Alvin Lucier, Sferics

Screening of the documentary:
Music with roots in the aether - a portrait of Alvin Lucier (1976)
by Robert Ashley

Tuesday, September 7 at 8 pm

With an introduction by Frans Gillberg and Mathias Holmberg.

In connection with the opening of this year’s sound installation in Scaniaparken (Starfield Simulation #35), Signal - Centre for Contemporary Art, in collaboration with Music Doc, will screen Robert Ashley’s documentary on one of the pioneers of sound art, Alvin Lucier (b. 1931).

In his sound art, Lucier makes use of different scientific phenomena to create music where the composer is placed in the background and the physical and spacious aspects of sound itself become central. Music for a long thin wire and I am sitting in a room are two of his most well-known pieces, the latter being an attempt to erase his stammering speech by recording it, then playing back the recording into the room and re-recording it until the echo of the room replaces his voice.

The documentary is screened in conjunction with Alvin Lucier’s piece Sferics that will be performed by the Dutch artist Anne Wellmer in Scaniaparken. Sferics is a recording of electromagnetic disturbances, where their distance from earth is reflected in the character of the sound. The parabolic shape of Scaniaparken creates a kind of sci-fi-esque monitoring of information, a point of contact with outer space.

Anne Wellmer studied under Alvin Lucier and her sound installations, sound walks and radio art have been presented internationally in festivals and biennales such as New York Electronic Arts Festival, Happy New Ears in Kortrijk and Ars Electronica in Linz, where she also received an award of honour.

Scaniaparken, Sept 4 - Oct 3, 2010

A collaboration between Starfield Simulation, Signal - Center for Contemporary Art and Full Pull.
more info: http://scaniaparkproject.blogspot.com

 

 

 

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Signal and The Future

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After a long period of uncertainty regarding Signal’s future, we are happy to share some good news with you. A couple of days ago Stiftelsen framtidens kultur (The Foundation for the Culture of the Future) announced that they will grant Signal financial assistance for the immediate future. This means that we can avoid closure at this point and instead strongly concentrate on the next couple of seasons.

Thanks to this unexpected but very positive announcement we have now begun an intense process of developing and refining the different parts that are specific to and significant for the work of Signal, and not the least appreciated by our enthusiastic audience. We wish to emphasize even more on the collaborative aspects of our curatorial work, develop a residency program for artists and curators and expand the national and international network connected to our artist archive.

We plan for a number of exciting changes and it is with great expectation we look forward to the time to come!

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