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Serbia: Call for Electronic, Radiophonic and Multimedia works

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CALL FOR ELECTRONIC, RADIO PHONIC AND MULTIMEDIA WORKS

Art Of Sounds
Guarnerius, the Center of Arts, announces 1st annual Festival of Electronic, Radiophonic and Multimedia works, “Art of Sounds”, to be held on December 25-28, 2008, at the Guarnerius, the Center of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.

Submissions have to include:
1. CD or DVD, labeled with the name of the author, title of the piece and track number.
2. Written submission with:
? The name of the author, contact information (mailing address, e-mail, phone number) and institutional affiliation.
? The work title, media (Electronic, Radiophonic and Multimedia) and length.
? Biography and program notes of 250 words or less in MSWord.
? Written agreement to perform your work at the festival, taking place in the hall of Guarnerius, The Center of Arts. *

The submitted works may be of any duration. Submission of multiple works is encouraged.

By multimedia we mean works that experiment with the synthesis of different disciplines and media, and where the artistic concept and form of expression are centered around sound. In order to suggest some examples without restricting other possible forms of artistic expression, we invite submissions of video, performance, experimental film, interactive environments and installations, and other different forms of what are often called New Media.

Please note:
The organizer is not in a position to provide facilities for the production and exhibition of complex installation works, and so authors in this category are invited to submit DVD video-documentaries (with or without narration). Experimental film and video works should also be submitted in DVD format.
Note: The submission material, including CDs and DVDs will not be returned.
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2008 (postmarked).

Applicants will be notified of the program committee’s decision via e-mail by December 15th, 2008.

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
We are not able to pay for performance of the works at the festival in Guarnerius - The Center of Arts. We need your written agreement for the performance of your work exclusively for this occasion.

Questions can be directed to the Conference Chair Nada Kolundzija via email: nada.k@nadlanu.com
For more information please contact either Jelena Kuzmanovic at e-mail jelena@guarnerius.co.yu or visit our website at http://www.guarnerius.co.yu

Submissions should be sent to the following address:
Guarnerius, Center of the Art
Art of Sounds -AOS
Džordža Vašingtona 12
11000 Belgrade
SERBIA

Breakdance Your Mind!

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Audiopollen presents 5 days of modern Australian noise, sound, punk, free experimentation and DIY publishing in Brisbane at the end of November.
showcasing artists from these inspired labels:

breakdance the dawn (totally unique blue mountains based cassette / cdr one-man sweatshop that has published an incredible overflowing catalogue of brut unmediated musical creativity confronting preconceived notions of fidelity, songcraft, improvisation, psychadelia…) http://www.myspace.com/breakdancethedawn
http://breakdancethedawn.com/

black petal (tokyo based boutique cdr catalogue for personal psychadelia, broken heart and mind love songs, and heavy rock in immaculate handmade artwork and super limited edition)
http://www.blackpetal.com/

trapdoor tapes (severly art-damaged noise, punk and grind cassette and cdr project emanating from deep within the cultural wasteland of qld’s sunshine coast. anti-social music and behaviour from the sticks)
http://www.myspace.com/trapdoortapes

pulled out (high class vinyl only catalogue of sydney / blue mountains outsider hysteria)
http://pulledout.org/

musicyourmindwillloveyou (RIP… long live pacific soma) (freshly deseaced but legendary rural art-noise-psych press based in kyogle NSW and toowoomba QLD which played a pioneering, action inspiring global role, setting the bar for handmade esoteric mindmelt..)
http://www.mymwly.blogspot.com/

Musique Provocateur (Sydney Art / Pop / Noise / Vanity)
http://www.mprov.org

events…

WED NOVEMBER26 7PM - EXOTERIC GLEE CLUB #9
Globe Theatre,220 Brunswick St. Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, $6

gala gathering with three band areas (cinema, foyer stage, other place), in the iconic 70’s cinemaspace, featuring some very fine and rare buzz, an unbelievable merch stand and hired gun DJ’s from down south.

ANTIPAN (SYD) - echoing mantras of dark energy channelled outwardly via an omnidirectional spill of force fed feedback
IMPROMPTULONS - joyously damaged and hamfisted bigband gibberish
BLANK REALM - the long oblivion
BONG VILLAGE - heavy antisocial catharsis
WHITE PETUNIAS - romance, mystery, smoke
NECKHOLD - these kids are angry

DJ Sven Simulacrum (SYD) - bootlegs
DJ Down Pat (MELB) - sunshine and grease

THURSDAY NOVEMBER27 8PM - MONO (presented by ROOM40 and the IMA)
Institute of Modern Art, 420 BRUNSWICK STREET VALLEY, FREE!

gallery show hopefully with free booze to go with the free entry, organised by our great friends at room40 and the IMA and featuring a stellar lineup of the melodic, sonic and chronic.

