just received word that skin will be programmed at cineworks’ group exhibition who will give up their distinctions? in vancouver in september 2008. at the moment we are trying to figure out what form the work will take, but it looks likely that it will be a looping projection with the audio track on headphones, which is my ideal format.
update: the sound will be piped into the space. skin will be looped and presented with another video by clint enns, prepare to qualify. latest info is that this exhibition will be part of SWARM 2008, a festival of artist run centres in vancouver. the festival and screenings will be september 5 and/or 6.
i have been selected for inclusion in the SAVAC group exhibition @ harbourfront centre, august 8-10. a new audio installation, shruti, using binaural recordings of the tanpura, field recordings from kolkata, and sound from the harbourfront site itself, will be created for this event, part of the south asia calling festival @ harbourfront.
the exhibition is free and will feature some great art from artists tackling the theme of “re-generation”.
i am at the unbelieveable sound symposium here in st john’s newfoundland. they brought me here to install my sound piece kolkata garden. we found a beautiful place near the “fluvarium”, in a clearing in a protected park. it was really perfect.
i am meeting all sorts of interesting artists from a variety of disciplines. check the website for some of them. if you ever have a chance to get out here, do it!!!
1. berlinale-approved maxime desmon’s new short someone is watching us;
2. a harbour symphony @ the sound symposium in newfoundland. every day @ noon during the festival composers create a piece for all the ship’s horns to play;
3. when the gods came down to earth—the audio track for a video installation by srinivas krishna to be exhibited during the Toronto International Film festival.
oh, and i have to dj a party @ the sound symposium. i hope they know what they are in for…..
i have finally posted some more lippok | sinha pix from the tenori – on launch in montreal. here is a picture from the day after, featuring my giant head. go to the original post here.
i’m at the deepwireless festival of radio art this weekend, as part of the performing quartet of myself, chantal dumas, andreas kahre, and kathleen kajioka. on tap are workshops and performances and live 12 speaker disseminations of radio pieces. i am particularly excited to see/hear tetsuo kogawa’s keynote speech and performance tomorrow morning. this festival is getting bigger and bigger, and the work of nadene and darren is really making this festival a major event in audio/radio art here in north america (and, dare i say it, internationally).
update sunday: attended tetsuo kogawa‘s lecture and performance at 9am this morning. i am completely blown away. it is rare that such a level of theoretical grounding and articulation accompanies such masterful artistic execution. or at least its rare that we get a glimpse of both sides. kudos to naisa (see link above) for a) programming kogawa san and b) creating a context for both of these sides of this amazing artist.
in other news, some media for my piece @ deepwireless can be found below.
have been a bit off the radar for some time, but working hard, trying to catch up on the sound installation and the 24 hour video project while i wait for upcoming projects and grant results.
there is a boom/bust kind of cycle in the work process that can be very discombobulating. i wonder if it is the same for all self employed people (ie anyone running their own company/business) or if it is just that way for creative people. the time to “play” and mess around is vital to creating, and yet i find that there is less and less time to do it. or maybe i’m just not focused enough. or still haven’t found the right/most optimum way of working. or haven’t figured out the work/life balance. or…..
just found out i have been awarded a production fellowship at the banff new media institute by the bnmi and quebecor fund.
dates tba but i am hoping to go at the end of august/early sept. its to go work there for 21 days, and i will be based in the creative electronic environment….hmmm….i guess i’m in one now, but the one at banff i think will be a bit more flash.
outcome: a surround sound video installation and possibly a performance concept for laptop and projections. the project summary is: Harmonium is a surround sound video work that is made up of connected improvisations using video and audio source material shot in Banff and India and manipulated recordings of the harmonium, a reed instrument imported to India in the mid 19th century from England and now an integral part of devotional music in South Asia. Using these materials, harmonium meditates on the nature of sound, light, and faith, and how these elements find expression in the life of a 2nd generation Canadian.
i am super honoured to be chosen for this fellowship. the banff centre is an amazing place—i was there for a day or two on a maza meze tour and it was really quite something. beautiful and full of energy. i look forward to going there to learn more about video and make this work.
just back from a hectic 20 hours in montreal, where the lippok | sinha duo performed as part of the canadian tenori on launch, presented by yamaha and mutek.
it was a really tremendous evening, with the amazing montreal crowd living up to all expectations of being some of the best audiences anywhere. montreal’s pheek opened the evening with an abstract set, very different from the techno he is known for. i am robot and proud gave a tremendous performance, with his particular brand of warm/cool whimsical music. the whimsical tip continued with nathan michel, who played a lot of his set in 15/16 time.
robert lippok and i then hit the stage. an added bonus was the live visuals provided by toshio iwai, the inventor of the tenori on, who asked (if you please) if it was ok to generate visuals connected to my percussion instruments when robert and i did a soundcheck earlier in the day. those of you familiar with our first concert would have been quite surprised at the energy and intensity of this set, ending with a huge “krautrock” (in robert’s words) free for all. we were surprised ourselves—the soundcheck was completely different than the actual performance. the visuals were another incredible and inspiring factor in the performance. robert and i are actively looking for more opportunities for this duo project. keep your eyes peeled.
toshio iwai gave a presentation on the development of the tenori, starting his talk with an homage to canadian experiemental filmmaker norman mclaren, who did a lot of work with sound and visuals in the 70’s. he was happy to mention him in canada, and gave props to our great national film board. he took us through his own work and explorations with sound and light, starting off with his favourite little music box and treating us to some really jawdropping clips of his earlier installations, as well as photos and clips of the tenori on in development and on the production line. yu nishibori, the engineer working with toshio, also joined him onstage, taking us through the design process and demonstrating the rather sophisticated interface—similar to much great music, the interaction of discrete simple elements results in the possibility of very complex music.
the night was closed off by sutekh, in a very intense noise based set, and the very friendly and genial pole, who rocked the house with his dub based sound.
props to the mutek crew for organizing such an amazing event. they made everything so smooth that it was easy to just show up and play. hooray for mutek! last but certainly not least, thanks to yamaha, yu nishibori and toshio iwai for agreeing with robert to bring me in the first place.
more photos soon @ my myspace page but for now here’s a teaser. (update: there are pix on flickr here)
