New York 09.24.2005 – Homework at ORT

* ‘Homework’ at ORT

September 24th at 9 p.m. sharp!

@

ORT*, 330 Ellery St. (between broadway & beaver st.), _Ground Floor_, Bushwick, Brooklyn (see Directions Below)

*at ORT* (on ellery in bushwick, brooklyn), o.blaat (Keiko
Uenishi) is prepping to set up the

first collaborative work at this wonderful space (expecting to be series of collaborative development/experiments as site-specific tryouts) called *’Homework’.*

The first of the tryouts will feature *Haeyoung Kim (Bubblyfish)
, I8U , David Linton, *and *o.blaat* , in various combinations (solos/duos/trios/quartet).

Open-to-public concert portion will start at 9 p.m. sharp at ORT, 330 Ellery St., Bushwick, Brooklyn *admission is free (but your donation is gladly accepted:) BYOB in casual salon style…
btw. we have very limited bike parking space, and not responsible for any bike locked outside on the street.

direction to ORT:
where: *330 Ellery St. (between Broadway & Beaver St.) Ground flr.,
Brooklyn (Bushwick – southeast of Willyburg)*
time:

** always check schedule/route re: train/bus with http://mta.info
<http://mta.info/> !!

trains:
*J to Flushing Ave.* (4th stop from LES/manhattan.. if you’re coming
from willyburg, 3rd stop from marcy ave.) upon exiting, take right side of staircase (facing to the token booth) which would lead you to go down in front of Duane Reade – corner of Broadway & Flushing Ave. cross Flushing Ave. to another corner where big construction is in process, then keep walking on Broadway for 3 blks (away from Manhattan)… so you’ll see Ellery St. is crossing with Broadway. Make left on Ellery St. (it’s within 3-5 min walk.)

*G to Flushing Ave. *(from greenpoint/mid-willyburg/downtown-brooklyn) upon exiting, walk on Flushing Ave. towards Woodhull hospital/Broadway. once you hit Broadway, make right and walk 3 blks. so you’ll see Ellery St. is crossing with Broadway.
Make left on Ellery St. (it’s within 8-10 min. walk.)

*Haeyoung Kim (Bubblyfish) * relocated to US from Korea in 1992. With a background in classical piano, she explores the territory of sounds and their cultural representation. Currently, under the name Bubblyfish, she has been creating “lo-fi”, 8-bit sound works and minimal electronic compositions.
Based in NYC, Haeyoung has worked as a composer, sound designer, and audio engineer. Her work has been presented in various art venues, clubs, festivals, and galleries including Le Consortium, France; Media Ruimte, Belgium; and in New York at The Museum of the Moving Image;, Eyebeam Atelier; The New Museum of Contemporary Art; and Lincoln Center’s Walter Reed Theater. She was the 2003 Van Lier artist-in-residency recipient at Harvestworks.
http://bubblyfish.com

I8U (review by exclaim.ca on ‘Send + Receive’
festival: Montreal’s I8U fashioned expansive electronic tones, forming spellbinding textures that resulted in a very impressive set.
Frequencies gradually and adeptly reached tall crests of sound before descending to subterranean reverberations. Shifting from lulling minimalism to resonating noise, I8U sculpted sound with the utmost precision and talent. RN/exclaim.ca)
http://i8u.com
*
David Linton*has witnessed the sun’s rise and fall on 4 decades worth of amerikan subcultural music practice. For the past 2 1/2 of these decades he has lived and worked in NYC – first hitting his stride as a ‘downtown’ drummer in the early 1980’s. (See early recordings: Rhys Chatham, Glenn Branca, among others soon to come) From the drums he moved to solo performing and live electronics and computer assisted composition and sound design for dance and theater – etc… (more than a dozen scores for choreographer Stephen Petronio – and a couple of noteworthy works for the Wooster Group- among many others) His mid 80&’s solo release “Orchesography” (Neutral 14) represents downtown sensibility at the crossroads of post punk, primal noise, early sampling technique, and theatrical post modernism. By the early ’90’s an experimental foray into venue building (at the ‘hausofouch’ loft in Chinatown) led to transformative zeitgeist events (Ouch, Sensate, SoundLab, & Step Forward) and a burgeoning absorption in the multimedia design parameters associated with the ‘immersive’ movement.

