New Flesh Network from Olle Corneer on Vimeo.

Every person in the choir wears a pair of ear muffs cancelling out all sounds, making them hear only the instructions that they individually receive in their in-ear headphones. The music is improvised and reflects the network it is a part of. Every person executes a simple task, but the result is complex and organic.

Man and machine working together as an effective organism. And just like other contemporary networks - be it terror networks or Amazon’s Mechanical Turk - New Flesh Network makes it possible to create results that couldn’t be created without its nodes and connections. In this case: music.

With New Flesh Network a traditional choir can perform phasing arpeggios, micro tuned clusters and advanced machine-like rhythm patterns. All in real-time and completely improvised by the artists that are in control.

The first performance was together with Uppsala Kammarkör: http://vimeo.com/33388571

Read more here: http://corneerlubcke.com/works/new-flesh-network/

We’re half-way through our end of year fundraiser. Please make a donation (tax-deductible for US residents) before December 31.

Now embarking on its 32nd year, New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. — an independent not-for-profit organization founded in New York City — continues to agitate the institutional art world through its trailblazing projects, including New American Radio (1987-1998), Turbulence.org (1996-), Networked _ Performance (2004-), Networked _ Music _ Review (2007-), and Networked: a (networked _ book) about (networked _ art) (2009-).

Since 1981, NRPA has commissioned more than 500 works by more than 400 artists, many of them just beginning their careers. The Turbulence.org archive spans a crucial 15-year period of exploration and innovation in digital, networked environments, ranging from hypertext to information visualization, blogs to social networks, and interactive dance/musical compositions to 3-D architecture.

Here’s what Régine Debatty and Timothy Murray have said about Turbulence.org:

“Turbulence because they’ve been consistently commissioning net.art … and because they have a great blog called Networked_Performance that documents better (much better) than me the calls, essays and events that interest the whole new media art community.” Régine Debatty, we-make-money-not-art, 2006

“Turbulence … has developed into a natural archive of Internet art, housing the largest representation of American art produced as networked art. Indeed, no other on-line exhibition project has played such an influential and lasting role.” Timothy Murray, The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, 2011

Please help us keep doing what we’re doing by making a donation via PayPal on http://turbulence.org or by sending a check to:

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
124 Bourne Street
Roslindale, MA 02131
United States of America

Thank you.

We wish you all a peaceful and prosperous 2012.

Warmly,

Jo and Helen

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.

The exhibition will close on Monday, December 12, 2011 with an artist’s talk at 19.00 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
On that night, at 19.00, the exhibiting artists Aram Bartholl, Folke Köbberling and plan b (Sophia New/Daniel Belasco Rogers) will give a short presentation of their works.

The exhibition is open daily (except Tuesday) from 11.00 – 19.00 :: For recent press commentaries please go to http://trampoline.org.uk/tracingmobility/press

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Frank Abbott (UK) / Aram Bartholl (DE) / Neal Beggs (UK/FR) / Heath Bunting (UK) / Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller (CAN) / Miles Chalcraft (UK/DE) / Simon Faithfull (UK/DE) / Yolande Harris (UK/NL) / Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser (DE) / Landon Mackenzie (CAN) / Open_Sailing (FR/JP) / plan b (Sophia New & Dan Belasco Rogers) (UK/DE) / Esther Polak & Ivar van Bekkum (NL) / Gordan Savicic (AT/NL) / Mark Selby (UK) / Michelle Teran (CAN/DE)

After presentations in Wrocław, Lviv, and Minsk, two final showings this year of Paweł Janicki’s EU_tracer performance with internet and acoustic instruments will take place in Paris and Brussels.

Paweł Janicki, EU_tracer :: Music Net Performance :: Friday, December 9, 2011 at 18:00 at Plateforme Gallery, Paris :: In collaboration with: Benjamin Duboc, contrabass :: Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 20:00 at MediaRuimte Gallery, Brussels ::
In collaboration with: Sigrid Keunen, violin

EU_tracer is a project developed by the WRO Art Center and commissioned by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the International Cultural Program of the Polish EU Presidency. It’s based on specially-designed software that scans EU institutions’ web services and analyzing the interrelations among messages and information translates them into visual and musical structures that depend on the connection quality, performance location and the improvisation style of the invited musician.

The main component od EU_tracer is the specially designed software that scans messages and information in the Internet not for their contents, but for the dynamics of the interrelations among them, which it translates it translates into graphic metastructures and musical forms.

The site of each performance is a significant aspect of the project: The particular geographic locations from which the program connects with the internet will affect the data flow and availability. As the work is displayed in successive geographically and politically varied European and Asian cities, it will create a sort of cyber-cartographic trail leading through the musician associated with the particular locate, using an acoustic instrument to improvise on the flow of internet data. This musician, in addition to being a collaborator whose inventiveness will shape the work, will also serve as a symbolic representative of his/her community in European/global digital communication space.

