a virtual space project
miami born composer, intermedia artist jason freeman is creating a web applet he calls sound microscope that will help users explore the complex inner structures of sounds to be accessible through isaw’s main page :: tuesday, april 15, 2008 is the designated launch date
interactivity in flock
a lecture by composer JASON FREEMAN as part of the understanding sound lecture series in partnership with the carnival center for the performing arts
monday, december 3, 2007 / 7:30 pm
peacock education center
carnival center for the performing arts
1300 biscayne boulevard, miami
free and open to the public
composer jason freeman will discuss the ideas
and intricacies behind [...]
in conversation about the john cage trust
LAURA KUHN and GUSTAVO MATAMOROS
as part of isaw’s understanding sound series
in partnership with the carnival center for the
performing arts
this will be an open conversation about john cage, the trust and laura’s isaw residency in support of isaw’s
awareness campaign and is FREE to the general public.
wednesday, november 7, 2007 [...]
research and restoration residency: cage: miami footprint
LAURA KUHN, director of the john cage trust
Photo by Betty Freeman
LAURA KUHN, comes to miami for a research and
restoration residency at the interdisciplinary sound arts workshop.
Together with isaw’s director, who will assist her with mastering and
restoration work, they will be assembling john cage’s miami footprint
from materials in isaw’s experimental [...]
sleepless night: piano marina
GUSTAVO MATAMOROS, piano
a six-hour long marathon performance
piano marina, recording: gustavo matamoros, audio format: mp3
our senses are tools that help our mind interact with the outside world. piano marina is a metaphor of this relationship. inside studio 5 of miami city ballet’s building, a six-hour long performance takes place at the [...]
why do children and whales sing?
For over 30 years, david dunn has been recording the natural world as a sound artist, composer, and bio-acoustician. this has led him to explore a wide range of diverse phenomena including many that are only accessible through the use of unique technologies that he has developed. he [...]
David Dunn, author of Why do Whales and Children Sing? will collaborate with iSAW on a series of sound - based tools to illustrate concepts of science in the classroom. He will conduct a microphone building workshop titled micro - listening for artists, musicians, biologists and sound enthusiasts, as well as lecture and discuss ideas regarding symbiotic collaborations between artists and scientists. David Dunn is president of Art and Science Laboratory in Santa Fe, NM; he has been praised enthusiastically for his recordings, live compositions, and intelligent commentary, and is the recipient of the 2007 Henry Cowell Music Award.
listening at the edges: the necessity for double description
as part of the understanding sound lecture series
in partnership with carnival center for the performing arts
for over three decades there has been an ongoing discourse that has addressed the role that the sonic arts can play in increasing our collective awareness to environmental issues through sensitizing us [...]
miami sound and media design artist rene barge has received isaw’s 2007-08 creative fellowship which provides him with one year of access to our [i] sound studio for developing new work. his fellowship work can be heard at www.quietmatter.com and fron-d.com
Residency: Micro-Listening
DAVID DUNN, composer
walrus underwater, recording: david dunn, audio format: mp3
DAVID DUNN, author of Why Do Whales and Children Sing? will collaborate with iSAW on a series of sound - based tools to illustrate concepts of science in the classroom. He will conduct a microphone building workshop titled Micro Listening for artists, musicians, biologists and [...]
