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craving a weekend getaway complete with the opportunities to watch excellent documentary films, attend a dance party in a bakery and hear a smattering of memorable radio stories? you're in luck. the true/false film festival is coming up february 23 -26 in columbia, mo. and i can say with authority that it's worth the drive, regardless of your starting point.i attended last year and will be returning with third coast festival colleagues to present a 'screening' of radio stories in the cozy ragtag cinema as part of the festival program. ticket and pass prices are reasonable, the staff and volunteers are the friendliest people imaginable and the whole city of columbia embraces this festival with open arms. i can't even imagine a better excuse for a roadtrip.and by the way,let's hear it for film people who also champion the power of audio storytelling!!!
i've taken a few trips to toronto in the past few years, and have become increasingly enamored with the place, even though most canadians i meet assure me i'd love montreal way more. one of my favorite memories includes a falafel shop that's open all night and wears bright lime green paint on its walls. this may not sound so appetizing, but we feasted for about $4 USD. i also have a distinct memory of a midnight tofu hotdog purchased from a street vendor in the pouring rain. oh, the selection of toppings - from relishes to onions to who knows what was in that last container on the end, the one that practically glowed yellow.
and i've noticed that toronto's one of the most photogenic places i've ever wandered around. there are beautiful, quiet glimpses all over the place, just waiting for someone to notice...like the box of zippers i couldn't pass by without pulling out my camera.
speaking of 'recording the moment'... there's an audio project out there called [murmur] that collects audio stories from different toronto neighborhoods. it welcomes stories from whoever has them, incorporating them into a nice looking website. [murmer] also travels around and collaborates with various festivals through installations and audio tours.
hmm. wonder if they want my tofu-hotdog-in-the-rain story...
a few posts ago (time is a curious measure in blog-land) dealt with how to build a recording studio in the comfort of your own home, but perhaps you'd like not only access to technology but also a little bit more in the guidance/support category. if this is the case and you happen to live in the chicagoland region you should most definitely check out the Experimental Sound Studio's 2006 Artists in Residency program.
the program is open to sonic artsis and 'non-sonic' artists alike, so don't think that just because you've never dabbled with a microphone or pro tools session you're not eligible. this is an opportunity for sound artists but also for anyone working in another field or medium to take the plunge and pick up that microphone. or open that pro tools session. [but it's kind of like you'd be wearing water wings. remember those?]
proposals will be accepted from march 1 - april 15.
download an application and guidelines here.
good luck. we expect great things from you.
in honor of the piano that's newly arrived in my life...
a couple weeks ago a chord was struck in a church in halberstadt, germany, in the perhaps best described as leisurely performance of john cage's "organ2/ASLSP" (As SLow aS Possible).
the piece was originally written to span 20 minutes on the piano but has been re-interpreted for the organ and stretched to last instead 639 years. The particular organ on which organ2/ASLSP is being played was built in 1361 and was the first with a 12 note fingering system (a quite important development in modern music...)
this lucky chord - A, C and F#, will have the pleasure of ringing out for a few years, aided in this by weights administered to the organ specially for this project.
keep your ears open for the next notes, two Es, scheduled for may 5th.
craving a weekend getaway complete with the opportunities to watch excellent documentary films, attend a dance party in a bakery and hear a smattering of memorable radio stories? you're in luck. the true/false film festival is coming up february 23 -26 in columbia, mo. and i can say with authority that it's worth the drive, regardless of your starting point.
