Activating The Medium XIV

Each year, 23five curates Activating The Medium around a specific theme that seeks to underscore the connectivity between artists working with various methods and materials. Previous festivals have explored field recording, mimesis, the architectural impact from sound, and many other concepts and themes.
The 2011 festival explores the use of radio through composition and new media presentation. Looking back to the seminal works of Stockhausen, Cage, and Tenney through the culture jamming theatrics of Negativland and into the psychological minimalism of John Duncan, radio has served an invaluable and expressive tool within the continued history of avant-garde composition.
Hence, 23five will present works including Richard Garet's grey-noise constructions mined from radio interference and electromagnetic disturbances and Byron Westbrook's multichannel diffusion of live transmission and reception of radio signals.

Activating The Medium XIV : Radio

Chapter One

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:00pm
San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Richard Garet (New York)
Jim Haynes & Allison Holt (Berkeley)

presented in conjunction with SFCinematheque

Chapter Two

Friday, April 22, 2011 at 8:00pm
The Lab, San Francisco, CA 94103

Wobbly (San Francisco)
Ensemble Economonique (Arcata, California)
Robert Piotrowicz (Poland)
Thomas Carnacki (Berkeley)

made possible with the generous support of the Polish Cultural Institute

Chapter Three

Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 8:00pm
The Lab, San Francisco, CA 94103

Gregg Kowalsky (Oakland)
Vertonen (Chicago)
Byron Westbrook (New York)
Zachary James Watkins (Oakland)

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Links:
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The Lab

Activating The Medium XIII

23five Incorporated, in collaboration with Swissnex and The Lab, present the thirteenth annual Activating The Medium festival, with two nights of performances from local and international sound artists. Each year, 23five curates Activating The Medium around a specific theme that seeks to underscore the connectivity between artists working with various methods and materials. Previously, Activating The Medium has explored sound ecology, audio mimesis, and the relationship between sound and architecture. For the 2010 festival, 23five presents a theme of ice -- the physical, geographic, metaphoric, and mythological attributes to ice as manifested through sound.

Activating The Medium XIII : Ice : Chapter One

Friday, April 16, 2010, 8:30 p.m
The Lab, San Francisco, CA 94103
$8-$15 sliding scale admission at the door or FREE with The Lab membership

G*Park
Joshua Churchill
Adam Sonderberg
Panel / Lecture hosted by Cheryl Leonard
co-presented by Swissnex

Activating The Medium XIII : Ice : Chapter Two

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:30 p.m
The Lab, San Francisco, CA 94103
$8-$15 sliding scale admission at the door or FREE with The Lab membership

Cheryl Leonard
Pedestrial Deposit
Jesse Burson
Rale

Activating The Medium XIII : Ice : Chapter Three

April 16 - 23, 2010

G* Park video installations : Soylent Green, Daphnia Magna, & 3 Small Clips

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Links:
23five
Swissnex
The Lab