Stillness Exhibition & Immersound Performance
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For all fans (and I am sure there are many) of the hugely successful Dragon’s Eye Recordings label and the impressive sound art installations created by the label’s front man Yann Novak will be intrigued to know of the upcoming events this August hosted by the exceptional SoundFjord outfit…
Stillness Exhibition
Stillness.Subtropical
August 4 – 28, 2010
Stillness.Oceanic
September 1 – 25, 2010
Opening Reception
August 3, 2010 7-9PM
SoundFjord are delighted to present the work of Yann Novak, who will inaugurate the exhibition programme with his delicately observed and absorbing, autobiographical work. Stillness, is a two-part immersive sound installation with integral visual elements…
Complimentary to the exhibition will be a talk and question and answers session with the artist. We are also happy to announce that Yann will be available for conversation at the private view.
Stillness takes its inspiration from the two climates Yann Novak has inhabited: Subtropical in Los Angeles and Oceanic in Seattle. In these works he investigates these climates’ almost static meteorological states and their emotional effect on their inhabitants.
Stillness takes form as two sound and video works presented as a large scale projection and 4.1 surround sound creating an immersive experience, each changing so slowly the effect is imperceptible to the audience, thus creating a nearly static state.
To create the sound piece, Novak made recordings of shortwave radio signal tuned to static in each location. Because radio waves are affected by both water vapour in the troposphere and ionisation in the upper atmosphere due to the sun, each recording, though similar, contains an unique signature from the atmosphere the waves travelled through. Similarly, the video elements are made up of numerous photographs, taken always pointed at the horizon, over a span of months in the case of Subtropical and years in Oceanic. These photographs capture a more literal portrait of these climates. All these elements are then digitally altered to create an ambiguous abstraction, leaving enough of the source to guide the experience and define the location, but abstract enough to create an immersive environment perfect for contemplation and personal reflection.
SoundFjord
Sonic Art Gallery and Research Unit
Unit 3B – Studio 28
28 Lawrence Road
London
N15 4ER
UK
More Info:
www.soundfjord.org.uk
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Immersound Performances
SoundFjord.Dynamic presents immersound
August 6, 2010
7PM doors | 8PM start – 2am
£5 adv | £7 door
SoundFjord.Dynamic – the live component of SoundFjord | London, is about to stage its first show, immersound, an evening of momentous sonic environments, absorbing, contemplative sound sculpture and sublime immersive sound art. Contribute to sonic art history: be there!
Performers:
Robert Curgenven
i8u
Yann Novak
Ian Hawgood
FOURM
mimosa|moize
The Others
6-8 Manor Road
London
N16 5SA
UK
Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/85321
More Info:
www.theothers.uk.com
www.soundfjord.org.uk
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