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Open Ear (http://openear.wordpress.com/) is a loose collaborative
group formed in 2006 by Paul Adams, Garrett Lynch and Matt Wright
with the purpose of creating audio-visual art and organising live
events within club, gallery, open air or site-specific venues.
From September 2007 to April 2008 Open Ear will curate a series six
inter-disciplinary, free, themed events at Canterbury Christ Church
University, Broadstairs Campus. All events will take place from 8pm
till late and include a selection of performances, installations,
videos and inter-disciplinary work from invited artists for the event
or selected through calls for works. Later in 2008 a DVD of all six
events will be released on the C3U Music Label. The dates, themes
and curator for each event are as follows:
Interference - 16/10/07, curated by Paul Adams (see further details
below)
Network - 20/11/07, curated by Garrett Lynch (see call for works below)
Memory - 11/12/07, curated by Matt Wright
Noise - 05/02/08, curated by Paul Adams
Cinema - 11/03/08, curated by Garrett Lynch
Speed - 22/04/08, curated by Matt Wright
:: Interference - 16/10/07 ::
Interference:-/Anomalies of perception, the disturbance of a
perceived cohesion of form, an uncomfortable diversion from normalcy.
Interference will explore spatial disturbance through the audio-
visual metaphor.
On October 16th at 8:00pm Open Ear (http://openear.wordpress.com/)
will host an event curated by Paul Adams entitled Interference which
will incorporate a number of performances and an installation based
on this theme. The Line-up for the evening will be as follows:
Paul Adams: Deathmetal/-/Sinetone
Matt Wright: Installation - Datacloud
Paul Adams: Prif Arc - Visual sound
Garrett Lynch: RE:soundings (interference variant)
Mick Grierson: Mabuse Audio Visual synthesis
:: Network - 20/11/07, call for works ::
A network is any system of interconnected points / locations, nodes,
which become greater, augmented, than when in isolation. While
emphasis is most often placed on the nodes, it is the connections /
links / lines / flows, the spaces between, the hinterland of the
network, and their resulting mesh / matrix, which provides the site,
means and context for the networks ability to transfer and
transform. Similarly art can be thought of as a space in-between:
“The work of art occupies a pivotal point between two sets of
behaviour, the artist’s and the spectator’s. It is essentially a
matrix, the substance between. It exists nether for itself nor by
itself.” (Ascott, R. 2003, Telematic Embrace)
On November 20th Open Ear will host an event curated by Garrett
Lynch (http://www.asquare.org/) entitled Network which will present
performances on this theme. Sound and visual artists / groups
working with networks as a thematic or technical element to their
work within live performance contexts are invited to contribute to
the event. Proposed performances can include the use of networks to
dynamically generate or enhance performance, to collaboratively
create a performance through a network, to discuss the nature of
networks and their impact on society etc. All proposed performances
are required to be audio-visual, audio or visual with selection
preference given to audio-visual works. Performances can last up to a
maximum of 30 minutes each.
As the event is free we are unable to offer individual payment but
will provide access to a supply of equipment (please include a list
of requirements in your proposal and we will attempt to cater for
this) at the venue, suitable refreshments and possibly accommodation
if required. Contributions to the event will be included in the DVD
of all six events published by the C3U Music Label later in 2008.
Proposals should take the form of a word / pdf / rtf / txt document
(two pages maximum) with:
1) A description of the work (500 words maximum).
2) Images to give us an idea of the proposed work.
3) A full list of required equipment (please note that the event will
host several performers so complex configurations involving lengthy
set-up times will not be catered for).
4) Urls to previous examples of work online.
5) A short bio (200 words maximum).
6) Artist(s) / group / performer(s) name and contact details.
Please email proposals as attachments (not pasted into the email) to
Garrett Lynch (garrett [at] asquare dot org) no later than 12pm
(GMT), Friday 02/11/07.
:: The Venue ::
Canterbury Christ Church Broadstairs Campus, situated on the east
coast of Kent, England approximately 30 minutes from Canterbury,
opened in 2000 with a wide selection of higher education courses. The
campus is committed to the arts and cultural regeneration of the area
and regularly host’s events, exhibitions and performances on site.
Address: Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus,
Northwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2WA, England.
Detailed information on how to get here can be found on the
university website:
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/broadstairs/about/maps.asp
Open Ear, audio-visual events and performances 2007 – 2008 are
supported by Canterbury Christ Church University. For all further
information, up to date details on events as they happen and videos
of previous events please see the Open Ear website at: http://
openear.wordpress.com/
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