[microsound-announce] Podcast series: LINES OF SIGHT, an exploration on the ideas around transmission as a medium for creative expression

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Thu Jan 31 05:13:32 EST 2013


Curated by Barbara Held and Pilar Subirà, LINES OF
SIGHT<http://rwm.macba.cat/en/linesofsight-tag/> is
a 7-episode radio show, which takes its name from the interconnected points
of the global resonant space created by radio and other wireless
technologies. From out of the extraordinary array of music that plays on
this world-wide stage, it follows threads as diverse as musical notation
and non-linear composition, and introduce artists who explore the ideas
around transmission as a medium for creative expression.

Featuring music by Phil Niblock, Yasunao Tone, Robert Ashley, Brenda
Hutchinson, Chris Brown, José Maceda, amongst others.

*LINES OF SIGHT #1. Transmission, translation, revelation>>>the performance
score. *
Musical, sociological, biological explorations of how our minds and
intuition translate and transmit music. *Feat. music by Yasunao Tone, Jens
Brand, Bob Ahsley amognst others.*

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines1/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20080218/LinesOfSight_eng.pdf

*LINES OF SIGHT #2. Sound has no hidden face...*
We investigate concepts of time, non-linear and non-Western, the latency of
transmission or the use of acoustic and electronic delay, daily rituals and
nature, a recorded slice of time and networked collaborations. *Feat. music
by Brenda Hutchinson, Pauline Oliveros and Miya Masaoka, José Maceda, Chris
Brown, amongst others.*

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines2/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20080403/LinesOfSight2_eng.pdf

*LINES OF SIGHT #3. "Pillars" and "Yellow Man with Heart with Wings" by
Robert Ashley.*
**This programme transmits "Pillars", a new piece for radio by Robert
Ashley, pioneer of opera-for-television and the use of language in a
musical setting.

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines3/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20090703/LinesOfSight3_eng.pdf

*LINES OF SIGHT #4. Radio Action III. free103point9.*
Transmission Art encompasses a diversity of practices and media working
with the idea of transmission or the physical properties of the
electromagnetic spectrum. These practices are generally participatory
live-art or time-based art, and often manifests as radio art, video art,
light sculpture, installation, and performance. *Feat. music by Roe &
Scanner, Anna Friz & Tianna Kenned, Damian Catera, amongst others.*

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines4/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20090812/LinesOfSight4_eng.0.pdf

*LINES OF SIGHT #5. An Orchid in the Land of Technology.*
The recording, as memory/archive, as instrument, as transcription of a
perfect performance, and as sound art using field recordings. *Feat. music
by Edgar Varèse, Anne Wellmer, Brandon LaBelle, Richard Garet, amongst
others.*

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines5/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20090812/LinesofSight5_eng.pdf

*LINES OF SIGHT #6. Collaborating with Strangers. Brenda Hutchinson.*
Brenda Hutchinson converses with San Francisco composer and performer Jon
Brumit about the thread of "collaborating with strangers" that runs through
their work.

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines6/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20090812/LOS6_eng.pdf

*LINES OF SIGHT #7. Radio Incarné. Yasunao Tone and Tetsuo Kogawa.*
Collaboration by philosopher and pioneer of mini FM radio, Tetsuo Kogawa,
and sound artist Yasunao Tone, based on an email exchange on radioart.

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/lines7/capsula
Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20090129/LOS_7_eng.pdf
Transcript of the conversation between Yasunao Tone and Tetsuo Kogawa:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20120530/conversation_tetsuo_kogawa_yasunao_tone.pdf

You can find the complete series here:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/linesofsight-tag/

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