Now embarking on its 32nd year, New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. — an independent not-for-profit organization founded in New York City — continues to agitate the institutional art world through its trailblazing projects, including New American Radio (1987-1998), Turbulence.org (1996-), Networked _ Performance (2004-), Networked _ Music _ Review (2007-), and Networked: a (networked _ book) about (networked _ art) (2009-).

Since 1981, NRPA has commissioned more than 500 works by more than 400 artists, many of them just beginning their careers. The Turbulence.org archive spans a crucial 15-year period of exploration and innovation in digital, networked environments, ranging from hypertext to information visualization, blogs to social networks, and interactive dance/musical compositions to 3-D architecture.

Here’s what Régine Debatty and Timothy Murray have said about Turbulence.org:

“Turbulence because they’ve been consistently commissioning net.art … and because they have a great blog called Networked_Performance that documents better (much better) than me the calls, essays and events that interest the whole new media art community.” Régine Debatty, we-make-money-not-art, 2006

“Turbulence … has developed into a natural archive of Internet art, housing the largest representation of American art produced as networked art. Indeed, no other on-line exhibition project has played such an influential and lasting role.” Timothy Murray, The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, 2011

Please help us keep doing what we’re doing by making a donation via PayPal on http://turbulence.org or by sending a check to:

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
124 Bourne Street
Roslindale, MA 02131
United States of America

Thank you.

We wish you all a peaceful and prosperous 2012.

Warmly,

Jo and Helen

The *Network Music Festival* will take place in January 2012 in Birmingham (UK) in the heart of Birmingham’s creative community. Presenting a diverse programme of laptop performances, live coding, communicating home-made musical gadgets, sound installations, workshops and everything else in between, the Network Musical Festival boasts an international line-up including some of Birmingham’s best home-grown hi-tech musical performers.We are looking for proposals for performances, talks, installations, demos and workshops. http://networkmusicfestival.org/open-call/

Network Music Festival aims to showcase a broad spectrum of musical and sound related works, research and participatory activities which use networking as part of their aesthetic, creation or performance practice. Network Music Festival would like to invite submissions in the categories of Performance (Concert or Club), Installation, Talks, Demos and Workshops.

We are also open to other suggestions, where you are free to submit proposals that fall outside of the above categories but that you feel would be an appropriate addition to the festival programme.

PERFORMANCES: Performances where networking in an integral part of the aesthetics or performance practice. This could include: Laptop Ensembles/Orchestras/Bands, Instrumental and Electronic groups; Performances which use the internet as part of the performance; any performance that use networking in some form.

Proposed performances should be 10-30 minutes in length.

INSTALLATIONS: Sound installations which use networking as central to the aesthetic and/or creation of the work. Could include static installations or installations which explore the surrounding area.

TALKS: We will be accepting submissions for informal talks, accompanied by slideshow presentations. Talk topics should be suitable for the general public.

DEMOS: The Network Music Festival will include an interactive hands-on session where festival attendees can try-out or see your hardware or software network music device/installation/toys/etc in action. The session will be in the form of a market-place. You will be provided with a small space with a table where you can set up your tech for attendees to look at and have a go.

WORKSHOPS: Participatory workshops which cover topics related to sound and networking. May focus on technological and/or artistic aspects. Please note this is a submission to LEAD a workshop. Please state the experience level required in order to take part in the workshop and the length of time and resources required in workshop description.

OTHER: If there’s anything that you would like to submit that you don’t feel is covered by the above categories but would be an appropriate addition to the festival programme, please submit a proposal with as much information as
possible.

DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS: 5 December, 2011. hhttp://networkmusicfestival.org/open-call/

Penta Locus extends a history of networking music education at five universities for a concert of new telematic music pieces by students and faculty. The concert builds on 2010 Tri Locus between University of California San Diego, New York University, and Stanford University, and past work with Queens University Belfast, Concordia University, and Hamburg Hochschule of Music.

University of California, San Diego 12:00 pm PST
9500 Gilman Drive
Conrad Prebys Experimental Theatre (CPMC 122)
UC San Diego.
La Jolla, CA

Mark Dresser, Director, Bass, Jason Ponce, Technical Director, Kyle Blair, Piano, Joe Cantrell, Electronic & tabletop guitar, Torrance Carroll, Technology, Michael Cheng, Technology, Drew Ceccato, Winds, Yeung-Ping Chen, Clarinet, Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Voice, Adam Goodwin, Bass, Yvette Jackson, Trumpet, Bonnie Lander, Voice, Samuel Nacach, Technology, Luke Oskam, Technology, Conductor, Kjell Nordeson, Percussion, Alex Segal, Technology, Stephen Solook, Percussion, Kendall Tice, Technology

New York University 3:00 pm EST
35 W. 4th Street, 6th Floor.
Music Composition Program, Music Technology Program,
Steinhardt School.
New York City, NY