By the late ’90’s a perfect balance between audio and visual elements in the live electronic performance environment was sought with the launch of the Unit¥Gain platform and integrated modus operandi. From here it was a curious but natural progression to the community media architecture explorations of Unitygain Television (1AM Sunday mornings on MNN CH 34/mnn.org – still running). http://unitygain.org

*o.blaat* Based in Brooklyn, New York, o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi) — Sound artist, composer, and core member of SHARE(http://share.dj) — is known for creating various interactive audio environments resulting from her ceaseless pursuits of erasing the performer’s presence and ultimately altering listening situations. After performing with a unique, hand-made electronic ‘tapboard.effector.soundsystem’  for several years, Uenishi has been
exploring the Powerbook’s mobility and its least distracting state of being. Her performance and installations have appeared at many
museums/clubs/galleries/festivals worldwide.
Most recently, she completed a site-specific audio/light interactive
installation, ‘Aboard:Fillip2’ created for a cargo-container at Fortescue Avenue Gallery, London, UK in July 2005. The piece was
commissioned by dosensos.org and a part of its ‘Six Sites for Sound’
(http://sixsitesforsound.net)
http://obla.at

New York 09.18.2005 – Connect the Dots @ Monkey Town

Connect the dots
an evening curated by Ilan Katin

November 9th 2005  – 8pm @ MonkeyTown

New York City

Live sound and video manipulations featuring:

BubblyFish + Glomag
www.bubblyfish.com/
www.glomag.com/

Aerostatic
www.aerostatic.com/

I8U << From Montreal!!!
www.i8u.com/

Chika
www.chiklet.com/

ilan katin
www.ilankatin.com/

The show which also take place at MonkeyTown the following Wedneday (Sept. 21st) will be 60 minutes of continuous music and synchronized video. The video will utilize two projectors. The visuals will be coordinated by the two artists so that the two images are never the same and yet will compliment each other.

The event is curated by ilan katin. Location
58 N 3rd St
(btw. Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211

Directions:
From the L Train:
1. Exit at the Bedford stop (the 1st stop in Brooklyn).
2. Walk 4 blocks south on Bedford,
3. Make a right on N. 3rd St. (west)
4. Walk an additional 2 and 1/2 (west) on N 3rd. Monkey Town is halfway down the block on the left.

always check schedule/route re: train/bus with http://mta.info

Montreal 06.04.2005 – Mutek 2005

Le Placard @ Mutek 2005

The première of Mrs White, a trio comprising of
Myléna Bergeron + Magali Babin + i8u.

Saturday, June 4th 2005
18h40-19h20

Museum Just for Laughs,
2111 Boul. St Laurent, 1st floor
Montreal, Qc
Canada

Le PLacard welcomes 60 artists from the canadian electronic scenes and Mutek internationl guests. Le PLacard is a a MAJOR gathering, an unique event !
3 days of concerts for deep listeners connected to the stage by wires, hearing all performances through headphones, and 3 days of Internet streaming for far away lovers of experimental music.


Le Placard

Initiated in 1999 by Parisian organization BÜRO, LE PLACARD is a unique concept for a nomadic, international festival: it is based around the presentation of live musical performances to a public outfitted with headphones, along with the simultaneous transmission of the concerts over the Internet.

PLACARD//MUTEK 2005 is the initiative of Eric Mattson, curator of this first collaboration between LE PLACARD and MUTEK. The event-laboratory welcomes over a period of three days over sixty performances of original and untamed electronic music. The selected artists come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as well as several other countries-all of whom will be taking advantage of this exclusive platform to diffuse an eclectic assortment of original, unedited, and untamed electronic music.

A festival within a Festival, PLACARD//MUTEK 2005 also serves as an outlet for meetings and exchanges-a forum for impromptu collaborations and unexpected demonstrations.

The Yokomono project from duo Staalplaat Soundsystem debuts the festival in its performance format, and then follows with its installation mode-assuring a playfully animated break during the interludes which dot the program.

The calendar of performances will be published on www.placard.org, www.mutek.ca, and www.bandeapart.fm. The BANDEAPART.FM/Radio-Canada website will also present a blog where internet-users can interact more directly to share their impressions on the performances. PLACARD//MUTEK 2005 inaugurates the 2005 season for LE PLACARD, which will unfurl over three months in different venues.

