Kim in the Sonic Tank

blunderbuss · 12.31.2008, 06:13 PM

Did this really go unnoticed?

ENTER: Sonic Tank
Tou Scene, Stavanger, Nprway
Opening Thursday Sep 18

Enter: Sonic Tank is a 4 channel project located at Tou Scene, Stavanger curated by The Wire 's Anne Hilde Neset. Tou is a large disused brewery steel tank and the room housing Enter is a tank which originally contained molasses. It is now a rusty industrial space with pillars and huge heating elements hanging from the ceiling. Twenty four artists have been commissioned to make four channel pieces. Features Kim Gordon, Oren Ambarchi, Camille Norment, Charlemagne Palestine and Ansumen Biswas. The compositions will be played one per day continuously, in Tou's opening hours.

Kim Gordon (USA)
"Song For Reverse Karaoke"
A founding member of the hugely acclaimed alternative rock group Sonic Youth, Gordon is educated visual artist and exhibited widely across the US, Japan and Europe, collaborating with artists such as Dan Graham, Jutta Koether and Tony Oursler. She has recently played parts in feature films such as I'm Not There (Todd Haynes) and Last Days (Gus Van Sant). Her piece for ENTER, "Song For Reverse Karaoke" is taken from the installation Reverse Karaoke by Kim Gordon and Jutta Koether, commissioned by ELECTRA was part of Her Noise, South London Gallery, 2005.

Oren Ambarchi (AUSTRALIA)
"Driver"
Ambarchi is a guitarist, drummer and composer with longstanding interest in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. Formerly a member of noise group Phlegm, he has collaborated with Sunn 0))), Keith Rowe, Fennesz, Toshimara Nakamura and many others. His piece for ENTER is an exclusive composition written especially for the Tou foyer.

Camille Norment (USA/NORWAY)
Camille Norment is a multi-media conceptual artist whose work engages the viewer as a physical and psychological participant in the uncanny through the body's negotiations with architectural, optical illusory, sonic, and interactive environments and objects. The conceptual and experiential nature of sound serves as a cornerstone of her practice. Her work is exhibited internationally and has been written about in Art Forum, Art in America, The New York Times, The Wire and numerous other international texts.

Charlemagne Palestine (USA/BELGIUM)
"SYNTHEEESYNTHOOO"
Minimalist composer Charlemagne Palestine is a contemporary of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Phil Niblock. He has composed intense, ritualistic music since the 70s and is best known for his piano performances but he has also used carillion, electronics, vocal, organ and harmonium in his compositions.

Ansuman Biswas (UK)
Ansuman Biswas was born in Calcutta and trained in the UK. He has an
international practice encompassing music, film, live art, installation,
writing and theatre. Biswas has performed with symphony orchestras and homeless beggars. He has shown work at Tate Modern, The South London Gallery, The Whitechapel Gallery, the ICA, the Edinburgh Festival, and also in Johannesburg, San Francisco, New York, Delhi, The Amazon.

Marc Pichelin (F)
"North/South Mix"
Marc Pichelin is interested in electro-acoustic applications in live shows, sound exhibitions and improvisational concerts. Member of Ouie Dire Production, he works to invent unique CD objects such as the sound art post card. His piece for ENTER was presented at Tou Scene for the first time in 2006 and is based on field recordings from North Norway and Laos. "At first sight, everything seems to separate these countries: north/south, cold/hot, rich/poor. Norway has a coast, and Laos not. Still I wanted to juxtapose recordings from the two, using common subjects, thus composing an impossible and poetic double-sided landscape in which I invite you to move around".

Ellen Fullman (US)
In 1981 Ellen Fullman began developing the "Long String Instrument," in which rosin-coated fingers brush across dozens of metallic strings, fifty or more feet in length and installed in a performance space. Fullman has recorded extensively with this unusual instrument and has collaborated with such luminary figures as composer Pauline Oliveros, choreographer Deborah Hay, the Kronos Quartet, Keiji Haino and Francis-Marie Uitti. Her music was represented in The American Century; Art and Culture, 1950-2000 at The Whitney Museum, and she has performed in venues and festivals in Europe, Japan and North America. Ellen Fullman performed at Tou Scene in august 2008.

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Anne Hilde Neset is Deputy Editor of London based The Wire magazine, a monthly international music publication. She is also the co-founder of Electra Productions, a contemporary art agency specialising in commissioning, producing and exhibiting art projects across disciplines.

Curatorial projects include Her Noise (South London Gallery 2005) and Perfect Partner (London Barbican Centre and international tour 05/06). She has worked closely with artists such Christian Marclay, Daria Martin, Zeena Parkins, Maja Ratkje and many others, as well as devising and teaching Sound And The 20th Century Avant Garde, a lecture series on sound art for Tate Modern.

ENTER is a project of Tou Scene. www.touscene.com

Hear compositions by Kim Gordon, Oren Ambarchi, Marc Pichelin and more

Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Kim Gordon' (Stream)?
- File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo
- Length: 3:05 (2.82MB)
Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Marc Pichelin' (Stream)?
- File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo
- Length: 1:39 (1.5MB)
Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Oren Ambarchi' (Stream)?
- File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo
- Length: 13:31 (12.37MB)
Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Camille Norment' (Stream)?
- File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo
- Length: 2:48 (2.56MB)
Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Charlemagne Palestine' (Stream)?
- File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo
- Length: 10:50 (9.91MB)

stu666 · 01.01.2009, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blunderbuss

Did this really go unnoticed?

yeah, looks like Moshe missed this.

