SOUNDSPACE: SONOLOGY sponsored by Kenaxis Software
Friday July 7, 2006
The LAB, 2948 16th Street (at Capp)
(limited seating; reservations in advance strongly encouraged)
Tickets $6-$10 Sliding Scale
Inspired by the work of artist Francisco Lopez, curator Alan So presents a sound installation at The LAB where artists and musicians will perform in a specially-designed circular 6-channel-speaker sound space that will have audiences experience sounds in an all-encompassing surround environment.
Artists:
Justino
Garland Villanova
David Graves
Justino creates live recordings and playback of the microsounds of ice. On hand, Justino’s performance with ice will envelope the audience in a visually and aurally stunning experience. Garland Villanova’s Tunnel Life: An Exploded View gathers field recordings from San Francisco’s Stockton Tunnel to present a modified tunnel experience of a labyrinth in which ever-changing sound travels in multiple directions. David Graves' Deciduous summons the language of trees to bring evocative landscapes for the viewer/listener.
SOUNDSPACE:SONOLOGY> ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
ALAN SO (Curator)
Alan So has been creating and supporting innovative art for over 10 years. He believes art is a cultural revolution and catalyst for enlightenment-- one that evokes thought and inspires action. He pursues this revolution with intense fervor giving people progressive ideas and tools to better live, think, and interact with the world around them, one mind at a time. An accomplished artist and a professional designer, this advocate of art intersects his many abilities to become producer, organizer, curator, programmer, promoter, director, and founder of MEDIATE NETWORK, a forum for diverse artists to create and disseminate works to a world in desperate need of innovative ideas. With MEDIATE, he has conceived of and produced such projects as The.ME.Project and Project>Soundwave, bringing together artists from around the globe and organizing exhibitions and events Online, in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area and his native Canada. www.me-di-ate.net
JUSTINO (Performer)
justino, aka Jorge Bachmann, is a sculpture, photo-based and sound artist constantly obsessed with the sounds surrounding him. Since the early 80’s, he has collected field recordings, exploring the strange, unique and microcosmic sounds of everyday life. The artist creates sound atmospheres for his sculpture installations and uses his compositions exploring social and sensual constructs and experiences. He has performed and exhibited his work in the US, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe. www.ruidobello.org
DAVID A. GRAVES (Performer)
David A. Graves initially studied electronic music composition at the University of Nebraska and has composed music for multiple genres, including ambient, jazz, and rock. He has also scored music for film and theatre, including A Period Piece, a play by Rachael Kerr, performed in San Francisco and New York (1995-1998) and ICON: The Photography of Gordon Parks (2003), a movie by PCTV. In 2003, he was the resident composer at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program where he was awarded the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellowship. His large-scale ambient piece, tree/sigh, was installed in a redwood canyon during Djerassi's 2003 Open House. In the past three years, he has been scoring new classical works, especially in conjunction with the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and is currently studying composition with Alexis Alrich at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. www.finevermin.com
GARLAND VILLANOVA (Performer)
A moderate drinker with brown eyes and a fluid agenda, sound and visual artist Garland Villanova shares several ever-changing rooms in one of Saint Paul, Minnesota's more mysterious neighborhoods with cats (three), projects (more), and gear (mostly cheap and/or ancient). When the moon is full, she wanders. "I have a gift for clouding people's minds," she says. Nobody ever gives her any trouble, ever. www.myspace.com/garlandv
Cost: $6-10