http://adamsthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/green-eggs-and-ham-at-espacesono/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://adamsthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/green-eggs-and-ham-at-espacesono/#comment-2 t/c/v Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:40:16 +0000 http://adamsthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/green-eggs-and-ham-at-espacesono/#comment-2 My apologies for the soundcheck in SAT's Cafe space. It has been a consistent downfall of SAT's Gallery space for all the exhibitions that have presented there. Unfortunately there is little I can do about it. As for espaceSONO, I would consider giving it a second chance. Though the exhibition is tight due to the space constraints of the Gallery (which I can do very little about), the pieces have been chosen to relate to the place of their installation. For example, the pieces inside the Cube have all been particularly placed for their 'dark' characteristics. The two pieces from Fransciso Lopez, for example, who calls for his work to be heard in the dark, are in the darkened cube. The pieces on the bed, for example, were placed their to facilitate a long listening session, even a quasi-sleep state. And the couch offers the most inviting pieces, while the tent offers pieces that, while not as inwardly-focused as the cube, nonetheless call for a more private encounter. Each DVD station has been ordered alphabetically, yet various artists repeat themselves at each station, thus offering the chance -- such as with ERUPTION -- to hear different works in different listening environments. In any case, I challenge you to name a single sound-art exhibit that has gone this far to engage the listener with an environment. Frankly, sound-art submissions that are not installations are usually placed in CD players mounted to the wall. I would hope you would agree this exhibit is more successful than that. In the meantime, I would suggest checking it out again. Feel free to contact me for a free guestlist to our show on the 27th featuring several of the exhibition's artists, and I would be happy to offer you a private tour. cheers, tobias c. van Veen [ tobias (at) upgrademtl (dot) org ]. My apologies for the soundcheck in SAT’s Cafe space. It has been a consistent downfall of SAT’s Gallery space for all the exhibitions that have presented there. Unfortunately there is little I can do about it. As for espaceSONO, I would consider giving it a second chance. Though the exhibition is tight due to the space constraints of the Gallery (which I can do very little about), the pieces have been chosen to relate to the place of their installation. For example, the pieces inside the Cube have all been particularly placed for their ‘dark’ characteristics. The two pieces from Fransciso Lopez, for example, who calls for his work to be heard in the dark, are in the darkened cube. The pieces on the bed, for example, were placed their to facilitate a long listening session, even a quasi-sleep state. And the couch offers the most inviting pieces, while the tent offers pieces that, while not as inwardly-focused as the cube, nonetheless call for a more private encounter. Each DVD station has been ordered alphabetically, yet various artists repeat themselves at each station, thus offering the chance — such as with ERUPTION — to hear different works in different listening environments. In any case, I challenge you to name a single sound-art exhibit that has gone this far to engage the listener with an environment. Frankly, sound-art submissions that are not installations are usually placed in CD players mounted to the wall. I would hope you would agree this exhibit is more successful than that. In the meantime, I would suggest checking it out again. Feel free to contact me for a free guestlist to our show on the 27th featuring several of the exhibition’s artists, and I would be happy to offer you a private tour. cheers, tobias c. van Veen [ tobias (at) upgrademtl (dot) org ].

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