[curatorial.net] Staging Sound 2.0 - /FIELD/SCAVENGED/HOMEMADE/

[Lucy A. Sames]

STAGING SOUND 2.0
/FIELD/ SCAVENGED/ HOMEMADE/
Chris Watson
Matthew Olden (I am the Mighty Jungulator)
Dorkbot Bristol

Throughout August, various locations across Bath.

STAGING SOUND 2.0 is an exploration of experimental and DIY sound and  
music-making, particularly its creation and dissemination through Web  
2.0. Artists and musicians alike are turning more and more to Do It  
Yourself – making their own recordings, making their own kit and  
recycling existing sounds and other people’s music – and to the  
diverse opportunities that Web 2.0 offers for making and sharing music  
and ideas in this way.

We’ve identified three aspects of DIY sound production – /FIELD/  
SCAVENGED/ HOMEMADE/
  – and we invite you to join us for a hands-on exploration of each of  
these. Watch, listen, experiment, enjoy, take part in the workshops  
and Sound Hack to find and share new tips and methods that you can use  
later at home with little or no equipment, budget or expertise!

STAGING SOUND 2.0 includes a two-day workshop with Chris Watson sound  
recordist extraordinaire and founding member of Cabaret Voltaire. The  
workshop will take place across a range of locations urban and rural  
exploring the watery environment of Bath by day and night…

Other highlights include a new commission, Glaber, by Matthew Olden of  
I am the Mighty Jungulator fame. Glaber is a unique self-generative,  
automatic audio-visual mixer creating sounds by navigating the  
Internet by hopping via embedded hyperlinks from site to site churning  
up and spitting out the mp3s, .wavs, .jpgs and .gifs it finds along  
the way. From 29 August, you’ll be able to download the software to  
your desktop and play your own unique, churned up, scrambled audio- 
visual delights!

Fancy doing something strange with sound and gadgetry? STAGING SOUND  
2.0 will end with a day-long DIY experimental extravaganza with the  
doing strange things with electricity folk Dorkbot Bristol presenting  
a Sound Hack and micro workshop – expect strange sounds, electronic  
gadgetry, DIY acoustic wonders and manipulated toys. Hosted by Media  
Art Bath at a secret location, the Sound Hack will be followed by a  
Guerilla Busking event where you can hear, watch, enjoy, try out and  
show off the all-singing all-dancing creations around the streets of  
Bath!

For further information or to take part, please contact Lucy Sames on  
01225 442 591 or lucy at mediaartbath.org.uk.

Media Art Bath – championing contemporary art and ideas through the  
development of bold new work.

Staging Sound 2.0 is supported by Bath Spa University Artswork, Percy  
Community Centre, The Porter Cellar Bar and Bath & North East Somerset  
Council.
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