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If you're going to be in the SF Bay Area this friday, we'd love to see
you there...<br><br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2><a href="http://Overlap.org">Overlap.org</a>
and VOLUME present<br><br>
<b>LISTEN/VISION 02<br>
</b>Friday, March 21st, 2008, 7-9pm<br>
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall<br>
800 Chestnut St.<br>
San Francisco, CA 94133<br><br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>LISTEN/VISION is a unique series
exploring the art of perception. It is a place and time for a shared
experience of sound and light and space. VOLUME and
<a href="http://Overlap.org">Overlap.org</a> have partnered to commission
new and unreleased sound and video works from an international pool of
acclaimed contemporary artists. These exclusive pieces, not to be found
anywhere on the web or a CD, are presented in a collective listening
environment. LISTEN/VISION will also host occasional live performances
and multichannel sound installations.<br><br>
For more information, visit
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The second installment of this series, LISTEN/VISION 02 will present ew
work by Gregg Kowalsky, David Kwan , i8u and CHiKA, and Sawako.<br><br>
<b>Gregg Kowalsky<br>
</b><i>Rosebud for Red Magus</i>, 2006 (18:17 min)<br>
Kowalsky's compositions range from drone and noise pieces to the
psychedelic, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South
Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in
filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live mixes. He has
composed for film, dance, acoustic ensembles and sound installations.
Gregg's debut full-length album, <i>Through The Cardial Window</i> was
released on the Kranky label in Spring 2006. Gregg Kowalsky resides in
Oakland, California where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in
Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College.<br>
<a href="http://ossobucco.net/">http://ossobucco.net</a><br><br>
<b>David Kwan<br>
</b><i>Solaris</i>, 2006 (10:07 min)<br>
Sound-generated video projections; dimensions and running time variable;
video projection with sound. David Kwan composes soundscapes using live
radio signals and feeds them into a customized video imaging system to
reveal visual patterning and to electromagnetically alter their
dimensions. The end result is an electronic form of painting that is
constructed from sound but manifested as light.<br><br>
Kwan has presented work at the Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive,
Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist Television Access, The Lab, and
Mission 17 in San Francisco; Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Seattle;
Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart; and Baracke am Deustchen Theater
in Berlin. He received a BA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley and an MFA
in Electronic Music from Mills College, where he has been teaching in
music, art and intermedia.<br>
<a href="http://www.meridiangallery.org/davidkwan2003.htm">
http://www.meridiangallery.org/davidkwan2003.htm</a><br><br>
<b>i8u and CHiKA<br>
</b><i>Infinity02</i>, 2008 (30:38 min)<br>
Unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time: the
infinite nature of the fabric of space. CHiKA uses minimal objects in
two-dimensional space to create a video work invoking the feeling of the
unlimited possibilities, approaching the unmeasureable nature of the
infinite. I8u's soundscapes inspired by the concept of string theory
mirror our limited understanding and imagination of these strings as they
slip in and out of the dimensions we are aware of. The audio and visual
moves from a closed world with perspective as its corresponding symbolic
form.<br><br>
France Jobin aka i8u 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.<br>
<a href="http://www.i8u.com/">http://www.i8u.com</a><br><br>
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 has performed at the Museum of Modern Art (New York),
The Mapping Festival (Geneva), the Bushwick Art Project (Brooklyn, NY),
and the clubs Galapagos and Tonic, both in New York.<br>
<a href="http://www.imagima.com/">http://www.imagima.com</a><br><br>
<b>Sawako<br>
</b><i>Untitled</i>, 2006 (15:18 min)<br>
Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC-based sound sculptor who understands the value of
dynamics and the power of silence. After beginning in video art, Sawako
shifted her focus from the video camera to sound. Once through the
processor named Sawako, sounds in everyday life - field recordings,
instruments, voice and electronic sounds - float in space vividly with a
digital yet organic texture. Her unique sonic world has been called
"post romantic sound" by Boston's Weekly Dig.<br>
<a href="http://www.12k.com/sawako.html">http://www.troncolon.com</a><br>
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<b>LISTEN/VISION 02 is $5 for the general public and free for S.F.A.I.
students and faculty<br>
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Portraits of Soundartists, Book <br>
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