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November 29, 2005
Rock for Aids Awareness
2nd Annual Rock For AIDS Awareness (I) ALL AGES
Wed. November 30, 2005 @ 8pm-12am
at the Billy DeFrank Center
938 The Alameda San Jose, CA click for map
Bands:
Divided , Drunken Starfighter, Delta Activity, Day One Symphony
2nd Annual Rock For AIDS Awareness (II) 21+ over
Sat. December 3, 2005 @ 8pm-2am
at Angels Lounge
400 S. First St. San Jose, CA click for map
Bands:
Minipop, Parting Glance, Julie Plug, Push to Talk, The Evening Episode, DJ P-One (Kevin)
Win our RAFFLES:
-2 tickets to the Children's Musical Theatre
-2 tickets to the City Lights Theatre Company
-4 tickets for San Jose SaberCats
-1 year-membership for San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
-2 tickets for the American Musical Theatre San Jose
-and more!
website: Rock for Aids Awareness
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November 17, 2005
SWITCH: Acoustic Musicians Go Electronic
Saturday, November 19, 2005
21 Grand
416 25th St at Broadway, Oakland
(behind Gold's Gym)
admission: $8
A night of acoustic players performing as their electronic alter egos, together for the first time in an improv big band.
Two sets, beginning at 9pm with:
Kim Boekbinder - Electric Lobster
Tom Duff - Stomp boxes & homebrew analog
Dina Emerson - Laptop, radio & wineglasses
Bob Marsh - Air Synths & processed voice
Suki O'Kane - Jurassic electronics & everyday objects
Gino Robair - Voltage made audible
Rent Romus - Zitherod, radio & voice
Thomas Scandura - Distorto Drumpad Device
John Shiurba - pedals
David Slusser - Slussomatic
Joshua Smith - mixer and delay pedals
Moe! Staiano - lo-fi electronics
Michael Zelner - wind synth
under the direction of Matt Davignon and Gino Robair
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November 10, 2005
Audio Artist Faculty Position
The Columbia College Chicago Department of Audio Arts and Acoustics is accepting applications for a tenure track, faculty position in Audio Art beginning September 1, 2006. Deadline for applications is February 1, 2006.
The Department offers comprehensive undergraduate programs in audio design and production,
audio for visual media, live sound reinforcement, audio system contracting, and acoustics.
The successful candidate will hold a terminal degree (or posses exceptional professional credentials) in Fine Arts, Media Arts, Music or a related field and will be expected to take a leadership role in further developing a fine art component to the Audio Design and Production Concentration. Candidates should demonstrate substantial depth of knowledge and professional experience in: the production of recorded “audio art”, audio/electronics/computer theory, contemporary audio production techniques, and literature of audio art. Qualification will also include undergraduate teaching experience and a record of professional performances and/or exhibitions of work.
Duties will include teaching core audio theory and production courses, teaching and curriculum development in aural awareness, aesthetics of sound production and techniques of audio art. Columbia faculty members are expected to take an active role in student advising, participate in college and departmental governance and maintain an active career as a practicing artist. Recent graduates must demonstrate exceptional promise in lieu of extensive professional and teaching experience.
Columbia College Chicago is a diverse, open admissions, urban institution of over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students emphasizing arts and communications in a liberal education setting.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, current curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation and a single CD, DVD or tape with a variety of short excerpts of their artistic output. Deadline for applications is February 1, 2006 and should be addressed to:
Audio Artist Search
c/o Elliott Scott
Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics
Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60605
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November 07, 2005
Bay Inventors #2
Tuesday, November 8, 2005, 8:00 PM
21 Grand Gallery
416 25th St at Broadway, Oakland
(behind God's Gym)
admission: $6-10 sliding scale
Kitundu presents his original turntable inventions with visual environments by Rick Rivera.
Krystyna Bobrowski presents her Gliss Glass and Harmonic Slide instruments instruments with Guillermo Gallindo & Luciano Chesso.
Since it's Election Day, free treats will be provided to people who voted. (Bring your "I voted" sticker!)
Bios:
Kitundu is a sound/visual artist, graphic designer, composer and instrument builder. He uses an interdisciplinary approach to develop compositions-installations-instruments that blur the boundaries between media. He has constructed elemental turntables that rely on wood, water, fire and earthquakes for their power and pitch. Kitundu is the creator of a family of Phonoharps, beautifully crafted multi-stringed instruments made from record players. He strives to reconnect the
technology of new music to fundamental principles drawn from the natural world.
