12 Nights
Computer Music and Art at Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, Fl
Juraj Kojs invites you to a series
of monthly events at Harold
Golen Gallery, a new hot spot in Miami’s Wynwood Art District.
The thematic evenings include experimental sound and video works, acousmatic
compositions, live interactive music performed with physical and Cyberinstruments,
laptop improv, under-20 digital art, audio-visual pieces of the classics,
Miami sound-art, installations, robotic music, network music, and more.
Night 7: Electronic Music from the University of Miami
May 11, 2008 at 8PM
This event will showcase electroacoustic music composed by the faculty and graduate students from the University of Miami. The UM Electronic Music Ensemble will feature pieces for live electronics, radio and hardware interfaces, saxophone and video as well as some acousmatic music. Featured composers are F. De Sena, C. Leider, L. McLoskey, L. Moore and A. Sheppard.
Admission $5 donation*
*Donations will contribute to covering expenses connected with the production. We thank you in advance.
Night 6: The Laptop Bash
April 19, 2008 at 8PM
This concert focuses on music created with and performed on laptops. The composer and performer Sam Pluta from New York will play his American Tokyo Daydream I (Calypso Sunrise), MEAPBook Improvisation and data structures/monoliths II (for Chion).
FIU Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble will feature FIU composers such as P. Matthusen and E. DeLuca and the Canada-based composer Doug Van Nort. In addition to the laptops, digital video will appear in S. Pluta and O. Garcia/J. Kolasinski's works.
Sam Pluta will also talk about his work at FIU on Thursday, April 17 at 1PM (WPAC 169). Contact Paula Matthusen for details.
Night 5: Handmade Electronic Music with Nic Collins
March 30, 2008 at 8PM
We are happy to welcome in the gallery Nicolas Collins who is internationally renown for his hardware electronic music, design, teaching and writing.
The concert is presented in collaboration with isaw: interdisciplinary sound arts workshop where Nic will teach a workshop on electronic circuits for artistic expression on March 28 and 29.
The event will feature "new music for old circuits, young computers and middle-aged men...."(NC). Nic and his guest musicians will perform pieces such as the recent Pea-Soup installation which is based on the interaction between sounds and movements of the visitors and musicians in the space and electronics.
Come and join us!
Night 4: Everyday Objects and Computer
March 15, 2008 at 8PM
Tonight you will experience how random objects from daily life become musical instruments!
This 1-hour concert will feature electroacoustic music composed with the sounds of cellophane, plastic tubes, paper, squeaky toys, cocktail glasses, shakers, blenders, balloons, egg timers, banisters, spice containers, scissors and computer. The program combines compositions for a live performer and electronics with acousmatic and video pieces.
Program:
1. J. Kojs:
Garden of the Dragon for cellophane, plastic tubes and electronics
2. P. Traub: Egg Timers for
computer sound
3. W. Cianciusi: Email
sonata for computer sound
4. C. Miyama: Papyrus
for a sheet of paper and electronics
5. D. Blinkhorn: Squeak
(‘n bubble) for computer sound
6. W. Cianciusi: Utopia
for computer sound and video
7. M. Burtner: SXueak
for squeaky toys and electronics
8. B. Garton: Project
3 from Summer 2006 series for computer sound
9. P. Traub: Banister for
computer sound
10. Elyse: For scissors
and electronics
11. K. Norman: Squeaky Reel
for computer sound
12. J. Kojs: Neither Stirred, Nor
Shaken for a cocktail glass, shaker, blender and electronics
Night 3:
Music from VCCM: The Virginia Center for Computer Music
February 17, 2008 at 8PM
Night 3 of the series will present works of composers from the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Founded by Judith Shatin in 1988, the center has cultivated cutting edge research and compositional projects in multichannel digital audio, real time open source sound synthesis, interactive computer music, multimedia, robotic music, ecological sound art and network music.
The concert will feature compositions for instruments and live electronics, works for computer sound and video as well as video-documents created by VCCM teachers and students S. Barton, M. Burtner, T. Coffey, A. Hsu, S. Kemper, K. Kobayashi, J. Kojs, K. Parks, T. Rogers, J. Shatin, P. Swendsen and P. Traub.
Program:
1. Kyoko Kobayashi: Noctilucence for
computer sound and video
2. Peter Swendsen: Tomorrow will be 5 m 21s shorter for computer
sound
3. Ted Coffey: Koans for computer sound and video with text,
cello, plant, water and tuning fork
4. Judith Shatin: Civil War Memories: Inside Out for computer
sound and video
5. Troy Rogers: PercusBot Study No.1 for robots (video document)
6. Peter Traub: ItSpace for sounding objects on-line (video document)
7. M. Burtner: Prismic Generations for computer sound and video
8. K. Parks with Pinko Communoids: Rust for instruments and electronics
9. S. Barton, S. Kemper and T. Rogers: String Performing Instrument
(video document)
10. Aurie Hsu: Untitled for computer sound
11. Juraj Kojs: To Where He Waited for cello and electronics
Night 2: Interactive Electro-acoustic Music
January 19, 2008 at 8PM
Due to the gallery fire in December 2007, we will host next few events at the temporary space. Our January concert will feature SofIA: Sonorities of Interactive Acoustics ensemble in an evening of live interactive electroacoustic music with the guest VJ Ricardo Agudelo aka Doctor Dark Intersection.
SofIA's members Juraj Kojs and Spencer Topel will perform original music pieces which combine acoustic instruments with computer-generated sounds. The unique performance will involve traditional Western instruments as well as ethno instruments from Central Europe and Asia interacting with spatialized electronic sonorities.
Program:
Air for fujara and
electronics
Gnomoncholia for violin and electronics
Ron Résone for Asian flute and electronics
To Where He Waited for cello and electronics
Guiding Night for violin and electronics
Nocturne for electronics
At and Across for Slovak sheep bells and electronics
Night 1: Experimental Computer Music and Video
December 9, 2007 at 8PM
In celebration of Art
Basel Miami Beach, the first night program will feature works for
computer sound and video by International artists such as K.
Glowicka (Poland/The Netherlands), K.
Kobayashi (Japan/USA), J. Kojs
(Slovakia), D. Miller (USA),
H. Vega (USA/The
Netherlands), and C. Tytler
(Australia). The one-hour program will include a re-vintage movie, electronic
music theater, fairy tale, digital poetry, and two animations. Introduced
by Juraj Kojs and guests.
Program:
K. Glowicka: Daddy Loves Me (2006)
K. Kobayashi: Wish (2004)
J. Kojs: The Snow Queen Song (2005)
D. Miller: Circles and Rounds (2006)
H. Vega: Iminami: From Mother to Smother (2007)
C. Tytler: And I cried (2000)
Harold
Golen Gallery
2921 NW 6th Ave, Wynwood Art District, Miami FL 33127
Temporarily at 314 NW 24 Street, Wynwood Art
District, Miami FL 33127 (Check the web for updates.)
434-284-2985