only upcoming events
September 14, 2018 The New AIR Festival will feature Alec Hall from the dynamic contemporary performer/composer collective “Qubit” Qubit is a collective of composers and sound artists who curate and produce events that feature innovative applications of technology in music. Tickets: $20 / $15 students/seniors Location: Tenri Cultural Institute,43 W 13th St, New… Continue reading
Mari Kimura is at the forefront of violinists who are extending the technical and expressive capabilities of the instrument. She will perform a recent commission by composer Michael Harrison, and one of her own compositions using her prototype motion sensor system MUGIC. Tickets: $20 / $15 students/seniors Location: Tenri Cultural Institute,43A W 13th… Continue reading
Fabric for String Noise in Two Parts composed by Michael Byron was completed at the invitation of Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim‐ Harris. They first spoke of this idea about five years ago. Fabric for String Noise in Two Parts is cast in two parts. This “sound object” is tangible, compact, and… Continue reading
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, in collaboration with Violinist/Composer Mari Kimura, present the inaugural event of a new concert series entitled the “New AIR Festival”. The event features outstanding artists from the music and technology residencies at Harvestworks in New York City. The two-day festival will take place on Friday and Saturday,… Continue reading
2018 Workspace Resident Laura Splan will present new work in progress at the Harvestworks TEAM Lab Artworks and Experiences Exhibition on Governors Island. Material Expressions incorporates moving sculpture and sound triggered by biosensors monitoring the artist’s heart rate as she knits. The project is part of a series of performances… Continue reading
Come play with interactive Pure Data patches and learn about the visual programming platform Pure Data! DATE/TIME: August 18, 3-5pm LOCATION: Governor’s Island, Nolan Park Building 8a FREE Facebook Event Pure Data is an open source visual programming environment that runs on anything from personal computers to embedded devices (ie… Continue reading
The subwoofer, a powerful instrument responsible for transmitting the visceral energy of pop, hip-hop, and dance music is in this piece repurposed as a performer. Such a powerful engine, capable of shaking entire neighborhoods is reduced to performing a $1 slide whistle- an often comical children’s toy. Subwhistle is a… Continue reading
Digital Afterlife by MALK (Mark Amerika and Laura Kim) Floating in the Ether, the artist’s imagination occasionally has no choice: it must ground itself in reality. But what is reality in a world where an individual’s perception, consciousness, awareness and overall sensibility is constantly being challenged by the “datafication” of… Continue reading
TELLUS, the Audio Cassette Magazine will be featured this summer at the “Montez Press Radio”. For 30 days, 24 hours a day, content will be streaming live from the Mathew Gallery in Chinatown, bringing together artists/writers/DJs/musicians/critics/theorists to explore the medium of radio. Radio and publishing have much in common; radio… Continue reading
‘New Atlantis,’ created by Michael Theodore, is inspired by the writing of Francis Bacon’s 1626 book of the same title. The 4 channel work creates an immersive, contemplative sonic environment. “Psychedelic” – LA Times “In 1977, NASA loaded a spacecraft with records as a cosmic hello to E.T.s. This could… Continue reading