Kitundu has an ongoing residency at the Exploratorium Museum of science, art and perception in San Francisco. He has recently been in residence at Eagle Rock School in Colorado, the Science Museum of Minnesota, and the Singapore Science Centre. Kitundu is also developing a Geologic Sound Casting project for volcanically active regions and was granted a five week artist residency at Skriduklaustur in Eastern Iceland in September 2004. He was raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Krystyna Bobrowski is a sound artist, composer and musician living in Oakland, California. In addition to french horn she plays acoustic and electronic instruments of her own design. Her collection of original instruments includes prepared amplified rocking chairs, bull kelp horns, leaf speakers, gliss glass and harmonic slide. Over the last few years she has worked on sound exhibits for the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Currently she teaches electroacoustic music at the College of San Mateo.Gliss Glass is a series of custom glass vessels interconnected by a simple hydraulic system of tubes and valves. Gliss Glass’ sound and design are a variation on the sound and form of a common wineglass. Valve position and vessel height control the water flow. While playing, musicians manipulate the valves and heights. As water drains or fills a vessel, the frequency of the glass slowly rises or falls. One hears rising and falling glissandos moving at different rates. Harmonic Slide
consists of a loudspeaker tied to a string inside a 5 foot tube mounted in a modified cymbal stand. The loudspeaker acts as a moveable stop for the tube, in effect changing the tube’s length and resonance. As the musician slides the speaker up and down the tube, she/he slides through the harmonics of the audio material being played.
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November 06, 2005
The Creative Act
"All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone. The spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his or her contribution to the creative act." ~Marcel Duchamp
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November 02, 2005
Youth On Fire
2nd Annual Art Exhibit to be held at Brooks College
WE STILL HAVE AN OPEN CALL FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
Artwork created for the theme Heart of Chaos (see description on below) will be juried and exhibited in a special gallery space.
Reception: Friday, November 18 from 5-9pm and Saturday, November 19 from 10 am - 2 pm at Brooks College of Sunnyvale.
Eligibility:
• Open to all California artists and poets from 16 years old - 30
• Work can be wall-hung, free-standing or pedestal mounted.
• Work must be hand delivered to Brooks College
• Wall-hung work may not exceed 105" height x 72" width x 12" depth (including frame), and not weigh over 50 lbs.
• Free standing work may not exceed 114" in height.
• All work must be original.
• Maximum of 2 entries per artist in open theme exhibit and 1 entry per artist in Heart of Chaos juried exhibit.
Selection: Work will be selected after hand delivery to Brooks College; Heart of Chaos themed work will be juried between November 7 and November 14 and winners will be notified before the show.
To Enter:
Deliver framed photography and artwork (canvases don't need to be framed) and/or poetry (framed and illustrated poetry optional) to Brooks College of Sunnyvale on October 28th, 29th, 31st, November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 between 9 am and 7pm on weekdays and 9 am -1 pm on Saturday.
All work must have labels fastened securely on the back and one entry form for each artist must be completed.
You may sell your work and all transactions are between the artist and the seller. We will provide artists with contracts to protect their rights in the event that they choose to sell original pieces.
Deliver work with entry form to:
Brooks College of Sunnyvale
1120 Kifer Road (off Lawrence Expressway)
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Non-refundable Entry Fees:
$5.00 per artist/poet.
Make checks out to Catalyst for Youth.
Cash also accepted when work is delivered.
Please ask for a cash receipt.
Awards:
Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Best of Show and merit award certificates.
Jurors not associated with Brooks College, Catalyst for Youth, or Heart of Chaos to be announced.
Receptions:
Two receptions will be held at Brooks College on Friday night November 18 from 5 pm–9 pm and Saturday November 19 from 10 am – 2 pm. Celebrate the art and the artists and enjoy live painting demos, spoken word, music & food.
For More Information:
Call Joanne at (408) 269-3356 or (408) 439-6083 or email
miguel@heartofchaos.net
joanne@heartofchaos.net
apinon@gmail.com
leonmorimoto@gmail.com
This Youth on Fire exhibit is sponsored by Catalyst for Youth, Inc. and Brooks College of Sunnyvale.
Liability, Sales, etc. regarding work submitted
• No changes to title, price, etc. will be permitted after delivery of art work.
• All reasonable care will be taken with the works, but insurance is the responsibility of the artist. Heart of Chaos or its representatives or Brooks College and its personnel will assume no liability for damage or loss.
• Selected artists agree to allow work to be photographed for media use and selected work must be on view for the duration of the exhibit
• Heart of Chaos or Brooks College is not responsible for work left beyond 7 days after the close of the show.
CALENDAR AND DEADLINES
Delivery of Artwork and Poems with entry form and fee:
October 28th, 29th, 31st,
November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
between 9 am and 7 pm on weekdays and 9 am -1pm on Saturday.
Reception:
Friday, November 18 from 5 pm – 9 pm
Saturday, November 19 from 10 am – 2 pm
Pick up Artwork:
Thursday and Friday December 1 and 2 from 9 am – 7 pm
Saturday, December 3 from 9 am – 1 pm
Heart of Chaos Juried Competition Artwork created and poetry written for the Heart of Chaos (HOC) juried competition must reflect this metaphor which represents all young people. Its meaning comes from the science of quantum mechanics. If a chaotic system is observed long enough over time, it does not break down, as was once expected, but reveals instead a unique (to that system) image. So a hidden wholeness resides at the heart of chaos and it's called a strange attractor because it has the power to align and propel the whole system toward a higher level of order.As young people struggle to find themselves and identify their gifts, their outward lives are characteristically chaotic – especially when observed by those with more life experience and stability. Despite the chaos that rules their action journey, however, they all have a hidden wholeness, an innate image or mark of character that seeks to guide and shape them from within.
