We’re just finishing up this year’s sound art season with the final “Circuit Bending” weekend on 22/23 November. Many thanks to my team of assistants, all of the artists who participated, and everyone who attended Sound:Space on 1st November.
Recordings from some of the presentations at this year’s event are available via our Gene Pool Podcast. Subscription details can be found on the Digital Media Centre web site, or for iTunes users, directly on our iTunes Channel page.
Programme-makers from ResonanceFM and Radio Reverb were in attendance during Sound:Space and will be airing features about the event during the Clear Spot and Sound Laboratory shows respectively.
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Saturday 1st November sees the second Sound:Space sound arts symposium and performance event held at South Hill Park, Bracknell UK.
Speakers this year are: Max Eastley, Jana Winderen, Ray Lee, with Mike Harding of Touch moderating a panel discussion with Tony Myatt (Sight Sonic), Peter Cusack and Jana Winderen.
Max Eastley’s “Kinetic Drawings” installation occupies our Gallery, which will also be venue for the closing performance by Max Eastley and Peter Cusack. A curated selection of sound-related art works is on show around the South Hill Park Mansion, and our Cinema plays host to an amazing Chris Watson surround recording, “Beyond Ol’ Tokai” plus a curated reel of 9 international sound art and A/V works.
Full details over on the Programme page.
All attendees at Sound:Space on 1st November will have a full conference pack, including timetable, speaker biographies and full information about all of the screenings and exhibitions running during the day, (including a pair of 3D glasses for viewing one project!) plus a few nice goodies from our colleagues at Axis, the artists online resource.
In the meantime, we have PDF versions of the venue map and day schedule, plus the list of works from soundLAB and Jorn Ebner, which will be showing in our media lab.
• Conference Pack v1
• soundLAB/Jorn Ebner works
Max Eastley’s “Kinetic Drawings” installation is the subject of the new Gene Pool Podcast. Chance music, coincidence and the limits of human perception are discussed during a tour of the new exhibition, with Max speaking about each of the pieces and some of the ideas and thoughts involved in his way of working.
Gene Pool is a quarterly talk format podcast centred on media and sound arts and contemporary art practice. You can subscribe to the podcast feed directly from the channel page in iTunes, or listen to individual items from the channel via the list on the right of this page. More info from the Digital Media Centre site
Our series of artist development weekends following Sound:Space includes two unique workshops for artists with an interest in sound.
Sat 8/Sun 9 November: Sound Installation: Interior & Exterior, led by Max Eastley
Known for his wind and water-powered kinetic sound work, inclusion of chance composition elements in gallery environments and his recent journeys recording in the Artic with the Cape Farewell project. Max leads this weekend covering location and field audio recording, installation design and creation using scale drawings and models.
Sat 22 / Sun 23 November: Circuit Bending
The art of modifying the circuits of children’s electronic toys is taken to greater heights by Leicester-based artist Stu “Professor ASMO” Smith. In this weekend, ASMO will guide you though Day 1, ending with the creation of a unique Dub Siren from a Vtech Tiny Touch phone, followed by Day 2 exploring his speciality of of device control via analogue modular synth sequencer. All components supplied.
Examples of ASMO’s astonishing circuit-bending projects can be seen on his YouTube channel
• Download the Digital Developments Flyer (PDF)
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All work in our exhibition season opened last week, including Max Eastley’s “Kinetic Drawings” collection in the Bracknell Gallery and the marvellous selection of work around the South Hill Park Mansion.
Video and audio material coming soon.
Installation of all the works in our sound art season begins on Monday. As well as Max Eastley’s “Kinetic Drawings” show, we have selected work submitted in response to our open call back in May.
Intriguing sound-making or sound-referencing works from Wil Bolton, Dawn Scarfe, Katherine Skeldon, Johanna Hallsten, Ellen Sylvarnes (”Soundings” pictured above) and Andrew Dodds will occupy spaces around the South Hill Park mansion.
List of Works (PDF)
Opening night is Friday 19th September 6.30-8.30pm. Entrance: Free. Exhibitions continue to 9th November
