Pure and Berger’s project Heart Chamber Orchestra is in the shortlist for this years Prix Lux of the File festival in Brazil. You can deliver your vote through the award’s web site at http://www.fileprixlux.org/vote-electronic-sonority.aspx
Ran Slavin’s upcoming appearances
June 3: “A Body Without Organs†— Multi disciplinary Thought/Action/Performances with random collisions between each other. At the Center For Contemporary Arts, Kalisher 5 st, Tel Aviv.
July 29: 3 video installations in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art sculpture garden for one night only. (20:00-24:00)
August 21: Insomniac City installation at the Haifa Museum of Art.
Nicolas Bernier at MUTEK
The audio performance “La chambre des machines” by Nicolas Bernier + Martin Messier will take the stage on June 2nd at MUTEK (Montreal).
New CD release: “Crónica L†– celebrating 50 releases
Crónica is publishing its 50th release, and celebrating it with a new compilation CD to be freely distributed to all the subscribers of the Neural magazine.
Never a label to take things for granted or to act on the safe side, Crónica proposed 18 artists and projects to develop original collaborations, pairing them in unexpected and potentially fruitful ways. The outcome of this process can be heard in the 9 tracks of “Crónica L†and it presents an overview of the aesthetic scope of the label and the artists it releases, while offering a few good surprises.
More than being a retrospect of the seven-plus years of activity of the label, “Crónica L†wants to point towards the future and to all that, in spite of everything that was done, still remains to pursue. “Crónica L†is a sampling of a creative landscape to which Crónica contributes but that is far broader than its releases or even the artists it has so far released. Compilations are a genre that has been a special focus of interest for the label, since “On Paper†in 2003 to this most recent endeavor. They are perhaps the releases where, shy of an overview of the entire catalogue of 50 releases and even more podcasts, Crónica’s curatorial approach to publishing can be better understood.
“Crónica L†is freely distributed to all the subscribers of Neural magazine (issue #36, May 2010) and will not be sold through any of the usual distribution channels. However, we have a few copies to offer through a temporary promotion, please check how to get one here.
Lia releases a new iPhone app
Lia released her third iPhone art app, after PhiLia 01 and Arcs 21.
PhiLia 02 is about collaboration between the human and the machine, expressed through generative movement, form and color.
The human and the machine are collaborators in the creation of a unique art experience.
You can interact with the elements on screen, but the machine always suggests its own ideas to which you can respond using your intuition.
You can either set certain parameters yourself by accessing the Menu, or you can hand this responsibility over to the machine, which will randomly select parameters for you when you shake your device.
If you have the Trails switch ON, you will be rewarded for your experimentation with your own personal unique art piece. No created image will ever be the same. Store your favorite moments by accessing the Menu where you can save the image to your Photos.
With the Trails switch OFF you will simply see the elements floating through space.
This application has no other purpose or use then your joy. Please explore and playfully experiment with this art creation tool.
PhiLia 02 is available through the App store. More information at iphoneart.org.
Heart Chamber Orchestra awarded at the Prix Ars Electronica
Pure and Berger’s project Heart Chamber Orchestra was awarded with a Honorary Mention at this years Prix Ars Electronica. Congratulations!
Piotr Kurek interviewed by Nowamuzyka
An interview in Polish at the Nowamuzyka site.
Soon in Crónica
New unlimited release: Mosaique’s “Shattering Silenceâ€
Following his 2008 release in Crónica, “Filareâ€, Jan Ferreira presents his new work “Shattering Silenceâ€, 14 tracks totalling over one hundred minutes of music. Once again, Mosaique releases in the Unlimited Series and is available as a free download in either 320kbps MP3 or Apple Lossless formats.
Jan Ferreira is one of the most promising Portuguese new composers of hands-on electronic music, creating his pieces from a limited palette of tools and resources, including the manipulation of feedback, analog synthesis and distortion. His pieces have deep roots in live performance, and that imbues them with a characteristic immediacy and freshness, as traces of his creative touch and direct manipulation are felt throughout the pieces.
“In this release I worked for the first time with analogue synthesis. It was new territory so I spent long time exploring timbres and textures and what especially drew my attention was the “sharpness” of sound as if one could sense its outlines like with forms and shapes. Also how sounds emerged and ‘cut’ through the air was of special interest to me. After recording the material it was put into composition with emphasis on the effect of layering certain sounds (and hence what depth or sense of contrast they create) and the feeling of change that occurs when the “sound scenery” shifts. The composition then was more a frame in which these things were allowed to occur (especially in the more abstract pieces) than a linear narrative. All this is also based on a general visual quality that sound conveys to me.â€
You can download “Shattering Silence†as high-quality MP3 or Apple Lossless files directly from Crónica and free of charge. Donations are welcome! :)
