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sounds so small you can hear yourself think
Wednesday, August 30
Admission: $5
Showtimes: 7:30pm & 10pm
reservations
are recommended
Bios are listed in order of appearance...
o.blaat
was named after 'oblaat' - flavourless, melting, semi-transparant
thin edible paper, exists only to melt and disappear. In Japan,
it was used to wrap bitter medicine (esp. for children easy to
swallow it), and candies (not to stick together in hot climate.)
o.blaat creates environment and situations where sounds being
heard, sounds for circumstances, sounds for bones and spines.
o.blaat is curious to experiment one's relationship with sounds.
o.blaat is personal, and love to create massive mess to disappear
into.
Ilan
Katin is an artist specializing in drawings, live video
performance and animation. His art work has been published in
a variety of print and online publications. His video performances
include numerous collaborations and locations in the United Sates
and Europe.
As a video performance artist Ilan has provided visual support
for a variety of musicians including Shelley Hirsch, DJ Olive,
o.blaat, Lance Blisters, Toshio Kajiwara, Aaron Spectre, Becca
Schack, Bora Yoon, ErwinMusic, Lukas Ligeti, i8u, RJ Valejo ,
glomag, BubblyFish, and The Mad Scene. He has also provided vj
sets in a variety of locations in New York City including MoMA,
Tonic, Galapagos and The Tank.
In 2003 Ilan became an active participant at SHARE, a weekly open
jam featuring live audio visual collaborations. His involvement
includes the design of the SHARE logo and in 2004 the collaborative
conception and design of 'anyware', a multi-city network based
performance event during the 'New Sounds' festival at The Kitchen
in New York City. Other curatorial efforts include two events
at Monkey Town, a four video projection and 5.1 surround sound
venue in Williamsburgh, NYC. The first 'Connect The Dots' (Nov.
2005) and the second 'Pure Mixed' (March, 2006).
After a few impromptu performances with Lance Blisters in early
2004 Ilan began working closely with the one man midi guitar performer
Geoff Matters. Together they have been developing a synchronized
audio visual performance that ROCKS YOUR FACE OFF!
France Jobin aka i8u
(b. 1958) is a sound / installation / web artist residing in Montreal,
Canada. i8u’s audio art can be qualified as "sound-sculpture".
It reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where
analog and digital meet. Her installation/web art can be said
to follow a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual
elements.
I8u has created solo recordings for (bake/staalplaat Amsterdam)
(piehead Toronto) (oral Montreal) as well as collaborative works
with Martin Tétreault, David Kristian and Tomas Phillips.
She has been included in compilations on ATAK (Japan), bremsstrahlung
(USA) and Mutek (Canada).
She has participated in various music and new technology festivals
across Canada, Europe and the US, such as Silophone (Montréal,
2000), Mutek (Montréal, 2001, 2004, 2005), Le Festival
de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (2002), Ver Uit de Maat (Rotterdam,
2002), SEND + RECEIVE (Winnipeg, 2003, 2005), Les Digitales (Bruxelles,
2004 )Club Transmediale (Berlin, 2004) as well as a soundtrack
by Bubblyfish and I8U for the movie Swordswoman of Huangjiang
/ Huangjiang Nuxia presented at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s
Walter Reade Theater Festival : Heroic Grace : The Chinese Martial
Arts Film. i8u’s web work and installations have been shown
at Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Toronto’s
Images independent film festival and at the Manifestation Internationale
Video et Art Electronique 06.
Her work continues to evolve as technologies enable her to create
in new environments
Chika Iijima
is a live computer visuals artist working within New York’s
expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric
minimalist patterns and original graphics in unique, repetitive
combinations. Chika works exclusively with Module8 (from Gragecube
in
Switzerland), software that, as a Beta tester, she was among the
first to use in the USA.
Chika has performed at the Museum of Modern Art, The Mapping Festival
(Geneva), the Bushwick Art Project and the clubs Galapagos and
Tonic, as
well as private parties, festivals, events, galleries and night
clubs.
Chika was born and raised in Japan and moved to New York in the
early 90s, working as a graphic designer until she began her experiments
in
time-based media. Chika also collaborates with electronic musicians
and
DJs on several projects.
Bernhard
Gal (a.ka. gal) was born in Vienna, Austria in 1971.
He creates electro-acoustic music as well as compositions for
acoustic instruments. In intermedia art projects and sound installations,
he intends to alter perceptions, mainly by shaping acoustic, visual
and spatial elements. His work has been presented in concerts,
exhibitions and installations across the world. Since 1998, Gal
has also created audio-architectural installations in collaboration
with the architect Yumi Kori. As a (laptop) musician, he performs
solo concerts and has worked with numerous musicians. Gal runs
the record label Gromoga Records and is director of the Austrian
art organization "sp ce". When not abroad, he divides
his time between Vienna and Berlin.
Gal's CD releases include: CD 'bestimmung new york' (Durian, 1999);
CD 'Defragmentation/blue' (Plate Lunch, 2000); CD 'relisten' (Intransitive,
2001); CD 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.' (Klanggalerie, 2004); Book
& Audio CD 'Installations' (Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2005),
CD 'going round in serpentines' (with Kai Fagaschinski; Charhizma
Records, 2005), CD 'Installations' (Gromoga, 2005).
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