Installation Notice - Toronto area

Everything beeps these days: microwave ovens, watches, cars, phones,
computers. Auditory warnings surround us in domestic and public spaces.
Many have strong and specific associations but are paradoxically difficult
to locate spatially.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"Response Time" a SOUND TRAVELS event
Media Reception At Noon On August 17th, 2001 At Metro Square

"Response Time"
Octaphonic Sound Installation
John Wynne (U.K./Canada) - composer/sound artist

August 17-19, 2001 - 11 AM to 4 PM
Metro Square, 155 John Street (King & John)
Toronto, ON


FREE ADMISSION - ARTIST WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE ON AUG 17TH
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Composed specifically for Metro Square "Response Time" makes use of a set
of auditory warnings that explore the dividing line between ignoring
something because we hear it all the time and listening because it
signifies something directly applicable to ourselves.

"Response Time" will work with, rather than against, the ambient sound
environment and sonic rhythm of the space.  Its aim is to promote a
long-term qualitative change in the way people experience the urban sound
environment as well as an awareness of the value of silence.

John Wynne is a visiting artist at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Art and is
currently a Senior Lecturer in Sound at the London Institute's LCP School
of Media.

Response to John Wynne's recent works:

"John Wynne's Cry Wolf  dramatically increased the nervous pressure by
occupying the space with a series of specially constructed 'false alarms'
that provoke a new appreciation of the city as one (in)tensely saturated by
unstable electronic signals."
Angus Carlyle, The Wire

"(Panic and Depression) affirms the communicative possibilities offered by
new media."
Ed Baxter, Variant

"John Wynne kept the modernist banner flying high. His piece C90.RTS5.L1-37
used electronics not as a pretty and exotic backdrop but to explore pure
noise."
Adam Lively, The Independent

John Wynne wishes to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council

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