STERN / GUERRA (BRIS / JAPAN) - the return of folkstep
RICHARD FRANCIS (NZ) - hardline avant sound sorcery
XNOBBQX (SYD) - rock enters the sublime dementia of its final days

FRIDAY NOVEMBER28 - MUTE CANARY PROJECT FREE JAM SESSION
Venue TBC - http://www.fourthousand.com.au/keyword/visible-ink-mute-canary-project/
freeform session open to all participants or observers with no rules, orthodoxy or expectation.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER29 7PM - BOOK NOOK - http://www.booknook.com.au/
Suite 10 173 Boundary St West End QLD

3 solo sets, never heard live in brisbane before (or again probably) from 3 killer originals of the underground scene.

ANTHONY GUERRA (JAP) - love abstraction
TERRACID (KYOGLE) - mind abstraction
MUURA (BLUE MOUNTAINS) - body abstraction

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 - 2pm
some sort of OUTDOOR INTERVENTION…. featuring battery operated and accoustic music and eating
HOSTED BY 6MAGIK9 AND FRIENDS…. details - rohanmusic@hotmail.com

A MUST HAVE BOOK Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia.

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Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia, should be available late November.

Written by artists, producers and participants in alternative music-making, and including a companion CD, Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia explores the development of forms, ideas and scenes from the 1970s to the present.

Edited by Gail Priest, with articles written by: Julian Knowles, Ian Andrews with John Blades. Cat Hope. Shannon O’Neill, Bo Daley, Alistair Riddell, Jim Denley, Virginia Madsen, Sean Bridgeman.
The book brings together a wide range of musical experimentation, from post-punk, noise, appropriation, electronic dance and listening music, to free improv, computer process music, experimental radio, instrument building and audiovisual fusions.

To accompany the book, a website www.experimentalmusicaustralia.net has been created to bring together information about experimental music and sound in Australia. There are 3 features that invite your input:

National Calendar: a web-based calendar (it’s a little bit ugly, but it’s free), to bring together listings from across the country. So if you have a gig, festival, exhibition, conference etc that you’d like listed you can send through information. If you produce multiple events or series you can have editing access.

Artist Directory: Hopefully a comprehensive map of people working in experimental music and sound across Australia. If you would like to be included, download the form, fill it in, and email back, or contact for further information.

Resource List: This is a mega links list starting with information drawn from the book on all things experimental music from gigs, organisations, online journals and a bibliography. Already an unwieldy monster, feel free to send through additions/suggestions.

For all of the above email: info@experimentalmusicaustralia.net

NOW now 2009 Festival Program Launch

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Monday, 24 November, 2008

In 2008 the festival made a bold move from it’s inner city Sydney lairs to the wide open spaces of the Blue Mountains, and breathed improvisational fresh air into the creative doings of sound explorers. In 2009 the festival will again be held in the Blue Mountains from 16th-18th of January, based around the Wentworth Falls School of Arts but taking an even more adventurous approach to improvised and exploratory music and its environment.

The festival program will be launched at a free concert on November 24th, featuring three performances rarely (or never before) seen in Sydney.

Anthea Caddy (cello) / Thembi Soddell (electronics), whose CD ILAND is one of the classics of exploratory music from Australia - two young Melbourne women redefining what it means to play with instruments and recorded sound.

Jack Dibben / Finn Ryan / Abel Cross / Aemon Webb – four of the best looking sonic explorers in Sydney form a boy band from hell.

+ Lloyd Swanton – a rare solo performance by Sydney’s master double bassist. His work with The Necks has for years been a sensuous anchor - come and hear him up close and alone.

Discounted festival passes will be available on the night, and the program featuring extraordinary international and Australian musicians, new collaborations, rare films about experimental music from Sydney and the world and a few surprises will be revealed.

Serial Space 33 Wellington St, Chippendale 8pm Free

Play Me, I’m Yours, Sydney Festival 2009

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The streets of Parramatta and Sydney’s CBD will sound more joyous this January, as British artist Luke Jerram populates the streets with 30 pianos for his public piano project.

Play Me, I’m Yours grew from Luke’s observation of how we see the same people every day on our streets, around our workplaces and in our parks but rarely stop to say hello. Out of this came a plan to use music as a catalyst for strangers to talk and to connect with one another.

The idea is simple – place playable pianos in public areas and invite everyone to come, play a tune or accompany a song. In previous cities Play Me, I’m Yours has brought hundreds of pianists out of the woodwork, encouraging people in a modest yet potent way to engage, activate and claim ownership of their city streets.

Luke Jerram previously surprised residents of Western Sydney during the 2007 Festival with an ‘orchestra’ suspended from hot-air balloons. This year’s earthbound intervention is sure to capture the imagination once again.

