May 1, 2008 at 8:05 pm · Filed under Music
The third installment of the LISTEN/VISION series is coming up on Wednesday, May 14. This time, we are super happy to share that Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto), Frank Bretschneider and Olaf Bender from the Raster-Noton imprint will perform live, both individually and as a trio called Signal.
About Raster-Noton: Raster-Noton is a platform, a network covering the overlapping border areas of pop, art, and science. After surviving the storm that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall, East German sound manipulators Carsten Nicolai, Frank Bretschneider, and Olaf Bender pooled their resources as Raster-Noton and jacked into international art currents. Their minimalist electronic CDs and sound objects have sent power surges through a global grid connecting like-minded artists from Coil’s ElpH to Tokyo’s Ryoji Ikeda.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall
800 Chestnut Street
San Francisco
$15 general public, limited free seating for SFAI students
Please join us for this very special event, co-presented by Overlap.org and Volume Projects with generous support from the Goethe Institut.
Full info here: http://overlap.org/2008/03/31/listenvision-03-san-francisco-may-14th-2008/
March 14, 2008 at 8:23 pm · Filed under Music
Overlap.org and Volume Projects announce LISTEN/VISION 02, an evening of immersive sound and video art at the San Francisco Art Institute on Friday, March 21, 2008.
LISTEN/VISION 02 is part of a unique series presenting *unreleased* audiovisual compositions. These exclusive pieces — specifically commissioned from an international pool of contemporary artists — are not available anywhere on CD, DVD or on the Internet.
Featured Artists:
GREGG KOWALSKY – “Rosebud for Red Magus” – 2006 – 18:17 min.
Gregg Kowalsky resides in Oakland, California where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College. Kowalsky’s compositions range from drone and noise pieces to the psychedelic, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live mixes. He has composed for film, dance, acoustic ensembles and sound installations. Gregg’s debut full-length album “Through The Cardial Window” was released on the Kranky label in Spring 2006.
http://ossobucco.net/
DAVID KWAN - “SOLARIS” - 2006 - 10:07 min.
Kwan has presented work at the Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist Television Access, The Lab, and Mission 17 in San Francisco; Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Seattle; Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart; and Baracke am Deustchen Theater in Berlin. He received a BA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Electronic Music from Mills College where he teaches music, art and intermedia. http://www.meridiangallery.org/davidkwan2003.htm
CHIKA and I8U - “Infinity02″ - 2008 - 30:38 min.
CHIKA is a visual artist working within New York’s expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric minimalist patterns and original graphics in unique, repetitive combinations. I8U is a sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Her work reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analog and digital meet.
http://www.imagima.com
SAWAKO – “untitled” – 2006 – 15:18 min.
Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC-based sound sculptor who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence. She culls sounds from everyday life — field recordings, instruments, vocal and electronic sounds — and sets them floating in a digital space imbued with organic textures. Her unique sonic world has been called “post romantic sound” by Boston’s Weekly Dig.
http://www.12k.com/sawako.html
Previous events: http://overlap.org/tag/event
Friday, March 21, 2008
7-9pm
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall
800 Chestnut St. San Francisco, CA 94133
$5 Public, Free for SFAI students
April 27, 2006 at 3:51 am · Filed under Music
Overlap.org presents LISTEN
April 28th, 2006 - 8-10pm
June 23rd 2006 - 8-10pm
Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of event.
Studio Rasa
933 Parker St.
Berkeley, CA
LISTEN is a new audio series that will explore the art of intense listening. In collaboration with Audio Rasa and Overlap.org, Christopher Willits has commissioned * unreleased * sound works from an international pool of acclaimed contemporary sound makers. These unique recordings will be amplified within the beautiful Studio Rasa in Berkeley CA. Come prepared to tune in and zone out.
April 28th 2006
Frank Bretschneider
Sebastien Roux
Taylor Deupree
Kenneth Kirschner
Strategy
June 23rd 2006
Keiichi Sugimoto
Gregg Kowalsky
Greg Davis
Sawako
April 14, 2006 at 12:32 am · Filed under Music
Hello dear friends, I’m very excited to share with you OVERLAP 02! Come out, and bring friends witcha for a merry evening of experimental music, dance and performance art hailing from the Bay Area, Berlin and Japan. Also Greg’s album release for Kranky!
Live sets by:
Wobbly (Tigerbeat6)
Kyoka (from Groopies, Japan) + Christopher Willits
Yuko Kaseki (experimental dance performance, Berlin)
Gregg Kowalsky (Kranky)
The Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street (between Post and Sutter)
San Francisco, CA
$10
http://overlap.org
http://upcoming.org/event/64428/
February 17, 2006 at 10:17 pm · Filed under Music
Much dancing and merry-making to be had tomorrow night… come to the very first OVERLAP show, and bring your friends too!
Live set by bLevin bLectum
DJ set by Safety Scissors
Solo set by Christopher Willits
Flossin (Christopher Willits, Zach Hill, Kid606)
Visuals by Nate Boyce
The Hemlock Tavern
February 18, 2006
9:30pm - 2am
website coming soon: www.overlap.org