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MAYHEM Opens at this Friday at SOEX
MAYHEM is Southern Exposure’s 15th Annual Entry-fee Free Juried Exhibition of work by Northern California Artists.
November 4 – December 10, 2005
Opening reception: Friday, November 4, 7 - 9 pm
Free admission
Featured Artists:
Alexis Amann
Marisa Aragona
Robert Arnold
Eric Aurandt
Marc Babsin
J.D. Beltran
Caetlynn J. Booth
Michael Brennan
Anita Brey
Thomas Chang
Yin-Ju Chen
Sage Corson
Denise Duffy
Chris Eckert
Scotty Enderle
Miles Epstein
Carlos Everhard
Karle Fried
Erik Friedman
Ron Greystar
Aaron Hawks
Nicole Hayden
Patrick Haywood
Jonn Herschend
Liz Hickok
Whitney Hubbs
Sarrita Hunn
Henrik Kam
Nick Karvounis
Mike Lai
Michelle Mansour
Vanessa Marsh
Kelly Marshall
Michael Elijah Meyer
Linda Michel-Cassidy
Elizabeth Moy
Tom Mueske
Alex Munn
Carson Murdach
NDFTBK
Mark Nobriga
Cynthia Ona Innis
Christian Oittinen
Justin O'Neill
Jennie Ottinger
Zane Peach
Joshua Pieper
Job Piston
Craig Poindexter
Daren Rabinovitch
Kelly Reiling
Lisa Ricci
Natalie Rishe
Nadim Roberto Sabella
Andrew Schoultz
Zachary Scholz
Amanda Schoppel
Tabitha Soren
Weston Teruya
Skye Thorstenson
Jerad Walker
Lindsey White
Marc Williams
Chrstopher Woodcock
Paul Zografakis
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Corrupter opens for Black Label Society
So, I'm not necessarily metals "biggest" fan, but I am a huge fan of my nephew, Adam, the lead singer of Corrupter and former highschool band Shoot the Queen. Corrupter will be opening for Zakk Wylde's band, Black Label Society, this Sunday, November 6 at Milwaukee's Eagle's Club aka The Rave. I know we have a few friends in Wisconson or within driving distance... so stop by and check it out. Oh yeah, be sure to tell him Happy Birthday from Uncle Brian; it's the day before. :-)
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Distracted Collective Reunion
presented by Clandestine
djs:
basura (atomic)
cutso (fingerbangerz)
ennui (gallery a.d.)
plus live paiting by:
anabella pinon
r3ndr
Friday, Nov. 4 at Johnny V's, 10pm-2am
31 E. Santa Clara
San Jose
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November 01, 2005
EDGY PRODUCTS CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
This is an invitation by the ISEA2006 Symposium and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge to groups and individuals to submit proposals for exhibition of interactive art work and projects reflecting on the thematic of Edgy Products. This is the first and only call for artworks in this category.
Proposals Due: December 15th, 2005
Final Decisions: Feb 10, 2006
SUBMISSIONS
http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/register/submission.php
The consumer electronic device has become the standard currency of technology in contemporary global culture. The light bulb and the home sewing machine have bred and multiplied to fill every part of our homes, offices, pockets and purses. They have colonized industry after industry: publishing, photography, music, film, communications, and entertainment. Consumer electronics have gradually colonized publication and photography, music and film, communications and entertainment. With the constant promise of increased efficiency, these devices may be seen as improvements over previous techniques. But for every measure of ease or efficiency there are secondary effects, artifacts, and renegotiations. Far from being neutral, consumer products are powerful arguments for norms and lifestyles, suggesting and facilitating specific ways of acting and being in the world. Made by researchers and marketers working for corporations, they form a sort of culture industry. And as Theodor Adorno suggested, their products serve the interests of this industry as much as they serve their users.
Artists and designers have tried to refigure the product, with varied results: Modernist painters, for instance, often incorporated coffee grinders or industrial aesthetics; Warhol even ran a factory. Electronic artists, though, are in a unique position to develop functional alternatives. Dunne and Raby have theorized a darker, more complicated “design noir,” comparing traditional products to the banality of Hollywood film. Others have moved towards turning Consumer Off The Shelf (COTS) tools into weapons for activism and non-violent political dissent. Such projects acknowledge the importance of products to shape our lives, and then use the idiom of an “edgy” product to offer alternatives, stage critiques, or subvert market interests.
Edgy Products is a call for work by artists and designers who are manipulating, hacking, subverting, queering, hijacking, recombining, or reformulating the notion of product. We are looking for projects large and small, for gallery installation or public intervention, for showing, selling, or gifting.
Susan Joyce, Co-Chair
Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Co-Chair
EDGY PRODUCTS CALL COMMITTEE
Kelly Dobson
Anthony Dunne
Nathan Martin
Eddo Stern
CALL
http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/edgyproducts/
SUBMISSIONS
http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/register/submission.php
MAILING LIST
http://cadre.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/isea2006
If you have questions contact edgyproducts@yproductions.com
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