[SF,CA,USA][EventSpam] Field Effects 14

[Aaron Ximm <ghede@xxxxxxxx>]

Apologies as always for the cross-posting!!!

----------[ Quiet American presents at 964 Natoma ]--------------------

Field Effects 14
Friday, August 1 :: doors 8pm
964 Natoma, San Francisco, CA (USA)

$6-10 requested sliding donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.

----> Event Description <----------------------------------------------

The world makes music, remember to listen.

Field Effects 14 offers a night of found-sound sound art.

The thirteenth in an ongoing series of concerts showcasing the use of
found sound, found materials, and field recordings in media art, Field
Effects 14 offers an evening of experimental sound in a comfortable
environment.

Field Effects 14 features new work from sound artists:

  Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson

    For Field Effects 14, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson will play the
    Hafler Trio: 'I wanted to try out something special for the 964
    Natoma show, I want to pay a tribute to the Hafler Trio, as
    Andrew McKenzie is quite the reason why I got into sound
    experimentations to begin with...before meeting him I was
    really into punk rock etc...'

    Sigtryggyer Berg Sigmarsson was born in Akureyri, Iceland in
    1977. He studied sound art at the Fachochschule in Hannover,
    Germany from 1998 to 2003 and has been a long-time member of
    the band Stilluppsteypa.

    His work on CD has been variously described as collage, quiet
    drone manipulations, and calm and minimal, which offer 'a range
    of still, contemplative moments, contrasted with more discordant
    (though not necessarily noisy) ones.' He is in San Francisco at
    the invitiation of 23five Incorporated and the San Francisco
    Electronic Music Festival where he performs on Thursday July 24.

     http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/sigmarsson.sigtryggur.berg.html
     http://www.fire-inc.demon.nl/stilluppsteypa.html

  RAJAR

    RAJAR is Bob Boster, Xopher Davidson, Michael Gendreau, David
    Kwan, and Patty Liu. Writes the collective, 'we focus on real-
    time processing of live radio transmissions and reconfigure
    these sounds in hopes of enhancing their entertainment value.
    Each performance is a unique experience as a result of the
    differences in radio reception at each location and the program
    material available at the moment.'

    In reverse alphabetical order: Patty Liu is a composer and
    performer of electronic and acoustic music in various ensembles
    and contexts. Most recently, she's played in the Armageddon
    String Ensemble and Cheryl Leonard's Instrument in Trees and
    composed for Kirsten Williams' Strong Current Dance Company.
    David Kwan: 'Last night a DJ saved my life because I was sittin
    there bored to death. Hey, listen up to your local DJ. You
    better hear what he's got to say. And if the FCC gives you
    trouble, just you move out on the double. And you don't let it
    troubleyour brain because away goes troubles down the drain.
    There's not a problem that I can't fix because I can do it in
    the mix.' Michael Gendreau is well represented in the recorded
    world (as half of Crawling with Tarts and as Experts of
    Legitimation, as well as on his recent 23five release under his
    own name), but never seems to hear himself on the radio. Xopher
    Davidson (sometimes known as Antimatter) has a strong affinity
    for his Tanberg receiver, believing that Danish technology is,
    in this case, superior.

  Lance Grabmiller

    Lance Grabmiller put formal musical studies on hold with the
    discovery of his first four-track tape recorder at the age of 14.
    Using tapes, effects, objects, microphones, amplifiers, razor
    blades and any instruments that could be begged or borrowed, he
    created quite a din in the midwest, culminating in a performance-
    noise nightmare that nearly destroyed the Gizmo in Galesburg, IL.

    After working on tape-wrecks and selling every insrument he
    owned, he ventured to move his music concrete into the computer
    realm, and it all went downhill from there. Soon his work was
    hovering between Pierre Henry, Morton Subotnik and the then-dying
    Glitch and Drum n Bass factions of electronic music.

    Currently Lance produceds and curates events in the Bay Area. He
    seeks to straddle the gap between the avant-garde and the
    electronic. He has played in improvisational groups with Ernesto
    Diaz-Infante, Rent Romus, Philip Gelb, Joseph Zitt, LX Rudis,
    Dina Emerson and many more. He has also opened for such notable
    electronic acts as Kid606, Sagan, Wobbly, Uprock and Meg Lee Chin
    among others.

     http://www.praemedia.com/anthropology.html

The Field Effects series showcases artists interested in framing
the hidden beauty of the everyday world: beauty on the surface,
awaiting our attention. Beauty that must be delicately extracted.
And beauty in potential, awaiting juxtaposition, collage,
repetition and mutilation.

For more information on the series, see:

     http://www.quietamerican.org/related_fe.html

Seating mostly on futons to encourage comfortable deep listening
and viewing. Alas, our loaner beanbags may have departed; you may
want to bring a pillow.

Depending on weather, hot or cold drinks will be available on a
donation-based honor system. Hopefully someone will make cookies.

----> Venue Info <----------------------------------------------------

964 Natoma, San Francisco, CA, USA

Between Mission and Howard, 10th and 11th street, south of market.
A few blocks from Civic Center BART, or the corner of Market & Van
Ness. Bike parking inside!

----> Additional Info <-----------------------------------------------

This message is not for print distribution or advertising.
This is a private event for friends, family and our community.

Questions? Write ghede@xxxxxxxxx

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