Make it, Install it, Perform it: Listen
SASSAS presents four new artist lead workshops at The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
Learn about the intersection of visual art and experimental sound through the work of four prominent Los Angeles based artists--Carole Kim, Rick Potts, Steve Roden, and Nina Waisman--as they guide you through the construction of one or more of their key works. Topics include non-traditional instrument building, improvisation, theory, collaboration, and performance in workshops designed to enhance the understanding of experimental practices for both novices and pros.
STEVE RODEN - April 15
CAROLE KIM - April 22
NINA WAISMAN - April 29
RICK POTTS - May 06
Workshop Information:
Class Times:
7pm -10pm
Ages:
Adults
Tuition:
$100 for the four class series, or $35 per workshop ($30 for CFAER and SASSAS members)
Location:
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041
www.centerartseaglerock.org
323-226-1617
Mail-in Enrollment: advance registration only!
Download the registration form (you will need Adobe PDF reader to view this document), print it out, complete the form, and mail it to the center with your payment for receipt by April 14th.
Note: If registering for individual workshops please indicate preferred date and artist
Online Enrollment: advance registraion only!
You may also register online for the four class series or individual workshops by clicking on the appropriate link below:
Register for the four class series
Steve Roden workshop only
Carol Kim workshop only
Nina Waisman workshop only
Rick Potts workshop only
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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday prior to workshop (advance registration only!)
Workshop Descriptions:
APRIL 15
STEVE RODEN
Steve Roden leads a workshop using the concept of the Phonoautograph as a means to explore the notation of sound towards the making of a score and improvising music. Invented in 1850, The Photoautograph translated sound into a drawing etched into a field of soot. That drawing, recently translated via a computer program into audible sound, is now considered the earliest known audio recording. The movement back and forth between sound and image is the basis for the workshop. Steve will begin with an introduction to his own work and will then lead the group in two hands on components -- the first exploring various listening and notation strategies directly on to 16mm film stock, the second, to view the film projected, and to explore ensemble improvisation using the film as a "score.” This will be a decidedly low tech affair, and rather than focus on specific techniques, the hope is that participants can share much in the way of dialogue surrounding listening, drawing, translating, improvising, composing, etc.
Participants must bring their own instruments and own amplification if needed.
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APRIL 22
CAROLE KIM
The focal point of Carole Kim’s workshop is an installation at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock using multiple live feed cameras and video projections. Carole will give a general introduction to her own work which involves working with video as a live medium, engaging with the architecture of a space, and unique approaches to new technologies. For the remaining portion of the workshop, participants will explore as a group in a very active and hands-on way an installation linking the interior and exterior spaces of the Center for the Arts. Participants need not have any prior experience other than a willingness to experiment through movement, sound, and space.
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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday April 20 (advance registration only!)
APRIL 29
NINA WAISMAN
Dancing with ghosts: physical computing, sound and social scripting
Nina Wiseman explores the world of “physical computing” – a creative framework for understanding how our bodies interact with the digital world. Nina will present documentation of several interactive sound installations with a focus on how physical computing can make visceral the impact of social scripts on our bodily and logical experience. The 2nd half of the workshop will include a hands-on, collaborative construction of an interactive sound environment/instrument using sensors, microcontrollers and Pd (aka Pure Data), an open source platform used by artists practicing in this field. No prior tech knowledge needed.
Students are asked to please bring a few short recordings (on CD or flash drive) of sound from daily life to interact with during the workshop. The sound can be yours or appropriated (use Google to find free recordings all over the web), 1-2 minutes or less, aif or wav format preferred, 44k, 16 bit. You can use the free sound editing software “Audacity” to edit and convert your sound ahead of class into wav or aif files: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ To do this, in Audacity, set the quality to 44k, 16 bit under “preferences/quality”. Import your sound. Set the export file type to aif or wav, 16 bit, by going to “preferences/file format”. Cut your sound as desired, select it in its track, then select “export selection as wav” (or aif). No need to add effects to your sound – we will do this in the workshop. If a couple of people can bring extra laptop computers with Audacity and sound on them, that would add to the possibilities.
