Freedom to the Black: Erdem Helvacıoğlu :: February 10-26, 2012 :: ARTER - space for art, Istiklal Caddesi, 211, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. Continue reading

American Cypher: Stereo Helix for Sally Hemings — by Mendi and Keith Obadike — transforms the stairwell of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University into a sound art chamber :: February 21 - April 30, 2012 :: Artists Talk and Reception: February 29; 7:00 pm :: Gallery Theatre, 3rd floor, ELC.

Artists Mendi and Keith Obadike describe the Stereo Helix for Sally Hemings, part of their American Cypher project, as a sonic drawing created for the lobby of the ELC. The primary sound source for this work is a small antique bell that belonged to Sally Hemings, given to her by Martha Jefferson (her half-sister and Thomas Jefferson’s wife). Continue reading

Zimoun “Volume” :: February 2 - March 10, 2012 :: Opening: February 2; 6:00 - 8:30 pm :: bitforms gallery nyc, 529 W. 20th Street, New York, New York City.

bitforms gallery is pleased to announce Volume, the first solo exhibition in New York by Swiss artist Zimoun. On view will be an immersive, site-specific sound installation based on prepared dcmotors and cardboard boxes.

Part of a series that received its U.S. debut in a solo exhibition at the Ringling Museum of Art this Fall, the installation emphasizes the grid as a method of visual organization. Precariously balanced rows of cardboard boxes form an architectural space containing a rumbling din produced by mechanical motors humming in unison. Continue reading

Trampoline Berlin: Final Week of Tracing Mobility Exhibition :: Ends December 12, 2011 ::

The final week of Tracing Mobility: Cartography and Migration in Networked Space has begun, only one more week of the exhibition that has set out to examine how electronic networks and mobile media are transforming our conceptions of time, space and distance. Continue reading

Grande exposition of Sound Art :: Opening Friday, October 28, 2011 at 6: 00 p.m. - intermedia plateform :: APO33, 17 rue Paul Bellamy 44000 Nantes, France :: +33 02 51 89 47 16 ::

Exhibition open everyday from October 28, 2011 to November 6, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. :: 1 piece per day - 10 artists: Brandon Labelle :: Jenny Pickett :: Jason Kahn :: Christian Galarreta :: Achim Wollscheid :: Julien Poidevin ::
Kasper T Toeplitz :: Dominique Leroy :: Francisco Lopez :: Julien Ottavi ::

-Tuesday 1st of November :: First meeting - OpenSound Seminar :: Bastien Gallet what is a sound installation?
6:00 pm :: Free Entrance - Intermedia Plateform - Fabrique-Nantes Continue reading

Re-Viewing Black Mountain College 3: 3rd Annual Conference: John Cage’s Circle of Influence :: October 7 - 9, 2011 :: UNC and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville, NC :: Weekend cost for the conference is $30; daily admission is $20; free for UNC Asheville faculty, students and staff ::

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in partnership with UNC Asheville and the John Cage Trust is pleased to announce ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 3 to be held October 7 – 9, 2011, a weekend gathering of scholars, performers and artists coming to Asheville to present ideas and perform works related to avant-garde composer John Cage. The program for the weekend will include music, performances, installations, exhibitions, films and scholarly presentations, all touching on some aspect of Cage’s life, work and genius…his Circle of Influence. Continue reading

Artisphere presents New Media Exhibit: Data/Fields :: Thursday, September 22, 2011 through Sunday, November 27, 2011 :: Five International Artists Explore the Flow and Transfer of Sensory Data :: Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia ::

Internationally renowned sound artist Richard Chartiere brings together a celebrated group of international artists for a thought-provoking new media exhibit which explores the connection between the viewer and the flow and transfer of data at Artisphere from Thursday, September 22 –Sunday, November 27, 2011. These selected and commissioned works by Caleb Coppock (U.S.), Mark Fell (U.K.), Andy Graydon (U.S./Germany), Ryoji Ikeda (Japan), France Jobin (Canada) act as hubs of sensory information-sites of signal, noise, presence, and absence. Data/Fields marks the artists’ gallery debut in the Washington, DC-area and includes two premiere exhibitions in the United States. Continue reading

EarZoom2011 / ICMC2012 :: Friday, September 30 at 7:00pm - October 4 at 11:30pm :: Ljubljana - Slovenia ::

IRZU – Institute for Sonic Arts Research, is announcing the third edition of: EarZoom – Sonic Arts Festival, which will take place between 30th September and 4th October 2011 at different venues in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The main aim of the festival is to present a set of carefully selected works of multi-profile individuals (artists/scientists) and thus promote the interdisciplinary field of electronic music – the myriad of possibilities it has to offer – to artists and scientists (engineers) within our local community. Continue reading

Celebrate the launch of Louder Whisper - New Sound Art from India — a new online exhibition curated for CRiSAP by Meena Vari :: June 21, 2001; 6:30 pm :: Podium Lecture Theatre, London College of Communication, SE1 6SB. All are very welcome. Admission free.

Artists: Ayisha Abraham, Abhishek Hazra, Yashas Shetty, Murali Cheeroth, Indu Antony, Jasmeen Patheja, Prayas Abhinav, diF (Ish S + Konrad Bayer).

Part of an ongoing collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice), University of the Arts London and CEMA (Centre for Experimental Media Arts), Srishti School of Arts, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India.

BIORHYTHM: Music and the Body :: June 2, 2011 - August 6, 2011 :: Opening Reception: June 3; 6:00 - 9:00 pm :: Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, 540 W. 21st Street, New York, NY.

Why does a minor chord sound sad? Is there a formula for the perfect hit? Whistling, dancing, finger-snapping, and toe-tapping — what makes us do it? Find out when music and science join forces in an interactive bazaar of beats, sounds, and rhythm in the exhibition BIORHYTHM, created by the Science Gallery and presented at Eyebeam as part of the World Science Festival. Learn what drives sound manipulation and discover how different types of music evoke different emotions. Trace the power of an impactful pop hook in a song, measuring the way our brains and bodies react, down to the responses in our fingertips. Continue reading