[SF,CA,USA][Fri Dec 5] Field Effects 17

[Aaron Ximm <ghede@xxxxxxxx>]

Apologies as always for the cross-posting!

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

Field Effects 17
Friday, December 5
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 is an ongoing series of concerts showcasing the use of
found sound, found materials, and field recordings in media art,
presented in a uniquely comfortable environment.

For this show, we will have a four-speaker sound system.

Field Effects 17 features work from sound artists:

  j. frede (los angeles)

    Hailing from New Mexico, j.frede is a composer, sound designer,
    and installation artist. Frede has been residing in Los Angeles
    since 2002, previously living and working out of Colorado.
    Traveling abroad regularly since 1998, his work has been presented
    throughout Europe as well as in the US. States.

    As a composer, frede collects sonic atmospheres of both organic
    and man-made origin, focusing on the sound that occurs naturally at
    each sound's source. Seeking out sounds that could be mistaken as
    synthetic or electronically created, frede arranges them into
    composition form and presents the work in both live performances
    and in the form of sound installations.

    Frede has created computer or synthesizer based works, but he
    works primarily with field recordings. In performance he creates
    soundscapes with software that range from quiet and minimal to
    dense surround-sound.

    Frede's 'Blip: the glitch electronica standard reference', a CDROM
    of loops for Acid, was released by Sonic Foundry / SONY in 2003.

    Asked about the work he would like to present, Frede wrote:

       'I'll be performing a piece using the sounds of branches and
	leaves moving slightly in the wind.'

      http://www.current-recordings.com/jfrede

  Cliff Caruthers

    Cliff Caruthers has been composing electroacoustic and experimental
    music since 1995. He continues to search for direct relationships
    to ever-complexifying technologies. He seeks to create narrative
    soundscapes and psychologically charged atmospheres from recordings
    of real (and imagined) environs.

    Cliff's work has been featured at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
    the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States, the
    San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, and the Transparent Tape
    Music Festivals I, II, and III. Since moving to Oakland, Caruthers
    has established himself as a preeminent sound designer, working for
    the Transparent Theater, Aurora Theatre Company, Shakespeare Santa
    Cruz, Theatreworks, Marin Theatre Company, California Shakespeare
    Theater, and American Conservatory Theater.

    Cliff is pleased to serve as technical director of the New San
    Francisco Tape Music Center, which specializes in the live
    diffusion of multi-channel prepared music to arrays of sixteen or
    more speakers. For Field Effects, he will present work specifically
    prepared for a four-speaker array.

      http://sfsound.org/tape/Caruthers2.html

  Soundvial

    SOUNDVIAL is a collaboration between San Francisco's Ken Reisman
    and Matt Simon.

    About the project and the work they will present, they write:

        'Our work is based upon recordings made in ordinary public
        spaces, such as a supermarket check out line, an outdoor cafe,
        or an office building atrium.

        In our work, we explore these natural sounds by infusing them
        with imposed elements. The ambience from a cafe develops into a
        musical composition; the sound of a supermarket weaves into
        poetry...

        In one of the pieces we will present, changing visual and aural
        cues -- live actors, a typed transcript, a schematic diagram --
        variously evoke the experience of attending to an overheard
        conversation.'

      http://www.soundvial.org

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.

Seating mostly on futons and our new flock of beanbags, to encourage
comfortable deep listening. You are always welcome to bring pajamas
or 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 <-----------------------------------------------

About the series: http://www.quietamerican.org/related_fe.html

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

Questions? Write ghede@xxxxxxxx

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