Experimental Intermedia
The Thirty-third Anniversary of EI performances at 224 Centre Street, The
Thirty-eighth Anniversary of the Founding of Experimental Intermedia, the
Thirty-eighth Anniversary of the 224 Centre Street loft, and, not least,
The Seventeenth Annual Festival with no fancy name, Part Two (or B)
Phill Niblock, curator

March 2007

Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller Monday 12
Kahn uses percussion and analogue synthesizer, Mueller uses percussion and
cassettes; both blur the realm of merely using percussion instruments as
devices to be struck; as on their recent recording, "Supershells," they
take the frequencies and textures of their instruments, and integrate them
into one seemless mix; "Percussion is often subsumed within the densely
swelling layers of electronic and manipulated sound...to a remarkable
degree with the unstable, bottom-heavy, rather threatening electronic
sounds which are characteristic of this impressive set." - Brian Marley,
The Wire http://jasonkahn.net and www.jonmueller.net

Katherine Liberovskaya, curator - Screen Compositions 3 Tuesday 13
This third edition of Screen Compositions is as usual a collection of
intersections of moving image with sonic art; a program of screen works
representing dynamic two-way collaborations between video/ film artists and
sound/ music artists specifically intended for single-channel projection
with no live or performance component; featuring collaborations by:
Benton-C Bainbridge / Bobby Previte; Betsey Biggs / Evidence (Scott
Smallwood and Stephan Moore); Cedrick Eymenier / Fennesz; Margarida Garcia
/ Manuel Mota; Kurt Ralske / Micheal Schumacher; Jennifer Reeves / Anthony
Burr; Paul Ryan / Annea Lockwood; Shimpei Takeda / Michael Vernusky; Bas
Van Koolwijk /
Gert-Yan Prins; Ines Wickmann / Ingrid Drese

Johannes Sistermanns Wednesday 14
electroacoustics - mutli-channel - visual - performance - verbal images -
AxIOm /thinking is form/Space leads to sound / cling wrap thinks visible /
sonic surroundings / thinking is face/sonic atmosphere / stretched / where
to go? See/listen at http://www.sistermanns.eu

Larry Austin Thursday 15
The composer presents six recent pieces: four with
performers-plus-octrophonic computer music and two as solo tapes; the
program features the world premiere of a new work composed for flutist
Jacqueline Martelle, "Les Flutes de Pan: Hommage a Debussy" (2005-6), as
well as two works receiving their New York premieres: "Tableaux:
Convolutions on a Theme" (2003-4), composed for saxophonist Stephen Duke
and "Adagio: Convolutions on a Theme by Mozart" (2004-5), composed for
clarinetist F. Gerard Errante; Bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern will
perform Austin's "Threnos" (2001-2), for real and virtual bass clarinets,
dedicated to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001; the two solo computer music
tapes are his "Williams [re]Mix[ed]" (1997-2000) and "art is
self-alteration is Cage is..." (1982, rev., 1993)
http:www.music.unt.edu/cemi/larry_austin/index.htm

Michael Fahres Friday 16
"Cetacea" is the Latin term for the group of marine mammals which includes
whales; Fahres examines the relationship between the rhythmic structures of
the clicking noises of dolphins and the polyrhythms of Senegal, as played
by Doudou NiDiaye Rose, the master of the sabar drum and his ensemble; this
composition consists of a recording of the ultrasound tones made by
dolphins in the Duisburg Dolphinarium and subsequently transformed into
audible frequencies; the concert is the tape version in 5.1 surround -
following the concert, there will be a film which documents Cetacea;
Supported by the Gaudeamus Contemporary Music Center, the Netherlands
http:// home.wanadoo.nl/michael.fahres/

Gerhardt Muller-Goldboom Saturday 17
The premiere of , a Japanese inspired piece for one stringed
intrument; the Berlin composer plays the doublebass in this piece and also
presents three electronic pieces realized in the Freiburg studio (Germany),
in part combined with the doublebass; this program will present a facette
of the composer's work reflecting different arts outside the musical
terrain; violinist Tom Chiu will play another version of and will
join the composer in an improvisation
Supported by the Senatskanzlei Berlin - Kulturelle Angelegenheiten;
www.mueller-goldboom.de

Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa, a memorial fellowship named for the Portuguese
Intermedia Artist, sponsored by the Luso-Americana Foundation and the
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, in Lisbon, coordinated by Isabel Alves,
presents an intermedia performance:
Luis Miguel Girao Thursday 22
Is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher in the application of
technology as a tool for artistic expression; this, the outcome of his
residence at EI, is a performance for a body in space interacting with an
audiovisual sensory system; recently developed movement based control
interfaces and new ideas about audiovisual expression form the core of his
presentation

hans w koch and Bettina Wenzel Sunday 25
he researches hardware-specific aspects of different powerbook-models,
looking for instrumental qualities in uniformed machines; She influences
video with extended vocal techniques, creating a play between reality and
illusion, turning walls into waves
www.hans-w-koch.net and http://www.mynetcologne.de/~nc-wenzelbe2/

Robin Hayward Monday 26
Acoustic tuba solos; the Berlin-based tuba player presents a song book of
noise; the instrument is treated as a labyrinth of tuning in which air may
be trapped and redirected, producing sounds reminiscent both of industrial
noise and analogue electronics; www.robinhayward.de

Adachi Tomomi Thursday 29
Performer, composer, sound poet and visual artist from Tokyo, known for his
versatile style; he will present solo improvisations with voice, self-made
instruments (electronic/amplified objects) and an original sensor system
named "infrared sensor shirt," also introduces some works of Japanese sound
poet; his performance is characterized by a sense of humor and a singular
intensity with visual pleasure; this will be his first solo performance in
the US; http://www.adachitomomi.com/

Our programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, the
Aaron Copland
Fund For Music, the Phaedrus Foundation and The Amphion Foundation
224 Centre Street at Grand, Third Floor, N Y 10013 9pm, $4.99
212 431 5127, 431 6430, www.experimentalintermedia.org and
www.XIrecords.org