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Timo Kahlen:: Interactive Sound Art Works … online :: for headphones or speakers :: Works develop individually. They are generated as the viewer moves across, pauses or clicks at the responsive texture of the sound objects. Roll over & click to generate the audio works at your own pace ::

image: Audio Dust (2011)

The five interactve sound works by Timo Kahlen can be found at the following URLs:
Audio Dust, 2011 http://www.staubrauschen.de/audiodust
Signal-To-Noise, 2011 http://www.staubrauschen.de/signal
From Scratch, 2011 http://www.staubrauschen.de/fromscratch
Carpe Diem, 2011 http://www.staubrauschen.de/carpe
Undo/Delete, 2011 http://www.staubrauschen.de/delete
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Biophilia is an iPhone/iPad release of Björk’s latest album created in collaboration with Scott Snibbe and her longtime design collaborators M/M (Paris). Comprising a suite of musical pieces and interactive artworks, Biophilia is released as ten in-app download experiences that are accessed through a three-dimensional galaxy, the album’s theme song Cosmogony. The first single Crystalline, is now available, others soon to follow.

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Musical Chambers :: Imagine a musical house where the floorboards work like keys on an organ, a drumbeat plays to your heartbeat, and the walls sing. This is what famed street artist Swoon and her team of musicians and builders are in the middle of dreaming up: a fantastical, interactive, musical house in the middle of New Orleans — a beautiful gift to the city, built from an old Creole cottage, and open to the public.

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

From The New Materiality by Nathaniel Stern, Furtherfield.org; a review of the exhibition The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft:

“Soundw(e)ave, (Christy Matson’s) piece on show, is a self-referential textile, where the actual sounds of computerized Jacquard looms were used to create woven compositions. Her noisy sound waves were turned into three patterned pieces of fabric, made by hand-operated, computer-assisted and fully automated (Jacquard) looms, respectively – each weave growing progressively denser with the more advanced technologies used in their production. The piece, says Matson, was a huge turning point in her practice; it pointed her towards a kind of digital craftsmanship, where she was better able to place value on the ideas, materials and skillfulness needed to be an artisan across contemporary digital, craft and art domains. Continue reading

Brunel Electronic and Analogue Music (BEAM) Festival is a high-tech weekender. The festival takes place June 24- 26, 2011 at Brunel University in Uxbridge, London and features a programme of international artists working in music, sound and technology.

BEAM is now looking for submissions to the festival OPEN SPACE; a platform for artists to exhibit or perform their own work at the festival.We are offering a free weekend pass and accommodation on site to 10 selected OPEN SPACE artists. The deadline for all calls is 14th May 2011

BEAM OPEN SPACE submissions should refer to the broad themes of music & technology, interactivity, electronic music, music produced through unusual interfaces (including sonic robots!) and homemade instruments. Continue reading

Nancy Garcia :: April 9 - June 9, 2011 :: Opening: April 9; 7:00 - 10:00 pm :: Bas Fisher Invitational, 180 NE 39th Street, Suite 210, Miami, Florida.

Nancy Garcia’s interdisciplinary practice incorporates choreography, music/sound, video, performance, image making, and new media. Often slinging the viewer to the edges of performative events, Garcia draws attention to the exultant body, considering it as a site as well as a vehicle for sound and movement. For her first solo exhibition in Miami, Garcia shows a new body of work incorporating photography, a new video entitled Power Trio, and a concept audio compilation, Lover’s Alarm Clock, for which she asked artist friends to “create a sound you want your lover/s to wake up to.” Each track will be downloadable and sharable as a smartphone ringtone at www.loversalarmclock.com, and be available for listening in the gallery. Continue reading