Sarah Weaver, Director, Conductor, Chris Cappozzoli, Technology, Allen Fogelsanger, Piano/Laptop, Phillip Mayer, Trombone, Andy McBeath, Percussion/Drumset, Sonia Megias Lopez, Voice, Conductor, Anna Morris, Woodwinds, Timothy O’Hara, Bass, Glen Saldanha, Technology, Lee Salevan, Technology, Tyler Sawyer, Technology, Ian Shafer, Oboe

Concordia University 3:00 pm EST
Concordia University, Music Department
1450 Guy Street (John Molson Building)
8th floor, room MB8.245 (EA classroom)
Montreal QC

Eldad Tsabary, Director, Conductor, Michael Baker, Laptop, Joe Browne, Laptop, Alexis Franco, Laptop, Ivo Tobin Lippold, Laptop, Marco Liy, Laptop, Marek Madej, Laptop, Greg Marino, Laptop, Patrick McDowall, Laptop, Kris McDougall, Laptop, Michael Palumbo, Laptop, Evan Stepanian, Laptop, Stephen Trepanier, Laptop, Patrick Valiquet, Laptop, Jamie Woollard, Laptop

Queens University Belfast 8:00 pm GMT
Sonic Arts Resource Centre
4 Cloreen Park
Belfast

Pedro Rebelo, Director, Franziska Schroeder, Director, Saxophone, Felipe Hickmann, Technology, Emily Robertson, Piano, Robert Casey, Piano, Adam Brown, Tuba, Steve Davis, Drums

Hamburg Hochschule of Music 9:00 pm CET

Georg Hajdu, Director, Technology, Konstantina Orlandatou, Accordion, Piano, Technology, Organisation, Daniel Dominguez, Electronics, Florian Vitez, Electronics & Fender Rhodes, Xiao Fu, Video & Guqin, Jiaying Lu, Violin

Coordinators:
Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver

Audio Networking Director:
Felipe Hickmann

The *Network Music Festival* will take place in January 2012 in Birmingham (UK) in the heart of Birmingham’s creative community. Presenting a diverse programme of laptop performances, live coding, communicating home-made musical gadgets, sound installations, workshops and everything else in between, the Network Musical Festival boasts an international line-up including some of Birmingham’s best home-grown hi-tech musical performers. We are looking for proposals for performances, talks, installations, demos and workshops.

Network Music Festival aims to showcase a broad spectrum of musical and sound related works, research and participatory activities which use networking as part of their aesthetic, creation or performance practice. Network Music Festival would like to invite submissions in the categories of Performance (Concert or Club), Installation, Talks, Demos and Workshops. We are also open to other suggestions, where you are free to submit proposals that fall outside of the above categories but that you feel would be an appropriate addition to the festival programme.

PERFORMANCES : Performances where networking in an integral part of the aesthetics or performance practice. This could include: Laptop Ensembles/Orchestras/Bands, Instrumental and Electronic groups; Performances which use the internet as part of the performance; any performance that uses networking in some form.

Proposed performances should be 10-30 minutes in length.

INSTALLATIONS : Sound installations which use networking as central to the aesthetic and/or creation of the work. Could include static installations or installations which explore the surrounding area.

TALKS : We will be accepting submissions for informal talks, accompanied by slideshow presentations. Talk topics should be suitable for the general public.

DEMOS : The Network Music Festival will include an interactive hands-on session where festival attendees can try-out or see your hardware or software network music device/installation/toys/etc in action.

The session will be in the form of a market-place. You will be provided with a small space with a table where you can set up your tech for attendees to look at and have a go.

WORKSHOPS : Participatory workshops which cover topics related to sound and networking. May focus on technological and/or artistic aspects. Please note this is a submission to LEAD a workshop.

Please state the experience level required in order to take part in the workshop and the length of time and resources required in workshop description.

OTHER : If there’s anything that you would like to submit that you don’t feel is covered by the above categories but would be an appropriate addition to the festival programme, please submit a proposal with as much information as possible.

DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS: 30th NOVEMBER 2011

http://networkmusicfestival.org/open-call/

The main component of EU_tracer is the specially designed software that scans messages and information in the Internet not for their contents, but for the dynamics of the interrelations among them, which it translates it translates into graphic metastructures and musical forms.

EU_tracer will be presented as both a performance and an installation. The site of each performance is a significant aspect of the project: The particular geographic locations from which the program connects with the internet will affect the data flow and availability. As the work is displayed in successive geographically and politically varied European and Asian cities, it will create a sort of cyber-cartographic trail leading through the musician associated with the particular locate, using an acoustic instrument to improvise on the flow of internet data. This musician, in addition to being a collaborator whose inventiveness will shape the work, will also serve as a symbolic representative of his/her community in European/global digital communication space.