Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760: improvisation for four projectors
February 22-March 23 exhibition/new music
Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760: improvisation for four projectors
Laiwan (Vancouver) in collaboration with Lori Freedman (Montreal)
Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760 is a multi-media installation that uses film, audio, live performance, music improvisation and computer media. This multidisciplinary installation marries visual arts and new music, two disciplines that have collaborated for many years at Open Space. Quartet explores time and space as well as the presence/absence of cultural histories within a critique of the limitations of machines. Moreover, it addresses themes of contemplation/spontaneity, temporality/duration and bodily presence (live music)/ mediated absence (on film). As a whole it is a collaboration in which the framework created by the visual artist and the improvisational abilities of the musician allow for an exploration of the fleeting nature of improvisation and the relationship of body and machine.
Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760: improvisation for four projectors
Laiwan (Vancouver) in collaboration with Lori Freedman (Montreal)
Quartet for the Year 4698 or 5760 is a multi-media installation that uses film, audio, live performance, music improvisation and computer media. This multidisciplinary installation marries visual arts and new music, two disciplines that have collaborated for many years at Open Space. Quartet explores time and space as well as the presence/absence of cultural histories within a critique of the limitations of machines. Moreover, it addresses themes of contemplation/spontaneity, temporality/duration and bodily presence (live music)/ mediated absence (on film). As a whole it is a collaboration in which the framework created by the visual artist and the improvisational abilities of the musician allow for an exploration of the fleeting nature of improvisation and the relationship of body and machine.
Lori Freedman
February 15 new music - Solo Acoustic Series
Lori Freedman (Montreal)
Lori Freedman is internationally recognized for her work in contemporary, improvised and electroacoustic music. She frequently works in multidisciplinary projects collaborating with dance, theater and visual artists. Among many projects she has created two soundtracks: for Erika MacPherson's film Disobedience and for the video/performance work by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, The Headless Woman. She has commissioned 30 composers to write music for her and has a discography of 25 commercially available recordings, including her solo CD HUSKLESS! Lori Freedman Live in Concert. Her second solo recording À un moment donné (Ambiances Magnétiques) will soon be released in the fall of 2002.
Lori Freedman (Montreal)
Lori Freedman is internationally recognized for her work in contemporary, improvised and electroacoustic music. She frequently works in multidisciplinary projects collaborating with dance, theater and visual artists. Among many projects she has created two soundtracks: for Erika MacPherson's film Disobedience and for the video/performance work by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, The Headless Woman. She has commissioned 30 composers to write music for her and has a discography of 25 commercially available recordings, including her solo CD HUSKLESS! Lori Freedman Live in Concert. Her second solo recording À un moment donné (Ambiances Magnétiques) will soon be released in the fall of 2002.
10,000
February 8-March 23 vertical gallery
10,000 - Tanya Madsen
Installation that incorporates staples, sound and performance. An exploration of randomness and chaotic theory. The functionality and invention of a simple everyday object such as a staple will be explored as a marking and sculptural tool.
10,000 - Tanya Madsen
Installation that incorporates staples, sound and performance. An exploration of randomness and chaotic theory. The functionality and invention of a simple everyday object such as a staple will be explored as a marking and sculptural tool.