Büro
Paris, FR
www.placard.org
www.bandeapart.fm

Spearheaded by Parisian artist Erik Minkkinen, BÜRO is a structure for the organising and producing of events, dedicated to the promotion and diffusion of all kinds of “adventurous” music, while also maintaining an interest in extreme, innovative, critical, or playful artistic approaches in the grand scheme of electronic music. It’s within this context that LE PLACARD-a nomadic, international festival that, since 1999, proposes a three-month long season of live performances coupled with simultaneous streaming over the Internet-thrives. This diffusionary method stimulates creation and favours experimentation, permitting performances in rather unconventional environments: a Parisian maids’ bedroom, a Tokyo gallery, or the backstage of a concert that can become as good as diffusionary venue for the festival as any. Incorporating a large number of people present or connected live via the Internet, this event-laboratory creates a network of ephemeral concert sites, “placards (closets),” and integrates the audience into each creative step along the way.

Staalplaat Soundsystem
NL_DE

Conceived by Geert-Jan Hobijn and Carsten Stabenow, this project is regarded by its authors as a Mono Erosive Surround Sound Installation. Resurrecting the mechanic, playful aesthetic characteristic of all the creations from Staalplaat Soundsystem, the Yokomono installation consists of ten vinyl killers-toy car spinning record players, each customised with its own fm transmitter. The emerging sounds are due to a collection of radios that receive the randomly transmitted signals from the toy cars, yet instability and unpredictability ensues since the cars run on batteries and will ultimately die out, hence the term “vinyl killers.”
The presence of Yokomono at PLACARD//MUTEK 2005 will offer the occasion for Staalplaat to inaugurate their wireless video extension and entertain certain sonic loops from the likes of Anton Nikkilä, Charlemagne Palestine, Fennesz, fm3, Ignaz Schick, Ilpo Väisänen, Justin Bennett, C.M. von Hausswolff, Phill Niblock, Radian and Tim Hecker.


Montreal 04.28.2005 – Les Poules: Volapük 3

Les Poules: Volapük 3

April 28th is the last of  a series of 3 concerts presented in the context of Volapük. This concert brings together Les Poules and the trio of young innovative musicians I8U, Magali Babin and Myléna Bergeron. The show, while exploring the diverse avenues of today’s musical language will follow Volapük’s thematic : a mix and exchange of new languages. These guests have distinguished themselves by their research and their will to push beyond the boundaries of electronic and noise music.

Les Poules: Joane Hétu, saxophone, voice; Diane Labrosse, sampler; Danielle Palardy Roger, percussions + a trio of young innovative musicians I8U, electronics; Magali Babin, electronics and found objects; Mylena Bergeron, electronics and vocals.

–  Jeudi/Thursday April 28 avril 2005 –  20h30 –

O Patro Vys
356, avenue du Mont-Royal Est — Montréal
[métro Mont-Royal]
[t] : 514-845-3855

La soirée du 28 avril de la série de trois concerts Volapük jumelle le trio Les Poules et le trio des jeunes musiciennes innovatrices I8U, Magali Babin et Mylena Bergeron. Ce concert, qui explore les diverses avenues du langage musical d’aujourd’hui, se déroule sous la thématique Volapük: mélanges et échanges de nouveaux langages. Les formations invitées se distinguent par leur esprit de recherche et leur volonté de repousser les frontières de la musique bruitiste et électronique.

Les Poules: Joane Hétu, saxophone, voix; Diane Labrosse, échantionneur; Danielle Palardy Roger, percussions + le trio des jeunes musiciennes innovatrices I8U, électroniques; Magali Babin, électroniques et objets; Mylena Bergeron, électroniques, voix.

Montreal 03.12.205 – Proximité

Proximité

Proximité is a project presented at the Clark Gallery in the context of their “Postes_Audio ” initiative. Set up in a area of the gallery referred to as the lounge, Postes_Audio offers an array of sound exploration. It invites the listener to put on a set of headphones and enjoy the music of a   featured artist. 2 sets of headphones, 2 artists.

