PARTICIPATION SynthLab Using a large array of analog and digital electronic, SynthLab creates a continuous soundscape, ranging from quiet ambiance to harsh experimental noise. SynthLab Artists: Faraday CageMatt Pogue has been wrangling electricity with his guitar for three decades. Now he does it with other machines as well.Co-founder of SynthLab univacA consummate TechDweeb, visual artist […]
PARTICIPATION Improvisations & Brief Eupneic Response “I had the pleasure of collecting, what are essentially field recordings of Susan, inside her studio, activating her beautiful instruments. I wanted to respect these gathered sonifications by leaving them pretty much intact. My contribution is a short, hopefully unobtrusive, response based on the staccato of her breath catches […]
PARTICIPATION Gallery show, May 13 – June 17: MOLECULAR CONNECTIONS for 4. Each of the 4 hollow roundish forms on top is connected to one of 4 lower ovaloid hollow forms. Underneath & in the middle of the 4 hollow ovaloid forms, each hides a whistle. The 4 roundish forms on the top have an […]
PARTICIPATION Sound Touchings: Didjeridus Maximum 10 for each didjeridu visceral experience. When I wanted more low tones in my life, I learned to play the didjeridu. I’ve performed widely on my adjustable, light weight instrument, including the creation of several performance didjeridu/dance pieces. At SoundPedro 2019, we will sit in a circle & participants will […]
PARTICIPATION Susan Rawcliffe makes, plays and research clay musical instruments: flutes, pipes, ocarinas, whistles, trumpets, didjeridus, and sound sculptures. Wanting to build a better flute, she began my research into the sounds and forms of archaic ceremonial flutes from prehispanic meso-American cultures, including West Mexican, Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec. Making acoustical studies of ancient flutes […]
PARTICIPATION Rawcliffe will have multiple person sound sculptures available for participants to play. Visitors can experience sounds moving through their heads during a fantastic sonic experience blowing combination tone whistles in a small group. In another small group, they can try pre-hispanic chamber-duct flutes inspired by Aztec or Mayan or Olmec pieces, and more! Three […]
PARTICIPATION Turntable Circus Presenting 30 Loyola High School Music Appreciation students with their projects. In the manner of John Cage’s Musicircus, we will install and perform sound art around the theme of records and turntables. Students will perform abstract turntablism pieces throughout the evening. Surrounding and defining the performance space will be at least four […]
PARTICIPATION Automaton Bricolage Cogitating is the creation of Steven’s music appreciation classes. After performing a Fluxus piano work where all the keys were nailed down, the students transformed the instrument into a dadaist sculpture challenging the notion of what a piano is. Robotics, interactivity, and musique concrete inform the current incarnation. Steven Speciale teaches music […]
PARTICIPATION in his piece, Blurred Limes, participants approach a shopping cart filled with grocery bags of actual fruits and vegetables. When touched, the produce trigger unusual sounds. Steven Speciale creates soundart projects for his students that use sound as a material, utilize technology as an expressive tool, and expand their definitions of art and music. […]
PARTICIPATION SSWIII – the work of Switzon S. Wigfall, III Statement: My objective for this particular performance is to get the audience to push their imaginations of what my silent 3d-abstract videos could sound like in their own mind without any music or sound involved throughout the visual experience. SWITZON S. WIGFALL, III or “SSWIII” […]