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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Yes, indeed. Have you seen, or heard of, Asian exhibitionists? I thought not. But if you listen hard enough you can always hear what you cannot see.<BR>
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Best,<BR>
Song-Ming<BR>
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Song-Ming Ang<BR>
www.circadiansongs.com<BR>
songming@circadiansongs.com<BR>
+44 (0) 75 3184 2134<BR>
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61 Wyllen Close<BR>
London, E1 4HQ<BR>
UK<BR>
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:39:59 -0400<BR>
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:57:52 +0200<BR>
From: daniele balit <dbalit@fastwebnet.it><BR>
Subject: [microsound-announce] Birdcage: Zeedijk ? Amsterdam, July 4 ?<BR>
Featuring: Audrey Chen (US), Wun Thong (AU), Byungjun Kwon (KR/NL),<BR>
and dj sniff (JP/NL)<BR>
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Birdcage: Zeedijk<BR>
Featuring: Audrey Chen (US), Wun Thong (AU), Byungjun Kwon (KR/NL),<BR>
and dj sniff (JP/NL)<BR>
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Saturday, July 4, 2009<BR>
19h ? 21h<BR>
at Toko Dun Yong store front<BR>
Zeedijk 88<BR>
1012, Amsterdam<BR>
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Curated by: Daniele Balit and Mathias Geoffroy<BR>
Support by: Association 2028, Toko Dun Yong, CRTV, STEIM, softskin <BR>
productions, Pallet Boy<BR>
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One of the first things you notice in the Netherlands are exposed <BR>
windows.<BR>
Whether it's a family having dinner or a half naked lady luring you <BR>
into her red lit room, the interface between the interior and exterior <BR>
is often transparent. In contrast, for many Asian cultures you can <BR>
barely catch a glimpse inside. Perhaps this has to do with how each <BR>
culture deals with the gaze - looking at or being looked at. However, <BR>
what is more interesting to us, is how do we listen within the <BR>
politics of this gaze.<BR>
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Birdcage: Zeedijk is a listening experience, about the way our ears <BR>
can focus or drift in a given multi-sensory environment. Surrounded by <BR>
coffeeshops and the windows of the Red Light District, Zeedijk Street <BR>
is a mash-up of Asian cultures. dj sniff chose this context to host <BR>
his sonic laboratory for one night and deliver episode 2 of the <BR>
Birdcage sound project. He has extended his invitation to Audrey Chen, <BR>
Wun Thong, and Byungjun Kwon, who are all active members of the <BR>
experimental music scene, and all of Asian descent living and working <BR>
in the Western world. Through the bare windows of an empty storefront, <BR>
four stages will be created and installed by designer Mathias <BR>
Geoffroy, purposefully skewing the visual and auditory relationships <BR>
for both the audience and the performers.<BR>
<BR>
Listening is less directional and less definitive than looking, it can <BR>
deal with complexity on a higher level of presence or "there-ness." If <BR>
you listen hard enough you can always hear what you cannot see.<BR>
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--<BR>
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Contact and info:<BR>
birdcagespace@gmail.com<BR>
ph. 0031 6 17 017 549<BR>
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Links:<BR>
Birdcage<BR>
<a href="http://www.birdcagespace.com">http://www.birdcagespace.com</a><BR>
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dj sniff<BR>
<a href="http://www.djsniff.com">http://www.djsniff.com</a><BR>
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Audrey Chen<BR>
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/audreychen">http://www.myspace.com/audreychen</a><BR>
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Wun Thong (Carolyn Teo)<BR>
<a href="http://www.carolynteo.com">http://www.carolynteo.com</a><BR>
<a href="http://www.plumindustries.org/tag/carolyn-teo/">http://www.plumindustries.org/tag/carolyn-teo/</a><BR>
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Byungjun Kwon<BR>
<a href="http://byungjun.pe.kr/xe/">http://byungjun.pe.kr/xe/</a><BR>
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Steim<BR>
<a href="http://www.steim.org">http://www.steim.org</a><BR>
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