The winner of the Northern Arts Prize for 2010 is Pavel Büchler, whose recordings of applause were the subject of an entry here back in October 2008 (disquiet.com). Büchler’s works in various media, and his “You Don’t Love Me” is “an installation that uses a reel to reel tape deck, a bottle of whisky and [...]
The group show that closed yesterday at the Vancouver, Washington, art gallery Archer was titled Vantage, and it focused on “perspective – visually, contextually, and perceptually,” according to its brief description at the gallery’s website, at clark.edu. Among the pieces in the exhibit was Greg Pond’s interactive sound sculpture “That Intricate Never,” as shown in [...]
A character in the opening chapter of Don DeLillo’s new novella, Point Omega (published this past Tuesday, February 2, in the U.S.), finds himself in a gallery that is showing a work of art by Douglas Gordon. The work is Gordon’s 24 Hour Psycho (1993). Gordon took the Alfred Hitchcock classic (which turns 50 this [...]
The top 10 most-read posts of January (out of 42 posts in all) were heavy with Downstream entries — that is, with legal freely downloadable recommended listening: (1) sound art made at an Indian call center (pictured at left) by Mathias Delplanque, (2) Lesley Flanigan’s music for speakers and voice, (3) the sound of mangled [...]
What happens when discarded pianos are rejuvenated and extended with technology? It should look something along these lines:
That’s a rough sketch by artist Hugo Solís of his interactive sound sculpture “Metaphors for Dead Pianos,” which opens at the Seattle gallery Jack Straw on January 29 and runs through April 2, 1010.
Photos of two previous [...]
If you stand on East 1st Street in Manhattan these days, just below 2nd Avenue, you might hear the sounds of Beverly Hills. It might sound like someone’s taking a pee, or you might hear geographically inappropriate birds — you might hear traffic, even when the street is free of it. And you might hear [...]
Been awhile since the most recent Disquiet.com overview of notable stories elsewhere on the web. He’s a quick rundown, to bridge the gap from 2009 to 2010:
● Why Brian Eno’s score to Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones is reportedly not eligible for an Oscar (thewrap.com, via moviescoremagazine.com).
● Thanks to Google Translate, an interview with composer [...]