----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- Brian O'Reilly & Stefanie Ku Live
Thursday, October 6th 8:00pm-11:00pm Free ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- Echo de Pensees Sound Series in conjunction with The Museum of Viral Memory presents live audio and video performances by Brian O'Reilly and Stefanie Ku Brian O'Reilly works with sound, video, assemblage books, multi-media installations, and also is a performing double bassist, focusing on performances of contemporary music and the integration of electronics and extended playing techniques. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a scholarship for sculpture, where he completed a BFA in 1997. In 1998, he moved to Paris, France to study composition and techniques with the Greek composer and architect Iannis Xenakis, during this time he worked extensively with Xenakis' electronic music system utilizing graphic sonic synthesis the UPIC. After a year of research at Xenakis' studio, what was then called Les Ateliers UPIC (now CCMIX), he received an appointment to become the studio's Musical Assistant, during that time he assisted, amongst others, Luc Ferrari on his audio and video installation "Cycle Des Souvenirs" and Eliane Radigue. He completed his graduate degree from MAT (Media Arts and Technology) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Current projects include the DVD "Point Line Cloud", a collection of his visual mappings for the music of Curtis Roads, a commission from Z.K.M, (the Center for Art & Media in Karlsruhe, Germany) to create a series of video works and a live performance collaborating with the Viola player Garth Knox, featuring works by: Grisey, Haas, Murail, Scelsi, Schiarrino, and Knox & O'Reilly. Also currently in preparation is a audio collaboration with Zbigniew Karkowski "the Difficulty of Being" for the Antifrost label, and the DVD "the ledger of fins" utilizing the untapped potentials of the DVD specification. The project's objectives are to trace the tangled threads of a fractured narrative, and to interconnect the thin strands that bind sound to moving images.The final output will implement the ability to select from different regions of material both manually, and through involuntary progression by random scripting within the DVD. Thereby constructing a navigable database, in which the viewer will have multiple routes to explore the boundaries of the work. Intermedia artist Stefanie L. Ku is dedicated to the sculpting, faceting, and polishing of sound and image. Stefanie began her musical career at the tender age of 5 studying the piano on a booster chair. She has studied piano under Betty Oberacker and composition under Jeremy Haladyna and Curtis Roads. After years of dedicating herself to the study and pursuit of music, Stefanie began venturing into intermedia (audio, visual, and tactile information and the way they interact with one another) upon completing a Bachelor's in Music Composition, and have since been performing in various international new media festivals (Sounding Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan, Consciousness Reframed as presented by the Planetary Collegium - Beijing, China, Get It Louder - Shanghai, China) as well as throughout California (CCRMA - Stanford, Woodstockhausen - Santa Cruz, The Luggage Store Series - San Francisco). Stefanie is currently concentrating on transmuting her visions from the dimensionless realm of pure thought into a more accessible language, one that could actually be realized and communicated. She will be performing Aleph According to Borges' short story, the Aleph is a point in space that contains all other points. Could this be a state not unlike that of a consciousness at the very instant of its formation, a miniscule universe that embodies all the beginnings and ends of countless thoughts that would ever come out of the consciousness? Aleph is its creator's attempt to convey a truly immersive environment in an ethereal sense. Originally a three-screen/ three-projector installation, the Aleph features a mix of signal and noise, interlaced with womb-like organic textures. Echo de Pensees Sound Series is an ongoing series of sound performances and installations at California College of the Arts. The series strives to offer a venue for experimental and contemporary musicians and sound artists. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. The Museum of Viral Memory is primarily a rumor. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ PLAySPACE Gallery 1111 8th St San Francisco PLAySPACE Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of California College of the Arts, 1111 8th Street (at 16th and Wisconsin.) ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small businesses Copyright (c) 2005 Laughing Squid. 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