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Madonna Goes Over-the-Top AND Site-Specific at Super Bowl
Kudos to Madonna for making part of tonight’s Super Bowl half-time performance site-specific. By including a marching band, cheerleader costumes and football field graphics, her show acknowledged where it was; on a football field. “Go Madonna!”
Explore the Possibilities of Exhibiting and Reading Radio and Sound art
This is really interesting and much needed exploration of sound art and sound art exhibition. The exhibition description says it explores “all” the possible ways of exhibiting and reading sound art – quite the overstatement! I think there will always … Continue reading
Our new name: StaTiCC SHIFT
Dear friends, This post is to let you know that our new name is StATiCC SHIFT. This change was made to better represent this studio’s interest in sound arts, textures and contemporary culture. New schooling, a new economy, changing seasons, … Continue reading
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Name that Ringtone!
Our “Name that Ringtone” contest is on its way. We did a test over at our facebook page and the response was exciting – Lots of creative people joined in and gave a handful of ringtones some really creative names. … Continue reading
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Sound Art in 2011
“Sounding the Depths” is an informative survey of sound art in 2011 and the 50 years that led up to it. It’s important to note that Futurists were experimenting with sound art in the early 1900s, so sound art has … Continue reading
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The History of the Universe through Listening
Ever heard the sound of a radio storm between Jupiter and its moon Io? Follow this link to listen for yourself. In this 12 minute TED Talk by the Artist-technologist Honor Harger she describes how listening to the noises … Continue reading
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Immaterial Terrain
Designers at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have created a method to materialize and document the “immaterial terrain” of WiFi networks within a city. In this project they created a way to measure WiFi presence using a light … Continue reading
Sonic Shadows
Wow. If you are going to be in SF between now and November 6, 2011 check out “Sonic Shadows,” a sound installation by Bill Fontana at the SFMOMA – and then tell me about it! More about Sonic Shadows
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Happy New Year!
“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.” – John Cage Dear friends: Happy … Continue reading
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Susan Philipsz, First Artist to Win the Turner Prize for a Sound Work
Susan Philipsz, a native of Glasgow currently working in Berlin, is the first artist to win the Turner Prize for a sound work. Lowlands, created for the Glasgow International art show, was originally sited beneath Glasgow’s bridges over the river … Continue reading
