…life under hylaster

I’m in Vancouver for the Signal+Noise Festival hosted by a very friendly media arts production and distribution center called VIVO. The fest is comprised of three days of video, sound/music performance and diffusion, and installation. Plus some odd performance art pieces taking place during intermissions. My piece “Stalwart cercle, wavering canton” was selected for one of the audio playback/diffusion sets. That means I’m just here to listen to my piece being played over a fancy 8-speaker system in a large listening space.

The highlights from the first night: a hilarious and disturbing video piece by Vancouver locals Emily Vey Duke, fellow Deep Listener Kathy Kennedy’s live sound perfromance, an installation involving a little box of hearing aids making feedback, and a short set by Mecca Normal(!) who I hadn’t seen in almost 10 years.
Thanks to the Orange County Arts Commission for awarding me a grant to help out with some of the travel expenses. And also to Stephanie Loveless for billeting me.

..Audience participants in Kathy Kennedy’s piece.

The view from my hosts’ house.

One of my hosts.

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(Poster by Cree)

This Saturday there is an opportunity to support a new Durham venue (!) as well as a slew of bands who have chosen to face the cold and ruthless music biz as duos. The festival is the brainspawn of Dave Cantwell who says:

If you think I’m going to write a clever blurb about each of these
bands, you’re crazy. Just keep in mind that each beautifully deals with the
compositional liabilities, freedoms, and benefits of having two members.
And they *all* fucking rule.
If you need to know more, they all are listed as “Top Friends” on the
Duo-Fest Myspace page listed above. Please check ‘em out!!

I’ll be there. Not only do I stand firmly behind the concept - having played in a duo for several years - but my current/sporadic duo project Oh My God i Just had The Most Amazing Year is on the bill.

It’s sort of an all-day-into-the-night event, and you can check the Duo-Fest Myspace page for a full schedule. OMGIJHTMAY is slotted for 5:30.

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