Regenwald 2011: a workshop/installation/performance in the spirit of David Tudor

with Derek Holzer (USA/DE) & Mads Bech Paluszewski (DK)

*Overview*

Regenwald 2011 is a contemporary re-interpretation of David Tudor’s series of compositions from the 1970′s entitled “Rainforest”. It uses various types of sonic transducers to play live sounds through various resonant objects in the performance space, as well as through architectural features of the space itself. Additionally, an 8×8 matrix mixer allows the sound from any of the objects to be sent to any of the performers, making the whole piece an experiment in generative chaos.

Regenwald 2011 will be developed in a workshop format with up to 8 participants over a period of several days. The resulting work should shift between relatively static installation-like moments and performative sections where the artists seek new relationships with the objects and each other. The audience is free to move around the performance space, engage in conversations and explore the resonant objects, thus adding new life to the rainforest.

A opening night presentation will introduce the concept of Regenwald 2011 and the context of “Schematic as Score” as seen in the works of both David Tudor and John Cage.

*Documentation*

A rough schematic of a previous transducer system (Regenskog 2010) can be seen here:
http://macumbista.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/regnskog_notext.png

Documentation of Regenskog 2010 can be found here:
http://macumbista.net/?p=1840

*Dates*

28 January – 01 February, 12:00-19:00 daily: Regenwald 2011 workshop in West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

01 February 21:00 opening Regenwald 2011 presentation/performance, West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

02 February – 05 February 18-22:00 daily: Regenwald 2011 installation, West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

*Participate*

The Regenwald 2011 workshop is open for 8 participants who will be selected and notified on or before 16 January 2011. There is no fee to participate. Applying participants should be:

–Comfortable working in a collaborative environment
–Knowledgeable in the basics of acoustics
–Proficient in one or more chosen analog or digital sound instruments and/or systems for working with sound
–Capable of bringing any equipment they require beyond the basics of the transducer system (instruments, mixers, computers, etc etc)

Please send an email to regenwald2011@clubtransmediale.de by 12 January with the following information:

–Name, location and short bio (max 100 words)
–Short statement of interest (max 300 words)
–Short description of your chosen instrument or system (max 300 words)
–Links to audio/video documentation of one solo work and one collaborative work you have made

*Workshop Leaders*

Derek Holzer (1972) is an American sound artist living in Berlin, whose current interests include DIY analog electronics, sound art, field recording and the meeting points of electroacoustic, noise, improv and extreme music. He has played live experimental sound, as well as taught workshops in noise art technology, across Europe, North America, Brazil and New Zealand.
http://www.macumbista.net

Danish sound artist and cultural producer Mads Bech Paluszewski (1977) works with circuit bending, sound installations, tactile acoustics and performances from his Copenhagen base. Solo and as a member of several groups of experimental audio/visual music and performance groups, he has performed at many Nordic music and sound art festivals. He has also held several workshops in circuit bending and user driven sound installations in Denmark.

*Partners*

Regenwald is a join production of DISK/Club Transmediale and Tuned City/DOCK e.V.
http://www.clubtransmediale.de
http://www.tunedcity.net

I am transferring this blog to a new host over the next several days. Expect delays.

Here.

barn owl–ancestral star[2010 thrill jockey]
bastard noise–a culture of monsters[2010 deep six]
burzum–belus[2010 byelobog productions]
crippled black phoenix–i, vigilante[2010 invada]
deathspell omega–paracletus[2010 season of mist]
dispirit–rehearsal at oboroten cs[2010]
drudkh–handful of stars[2010 season of mist]
eleh–repose[2010 touch]
emeralds–does it look like i’m here?[2010 editions mego]
expo 70–the vanishing world within[2010 sonic meditations]
grails–black tar prophecies vol iv[2010 important]
hecker–neu[2010 editions mego]
jana winderen–energy field[2010 touch]
jon mueller–the whole[2010 type]
keith fullerton whitman–variations for oud and synthesizer 7″[2010 no label]
kevin drumm–necro acoustic 5cd box[2010 picadisk]
kiss the anus of a black cat–hewers of wood and drawers of water[2010 zeal]
loscil–endless falls[2010 kranky]
oneohtrix point never–returnal[2010 editions mego]
pan sonic–gravitoni[2010 blast first]
robin fox–a handful of automation[2010 editions mego]
silvester anfang ii–commune cassetten lp[2010 blackest rainbow]
starkweather–this sheltering night[2010 deathwish inc]
swans–my father will guide me up a rope to the sky[2010 young god][pictured]
thomas ankersmit–live in utrecht[2010 ash international]
various artists–to scratch your heart: early recordings from istanbul[2010 honest jons]
watain–lawless darkness[2010 season of mist]
woven hand–the threshingfloor[2010 glitterhouse]
yellow swans–being there+going places[2010 type]
zaimph–coast to coast c40[2010 gift tapes]

Happy 2011!!!!

From all those sweaters, you should get a pretty good idea just how cold it is here in Berlin right now! Photos by Julien Percy (NK) and Kyd Campbell (TinyNoise), video by Cy Lixe. Thanks to all the participants, it was awesome!

Now Playing

daniel higgs–live in berlin[29.11.10 madame claude/experimontag]
deathspell omega–paracletus[2010 season of mist]
kiss the anus of a black cat–hewers of wood and drawers of water[2010 zeal]
wolves in the throne room–live in berlin[24.11.10 cassiopeia]
woven hand–the threshingfloor[2010 glitterhouse]

After 5 years, the end of an era has come. On the last day of 2010, the Soundtransit.nl site will officially close. The Waag Society in Amsterdam, who physically hosts our server, has more than quadrupled the rent in the past year. Relocating to a cheap commercial host is simply not possible based on the unique technical needs of the site, so we are forced to shut the project down. The archived field recordings will hopefully be relocated through the kind support of Soundcloud.com, however the ability to make and send transits will be lost.

I would personally like to thank each and every one of the contributors and users for their support, interest and enthusiasm over the last years, and I wish them all the best of luck with their future projects.