Check out each piano’s journey online. Upload films and photos of your street piano to streetpianos.com

Dawn Chorus : Sydney Festival January 2009

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Few places can match the splendour of Sydney’s beaches at sunrise. The stillness of the air, the cool sand beneath your feet and the water gently lapping the shore make for one of the most beautiful environments in the world. Add to this the angelic voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and you have a very special Festival event.

Dawn Chorus is a program of concerts that will take place at sunrise on some of Sydney’s best loved beaches. The audience is invited to sit on the sand and experience the majestic simplicity of over 100 voices heralding the arrival of another summer’s day.

As the sun rises on the horizon, the air will be filled with the inspirational music of Arvo Pärt, Eric Whitacre, John Tavener and four new works especially commissioned for the event by Raf Marcellino, Dan Walker, John Peterson and Iain Grandage.

Each concert will last 45 minutes, beginning at first light and ending as the sun begins to climb into the sky. A beautiful and inspiring way to begin an early day or end a late night, Dawn Chorus is not to be missed.

January 10 - Balmoral Beach
January 17 - Nielsen Park
January 24 - Clifton Gardens
January 31 - Bondi Beach

Music Forum magazine : call for articles

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Call for articles for the Music Council of Australia’s (MCA) Music Forum magazine.

The sections of the magazine are:

Music and Musicians. Profiles or interviews with musicians who offer something specially interesting.

The Affairs of Music. Articles about music’s situation in society, music politics, music business — very open to possibilities in this section.

Research. Research mainly about the situation of music, and about such things as music and learning, music and physiology, music and health. Pretty open, though we don’t usually publish musicological research about non-Australians.

Music education. Important pedagogical discoveries, the situation of music education especially in Australia, curricular innovations etc etc But not what you do in the classroom Monday morning.

Music Play for Life. Musical activities in communities or in schools, related to the campaign’s objective of encouraging music making.

Articles are usually between 500 and 4,000 words.

The deadline is DECEMBER 1. Early notice of your intention to submit an article is helpful.

Please send correspondence to Richard Letts at mca@mca.org.au and Rachel Hocking at rhocking@mca.org.au

SoundLAB call for submissions

Admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:34:40 +0000

In 2004, SoundLAB was launched as a corporate part of the global networking project [R][R][F]200x—>XP on the occasion of BEAP - Biennale of Electronic Art Perth/Australia 2004. Edition IV was launched in October
2006 under the title “memoryscapes” - incorporating 144 artists and 235 soundart pieces dealing with “memory and identity” in many different ways.

For its 6th edition to be launched in March 2009, SoundLAB would like to demonstrate the power of sound as a tool for artistic creations, and is therefore looking for soundart works, or more precise, sound compositions that represent a real challenge for human imagination.

Extended Deadline: 31 December

For more information, contact oundlab@newmediafest.org
http://soundlab.newmediafest.org

Renew Newcastle expressions of interest

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Renew Newcastle has been established to find short and medium term uses for buildings in Newcastle’s CBD that are currently vacant, disused, or awaiting redevelopment. Renew Newcastle aims to find artists, cultural
projects and community groups to use and maintain these buildings until they become commercially viable or are redeveloped. Renew Newcastle is not set up to manage long term uses, own properties or permanently develop sites but to generate activity in buildings until that future long term activity happens.

Renew Newcastle is currently calling for expressions of interest to be part of our first group of pilot projects. If you want to be part of this exciting initiative now is the time to let us know! We are keen to hear from artists, artisans, craftspeople, or community groups who may have a good idea for a project that could take place in the vacant shop fronts and commercial spaces in Newcastle’s CBD.

For more information, email renewnewcastle@gmail.com

www.renewnewcastle.org

NEXT WAVE Kick Start applications open

Admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:26:42 +0000

Kickstart is Next Wave’s major artist development program, and young emerging artists working across all art forms are invited to apply. Kickstart will give you time and money to create ambitious new work for the 2010 Next Wave Festival. Kickstart artists will receive a series of free workshops in Melbourne, development funding, and the ongoing advice and support of the Next Wave staff. Kickstart is a chance to meet and work with other artists also making new work. Kickstart is open to individuals and groups. You must be under 30 at the start of 2009 to apply.

Successful applicants to Kickstart 2009 are eligible to receive: Up to $5,000 cash support from Next Wave: assistance with seeking further funding and/or sponsorship and three x 3-day Development Intensives over the Kickstart period. These are weekend-long programs of workshops, field trips and presentations running Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Deadline: 15 December. Kickstart begins February 2009.
For more information, contact nextwave@nextwave.org.au or call on 03 9329 9422.
http://inside.nextwave.org.au/news/next-wave-kickstart-2009