Proximité is a collection of tracks that have been released on Canadian and European labels as well as unreleased tracks including the only collaboration of this catalogue recorded with artist Akira Rabelais. This material was specifically selected by i8u to reflect upon the intimate relationship between listener and the music, therefore utilizing the space, be it audible or physical

Plenty of thought and analysis comes into play when dealing with proximity in the visual world, yet proximity in the aural world is more abstract and for most of us under explored. With the visual, proximity is usually measured in distance between you and an inanimate object, yet in the aural world it is usually more personal. Although, sound can be caused by objects making us aware of our relationship to it, usually it is people or relationships that are brought to our attention through sound. A whisper or a yell, even when alone, has power because of its proximity. The music needs of a listener can sometimes be satisfied in a large auditorium, and with others, only earphones will suffice.

This project attempts to explore the organic nature of what sound evokes in us within the context of its aural proximity.

Curators : Gennaro de Pasquale and Sébastien Lapointe.

Featured Artists:

I8U
Racam

At the Clark Gallery – March 10 to April 2005
5455, Avenue de Gaspé, Room 604, Montreal (QC)
Opened Wednesday to Saturday, from 9 am to 5 pm.


Cologne 02.17.2005 – SoundLab Channel edition II



ConcertHall atLe Musee di-visioniste

http://concerthall.le-musee-divisioniste.org
is very proud to launch edition II of.SoundLab Channel -a joint-venture with
[R][R][F]2005—>XP
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org

“Memory Channel 7” of this
global networking project by
by Agricola de Cologne, media artist and
New Media curator from Cologne/Germany,
and part of the physical events series in Palestine, Israel and Germany,
entitled: IMPACT ME’05 starting on 17 February at
CAVE Gallery at Bethlehem International Center/Palestine
http://www.annadwa.org/cave/agricola.htm

SoundLab Channel,
a project environment which is focussing
on non-visual aspects of “collective memory”
manifested in soundart -is happy to include on this occasion online three (3) new curatorial contributions

a) from Sofia/Bulgaria
Ivan Bachev, curator and soundartist
is curating soundart works by these Bulgarian artists

1. popcrash
2. skylined
3. navn
4. ambient anarchist

b) from Montreal/Canada – a second curatorial contribution
by Tobias Van Veen who is curating soundart works by:

1. Esther Bourdages
2. I8U
3. Tomas Phillips and Dean King.

Montreal 12.15.2004 – TAC 4 @ Oboro

A rare collaboration with  David Kristian on December 15th, 2004. (see Below)

Transistors and Other Circuits


TAC 4 – Friday November 26th, 7:00 pm

Diane Labrosse
David Sanson + Mathias Delplanque
Daniel Olson
Szkieve

2111 bld. St-Laurent, Montréal – Museum Just for Laughs, 3rd floor, 10 $
note : TAC 4 will be followed at 10:00 PM by MUTEK Micro 10, with Julien Roy, Lena (fr), Mossa, Cabanne + Arc =Copacabannark (fr)

TAC 5 Studies of Multi-channel Diffusion by Electronic Composers (1)

Nancy Tobin
John Sellekaers
David Kristian + I8U
Mathias Delplanque

Wednesday December 15th, 9:00 pm @
Oboro, 4001 Berri – Laboratoire Nouveaux
Médias 2nd Floor, Tix: 10 $ Doors open
at 8:30pm, show starts at 9:00pm sharp.

TAC 6 – Friday December 17th, 9:00 pm

Ælab
Magali Babin
Joda Clement
Tim Hecker

Oboro, 4001 rue Berri – New Media Lab, 2nd floor
9 PM, doors open at 8:30 PM

Montreal 09.20.2004 -Burden

Burden is an audio/video installation by i8u
produced for the 6e Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique
presented by Champ Libre and curated by Yan Breuleux.

The theme of this year’s edition being “the desert”, i8u drew inspiration from Nietzshe’s “the methamotphosis of the soul” from the book Thus spoke Zarathustra.

This project draws its images and sounds from the incinerator and are interpreted in relation to the metamorphosis of the soul and the role the desert plays in being a catalyst for change

September 20  to 27 2004 –

Incinérateur des Carrières, 1266 rue des Carrières
Montreal, Qc, Canada