Thanks.

12.31.2008, 06:13 PM	#1
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	Did this really go unnoticed? ENTER: Sonic Tank Tou Scene, Stavanger, Nprway Opening Thursday Sep 18 Enter: Sonic Tank is a 4 channel project located at Tou Scene, Stavanger curated by The Wire 's Anne Hilde Neset. Tou is a large disused brewery steel tank and the room housing Enter is a tank which originally contained molasses. It is now a rusty industrial space with pillars and huge heating elements hanging from the ceiling. Twenty four artists have been commissioned to make four channel pieces. Features Kim Gordon, Oren Ambarchi, Camille Norment, Charlemagne Palestine and Ansumen Biswas. The compositions will be played one per day continuously, in Tou's opening hours. Kim Gordon (USA) "Song For Reverse Karaoke" A founding member of the hugely acclaimed alternative rock group Sonic Youth, Gordon is educated visual artist and exhibited widely across the US, Japan and Europe, collaborating with artists such as Dan Graham, Jutta Koether and Tony Oursler. She has recently played parts in feature films such as I'm Not There (Todd Haynes) and Last Days (Gus Van Sant). Her piece for ENTER, "Song For Reverse Karaoke" is taken from the installation Reverse Karaoke by Kim Gordon and Jutta Koether, commissioned by ELECTRA was part of Her Noise, South London Gallery, 2005. Oren Ambarchi (AUSTRALIA) "Driver" Ambarchi is a guitarist, drummer and composer with longstanding interest in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. Formerly a member of noise group Phlegm, he has collaborated with Sunn 0))), Keith Rowe, Fennesz, Toshimara Nakamura and many others. His piece for ENTER is an exclusive composition written especially for the Tou foyer. Camille Norment (USA/NORWAY) Camille Norment is a multi-media conceptual artist whose work engages the viewer as a physical and psychological participant in the uncanny through the body's negotiations with architectural, optical illusory, sonic, and interactive environments and objects. The conceptual and experiential nature of sound serves as a cornerstone of her practice. Her work is exhibited internationally and has been written about in Art Forum, Art in America, The New York Times, The Wire and numerous other international texts. Charlemagne Palestine (USA/BELGIUM) "SYNTHEEESYNTHOOO" Minimalist composer Charlemagne Palestine is a contemporary of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Phil Niblock. He has composed intense, ritualistic music since the 70s and is best known for his piano performances but he has also used carillion, electronics, vocal, organ and harmonium in his compositions. Ansuman Biswas (UK) Ansuman Biswas was born in Calcutta and trained in the UK. He has an international practice encompassing music, film, live art, installation, writing and theatre. Biswas has performed with symphony orchestras and homeless beggars. He has shown work at Tate Modern, The South London Gallery, The Whitechapel Gallery, the ICA, the Edinburgh Festival, and also in Johannesburg, San Francisco, New York, Delhi, The Amazon. Marc Pichelin (F) "North/South Mix" Marc Pichelin is interested in electro-acoustic applications in live shows, sound exhibitions and improvisational concerts. Member of Ouie Dire Production, he works to invent unique CD objects such as the sound art post card. His piece for ENTER was presented at Tou Scene for the first time in 2006 and is based on field recordings from North Norway and Laos. "At first sight, everything seems to separate these countries: north/south, cold/hot, rich/poor. Norway has a coast, and Laos not. Still I wanted to juxtapose recordings from the two, using common subjects, thus composing an impossible and poetic double-sided landscape in which I invite you to move around". Ellen Fullman (US) In 1981 Ellen Fullman began developing the "Long String Instrument," in which rosin-coated fingers brush across dozens of metallic strings, fifty or more feet in length and installed in a performance space. Fullman has recorded extensively with this unusual instrument and has collaborated with such luminary figures as composer Pauline Oliveros, choreographer Deborah Hay, the Kronos Quartet, Keiji Haino and Francis-Marie Uitti. Her music was represented in The American Century; Art and Culture, 1950-2000 at The Whitney Museum, and she has performed in venues and festivals in Europe, Japan and North America. Ellen Fullman performed at Tou Scene in august 2008. .... Anne Hilde Neset is Deputy Editor of London based The Wire magazine, a monthly international music publication. She is also the co-founder of Electra Productions, a contemporary art agency specialising in commissioning, producing and exhibiting art projects across disciplines. Curatorial projects include Her Noise (South London Gallery 2005) and Perfect Partner (London Barbican Centre and international tour 05/06). She has worked closely with artists such Christian Marclay, Daria Martin, Zeena Parkins, Maja Ratkje and many others, as well as devising and teaching Sound And The 20th Century Avant Garde, a lecture series on sound art for Tate Modern. ENTER is a project of Tou Scene. www.touscene.com Hear compositions by Kim Gordon, Oren Ambarchi, Marc Pichelin and more Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Kim Gordon' (Stream)? File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo Length: 3:05 (2.82MB) Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Marc Pichelin' (Stream)? File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo Length: 1:39 (1.5MB) Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Oren Ambarchi' (Stream)? File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo Length: 13:31 (12.37MB) Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Camille Norment' (Stream)? File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo Length: 2:48 (2.56MB) Listen to 'Enter: Sonic Tank - Charlemagne Palestine' (Stream)? File: Mp3, 128kbps stereo Length: 10:50 (9.91MB)
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