Cross Waves #2: "Nothing (Repeated) (2015)
Curated by Steve Bates
From 10 November 2012, 22:00 to 10 November 2013, 22:00 on 88.0 FM from the radiating point of 45º 31’ 49.7186” N / 73º 36’ 23.8114” W (position error +/- 213’), a signal of 25mW broadcast silence was transmitted.
This broadcast was in the form of a community service to quieten the FM radio band at this frequency for a period of one year. At present, a naturally occurring broadband noise has returned, saturating this frequency. It is unclear, at this point in time, what the concrete benefits of this action were other than a quieter FM band. We can only imagine some of the outcomes.
Nothing (Repeated) carries on with this impulse of quieting the FM dial with the work of a group of Canadian artists invited to consider the reduced, the silence, the hyper-quiet, the voided and open spaces. These artists include crys cole, Peter Courtemanche, Christof Migone, Douglas Moffat, jake moore, and Erin Sexton. A live performance by Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt is also part of this program.
Nothing (Repeated) opens with a discussion by curator, Steve Bates, into the motivations to broadcast such a reduced space. Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt performs Sappho (now again), a new work inspired by the lyric poetry of Sappho, and the blank spaces left in the historical ledger.
Curated by Steve Bates
From 10 November 2012, 22:00 to 10 November 2013, 22:00 on 88.0 FM from the radiating point of 45º 31’ 49.7186” N / 73º 36’ 23.8114” W (position error +/- 213’), a signal of 25mW broadcast silence was transmitted.
This broadcast was in the form of a community service to quieten the FM radio band at this frequency for a period of one year. At present, a naturally occurring broadband noise has returned, saturating this frequency. It is unclear, at this point in time, what the concrete benefits of this action were other than a quieter FM band. We can only imagine some of the outcomes.
Nothing (Repeated) carries on with this impulse of quieting the FM dial with the work of a group of Canadian artists invited to consider the reduced, the silence, the hyper-quiet, the voided and open spaces. These artists include crys cole, Peter Courtemanche, Christof Migone, Douglas Moffat, jake moore, and Erin Sexton. A live performance by Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt is also part of this program.
Nothing (Repeated) opens with a discussion by curator, Steve Bates, into the motivations to broadcast such a reduced space. Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt performs Sappho (now again), a new work inspired by the lyric poetry of Sappho, and the blank spaces left in the historical ledger.
Program:
I. Solo Performance, Köln by crys cole
The sound source is mouth and skin. The performance is still and one’s scale of listening reduces to another threshold.
The sound source is mouth and skin. The performance is still and one’s scale of listening reduces to another threshold.
II. Groove: hand-cut by Peter Courtemanche
Peter Courtemanche provides a rumbling, rolling soundtrack (Groove: hand-cut) of an object whose surface, once smooth and near-clinical, is now rendered as a rollicking noisy landscape. By hand-carving a groove, borrowing from vinyl record topography, into a compact disc, this new noise-maker leaves behind its smooth past and joins the world of animated vibration.
Peter Courtemanche provides a rumbling, rolling soundtrack (Groove: hand-cut) of an object whose surface, once smooth and near-clinical, is now rendered as a rollicking noisy landscape. By hand-carving a groove, borrowing from vinyl record topography, into a compact disc, this new noise-maker leaves behind its smooth past and joins the world of animated vibration.
III. Quieting by Christof Migone
Christof Migone’s study of trauma, and its aftermath, Quieting, reveals the many types of silence left in the wake of fracturing events. Taking the cannon shot fired every day at noon from Citadel Hill in Halifax as starting point, Quieting, is based on these recordings or inspired by the shock of the shot. Other elements include audio form a video recording of Chris Burden’s performance work, Shoot, and audio from “First Contact” a film which recounts Australian gold diggers subjugating aborigines with guns.
Christof Migone’s study of trauma, and its aftermath, Quieting, reveals the many types of silence left in the wake of fracturing events. Taking the cannon shot fired every day at noon from Citadel Hill in Halifax as starting point, Quieting, is based on these recordings or inspired by the shock of the shot. Other elements include audio form a video recording of Chris Burden’s performance work, Shoot, and audio from “First Contact” a film which recounts Australian gold diggers subjugating aborigines with guns.
IV. The European Rooms by Douglas Moffat
Douglas Moffat’s soundtrack to The European Rooms, is a study in miniature. Room tones recorded of miniature models of enlightenment-era architectural interiors contrast the humming tones with the hyper-detail of the visual field. The piece is bookended by a violin concerto, a performance interpreted from miniature sheet music in one of the rooms.
Douglas Moffat’s soundtrack to The European Rooms, is a study in miniature. Room tones recorded of miniature models of enlightenment-era architectural interiors contrast the humming tones with the hyper-detail of the visual field. The piece is bookended by a violin concerto, a performance interpreted from miniature sheet music in one of the rooms.
V. Area by jake moore
jake moore’s Area is a room tone documenting the movement of light through space. It is a light that will no longer be as the view outside the windows will be covered by a 40 story tower. Here is the sound of a room as daylight filters through it followed by the night. What will this space become without this light?
jake moore’s Area is a room tone documenting the movement of light through space. It is a light that will no longer be as the view outside the windows will be covered by a 40 story tower. Here is the sound of a room as daylight filters through it followed by the night. What will this space become without this light?
VI. Crystal Symmetry by Erin Sexton
Erin Sexton’s microscopic crystals come alive with the crackling, pulsing sonic world that may as well be the whole universe. Crystal Symmetry is an improvisation/experiment with electromagnetic amplifiers, hewlett packard test oscillator, super saturated solution, sugar crystals, and touch.
Erin Sexton’s microscopic crystals come alive with the crackling, pulsing sonic world that may as well be the whole universe. Crystal Symmetry is an improvisation/experiment with electromagnetic amplifiers, hewlett packard test oscillator, super saturated solution, sugar crystals, and touch.