The Seventeenth Annual Festival with no fancy name, Part Two (or B)
Phill Niblock, Curator | March 2007

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Kahn uses percussion and analogue synthesizer, Mueller uses percussion and cassettes; both blur the realm of merely using percussion instruments as devices to be struck; as on their recent recording, "Supershells," they take the frequencies and textures of their instruments, and integrate them into one seemless mix; "Percussion is often subsumed within the densely swelling layers of electronic and manipulated sound...to a remarkable degree with the unstable, bottom-heavy, rather threatening electronic sounds which are characteristic of this impressive set." - Brian Marley, The Wire jasonkahn.net and jonmueller.net

This third edition of Screen Compositions is as usual a collection of intersections of moving image with sonic art; a program of screen works representing dynamic two-way collaborations between video/ film artists and sound/ music artists specifically intended for single-channel projection with no live or performance component; featuring collaborations by: Benton-C Bainbridge / Bobby Previte; Betsey Biggs / Evidence (Scott Smallwood and Stephan Moore); Cedrick Eymenier / Fennesz; Margarida Garcia / Manuel Mota; Kurt Ralske / Micheal Schumacher; Jennifer Reeves / Anthony Burr; Paul Ryan / Annea Lockwood; Shimpei Takeda / Michael Vernusky; Bas Van Koolwijk / Gert-Yan Prins; Ines Wickmann / Ingrid Drese

electroacoustics - mutli-channel - visual - performance - verbal images - AxIOm /thinking is form/Space leads to sound / cling wrap thinks visible / sonic surroundings / thinking is face/sonic atmosphere / stretched / where to go? See/listen at sistermanns.eu

The composer presents six recent pieces: four with performers-plus-octrophonic computer music and two as solo tapes; the program features the world premiere of a new work composed for flutist Jacqueline Martelle, "Les Flutes de Pan: Hommage a Debussy" (2005-6), as well as two works receiving their New York premieres: "Tableaux: Convolutions on a Theme" (2003-4), composed for saxophonist Stephen Duke and "Adagio: Convolutions on a Theme by Mozart" (2004-5), composed for clarinetist F. Gerard Errante; Bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern will perform Austin's "Threnos" (2001-2), for real and virtual bass clarinets, dedicated to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001; the two solo computer music tapes are his "Williams [re]Mix[ed]" (1997-2000) and "art is self-alteration is Cage is..." (1982, rev., 1993) music.unt.edu/cemi/larry_austin/index.htm

"Cetacea" is the Latin term for the group of marine mammals which includes whales; Fahres examines the relationship between the rhythmic structures of the clicking noises of dolphins and the polyrhythms of Senegal, as played by Doudou NiDiaye Rose, the master of the sabar drum and his ensemble; this composition consists of a recording of the ultrasound tones made by dolphins in the Duisburg Dolphinarium and subsequently transformed into audible frequencies; the concert is the tape version in 5.1 surround - following the concert, there will be a film which documents Cetacea; Supported by the Gaudeamus Contemporary Music Center, the Netherlands home.wanadoo.nl/michael.fahres/

The premiere of , a Japanese inspired piece for one stringed intrument; the Berlin composer plays the doublebass in this piece and also presents three electronic pieces realized in the Freiburg studio (Germany), in part combined with the doublebass; this program will present a facette of the composer's work reflecting different arts outside the musical terrain; violinist Tom Chiu will play another version of and will join the composer in an improvisation Supported by the Senatskanzlei Berlin - Kulturelle Angelegenheiten; www.mueller-goldboom.de

Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa, a memorial fellowship named for the Portuguese Intermedia Artist, sponsored by the Luso-Americana Foundation and the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, in Lisbon, coordinated by Isabel Alves, presents an intermedia performance:
 
Is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher in the application of technology as a tool for artistic expression; this, the outcome of his residence at EI, is a performance for a body in space interacting with an audiovisual sensory system; recently developed movement based control interfaces and new ideas about audiovisual expression form the core of his presentation

he researches hardware-specific aspects of different powerbook-models, looking for instrumental qualities in uniformed machines; She influences video with extended vocal techniques, creating a play between reality and illusion, turning walls into waves hans-w-koch.net and mynetcologne.de/~nc-wenzelbe2/

Acoustic tuba solos; the Berlin-based tuba player presents a song book of noise; the instrument is treated as a labyrinth of tuning in which air may be trapped and redirected, producing sounds reminiscent both of industrial noise and analogue electronics; robinhayward.de

Performer, composer, sound poet and visual artist from Tokyo, known for his versatile style; he will present solo improvisations with voice, self-made instruments (electronic/amplified objects) and an original sensor system named "infrared sensor shirt," also introduces some works of Japanese sound poet; his performance is characterized by a sense of humor and a singular intensity with visual pleasure; this will be his first solo performance in the US; adachitomomi.com