project, which if you've been to events in the
last two years, you may find yourself appearing in, if only for 1/30th
of a second.

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 and our new flock of beanbags, to encourage comfortable deep listening. You are always welcome to bring pajamas or 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.

questions?