Workshop participants are encouraged to visit one of Nina’s installations currently up in SoCal, as documentation is not the same as experiencing these pieces in person. Gallery 727, downtown LA, collaboration with CUBO, through April 25; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Feb 7- June 21; or The new International Wing of the CECUT, Tijuana, Mexico, through April 6, interactive installation in the entrance to this new wing.
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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday April 27 (advance registration only!)
MAY 06
RICK POTTS
Found Sounds: Transforming Everyday Objects into Instruments
Rick Potts, home brew instrument specialist, will demonstrate how to make amazing sounds using things from home. Rick’s lecture will be followed by a hands-on session and then a group improvisation using everyday objects as instruments.
Each student should being a few or several objects to the workshop – below is a list of suggestions. Feel free to bring objects from the list or add your own!
Unsharpened wooden pencils, bicycle, rubber bands, balloons, latex gloves, tubes and tubing, nylon fishing line, guitar strings, electric drink mixer, electric eraser, 50 cent coin, quarters, deck of cards, scissors, expired credit cards, clothespins, baling wire, diagonal pliers (w/wire cutter), rubber mallet, pipes and piping, animal calls, junk pots, pans, pot lids, metal trays, cans, tins, boxes, stainless steel clay shapers, springs, street cleaner bristles, electric toothbrush, electric guitar, scrub brush, cooking utensils, garden hoses, tableware (table knife, spoons, forks), bathroom door, gravel, uncooked rice, rocks, wire coat hangers, heavy thread, empty 5 gallon and 2 1/2 gallon water bottles, paddle ball, vintage Casio pocket calculator, radio, Superballs, chopsticks, sticks and dowels, gaffers or duct tape, funnels, wine glasses, empty bottles, hair brush, comb, wax paper, drinking straws, open-end wrenches, Styrofoam, plastic drain pipes, Styrofoam cups, dried gourds, scrap wood (2x2s or 2x4 boards, plywood, anything under 4 foot or easy to fit in a car), old keys, beads, bolts and nuts, hand saw, springs, adjustable drawing table lamp, vacuum cleaner, sump pump drain hose, flexible gas pipe, cello/violin/bass bow, Nylabone dog toys (the kind with the gum massaging nubs) ...anything from your junk drawer or the trunk/backseat of your car.
WARNING: Once these objects have been turned into instruments, some of them may not be able to be returned to their previous condition.
register for Rick Potts workshop
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday May 4 (advance registration only!)
About the Artists:
Carole Kim's performance-based video installations immerse the audience in decentralized, layered landscapes. She collaborates with experimental artists, musicians and dancers to realize live events that attain a hybrid interdisciplinary form.
Rick Potts is an improviser and instrument maker who has been on the musical fringe of Los Angeles the last 30 years. A home-made sound scientist and founding member of the L.A. Free Music Society (L.A.F.M.S.), Rick produces sounds which are unique, alarming, and funny with custom hinge-neck guitars, musical saw, synths, samplers and random objects.
Steve Roden is a visual and sound artist from Los Angeles. His work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film/video, and sound. Most of his work is invested in the quiet activities of looking and listening, through a working process that involves a combination of self invented scores and purely intuitive responses. Recent site-specific sound installations include: the James Turrell Skyspace at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle and the St. Agnes Beguinage in Kortrijk.
Nina Waisman's work considers technologically driven forms of control and communication, provoked by technology's in-forming of the body's space, time, and movements. Her production ranges from interactive sound-and-sculpture installations to object-making, with projects shown at venues such as LACE in Los Angeles, the CECUT in Tijuana, the House of World Cultures in Berlin, and the San Diego Museum of Art.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, a special donation from Amoeba Music and the generous contributions of our members. For further information on SASSAS: www.sassas.org or contact us at 323.960.5723.
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