Gilles Aubry and Yves Mettler will present Black Move,
a new installative work at Kunsthaus Langenthal.
Opening on May 2 2012
Kunsthaus Langenthal
Marktgasse 13 4900 Langenthal
www.kunsthauslangenthal.ch
May 2 - July 8 2012 - New installation @ Kunsthaus Langenthal
Gilles Aubry and Yves Mettler will present Black Move,
a new installative work at Kunsthaus Langenthal.
Opening on May 2 2012
Kunsthaus Langenthal
Marktgasse 13 4900 Langenthal
www.kunsthauslangenthal.ch
January 2012 - Contribution in art mag 'zeitschrift'
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Images, texts & mp3 from my composition in progress 'MIDI Storm' are part of the art publication 'Zeitschrift' (January 2012 'Déja Vu' edition) from Vienna.
more info under:
www.theselection.net/zeitschrift
Images, texts & mp3 from my composition in progress 'MIDI Storm' are part of the art publication 'Zeitschrift' (January 2012 'Déja Vu' edition) from Vienna.
more info under:
www.theselection.net/zeitschrift
Feb 23-26 2012 - GLOBAL PRAYERS Theme Day @ HKW, Berlin
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The Global Prayers research project examines the mobilization of the religious and its effect on urban life in the 21st century.
The Theme Days at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (February 23–26, 2012) bring together the different strands of scientific and artistic research and provide a forum for a large audience to discuss them in a variety of formats with the participation of international experts.
Guests include Brian Larkin, Filip de Boeck, Thomas Burkhalter, Helmut Draxler, among many others.
My audio essay "Echoes of Light and Darkness" will be presented during the opening night (Feb 23, 19h).
My multichannel soundscape composition "L'Amplification des Âmes" will be played on Friday Feb 24 at 18h30, as part of the 'Transnational Routes' Session.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin
T 030 39 78 71 75
January 27 - April 1 2012 - Camera Austria, Graz
See more picture of the exhibition HERE
Opening: January 27
Artist talks on January 28
CAMERA AUSTRIA
Lendkai 1
8020 Graz, Austria
www.camera-austria.at
December 17 2011 - Urban Documents - an artistic field recording workshop with Gilles Aubry
Sound artist Gilles Aubry offers workshop participants a short, practical introduction to field recording. He will also talk about his own artistic practice. Following a short presentation of his work in the current exhibition 'the Urban Cultures of Global Prayers', the participants will go about making their own audio recordings of simple day-to-day situations in the immediate vicinity of the NGBK.
After this excursion, the participants will gather back at the NGBK and do some 'collective listening' as well as discussing experiences and results. Aspects of sound production will be discussed, such as: how does the author of the work position themselves? Who is heard? Who is not heard? How can we record the sound of spaces? What is the difference between auditive documentation and classic visual documentation formats?
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK)
Oranienstr. 25
10999 Berlin
www.ngbk.de
Nov 12 2011 - Jan 8 2012 // Exhbition The Urban Cultures of Global Prayers
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New art works "Pluie de Feu" and " and "The Laman Encounter" by Gilles Aubry
for the group exhibition "Urban cultures of Global Prayers" at NGBK Gallery, Berlin.
The exhibition the Urban Cultures of Global Prayers takes place at the NGBK in Berlin from Nov 11, 2011 to Jan 8th, 2012. It looks at the media-based and cultural modes of expression of global prayers (through photographic series, video installations and soundscapes) and at the mobilization of the religious and its effect on urban life in the 21st century. The questions at the center of this investigation concern the relationship between new urban religious movements and state structures, the adaption of public tasks by non-state actors, autonomous organizational structures, the localization of transnational actors, and the production of urban space by religious communities.
Other artists include: Sabine Bitter / Helmut Weber (AT), Lía Dansker (AR), Aryo Danusiri (ID), Katja Eydel (D), Frida Hartz (MX), Magdalena Kallenberger / Dorothea Nold (D), Verónica Mastrosimone (AR), Rika Collective (KE), Sandra Schäfer (D), Surabhi Sharma (IN), Sevgi Ortaç (TR), Jens Wenkel / Lagos Film Workshop (NG), Paola Yacoub (LB).
Opening, Berlin: November 11, 2011
On view: November 12, 2011–January 8, 2012
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK)
Oranienstr. 25
10999 Berlin
www.ngbk.de
Oct 14 2011 - Kontraste festival Krems 2011
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Kontraste Festival 2011 in Krems, Austria.
Gilles Aubry will present a new composition "Les âmes amplifiées" created especially for the GRM Loudspeaker orchestra (acousmonium).
Kontraste Festival 2011 in Krems, Austria.
Gilles Aubry will present a new composition "Les âmes amplifiées" created especially for the GRM Loudspeaker orchestra (acousmonium).
Sept 11 2011 - Silence Radio
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New audio piece "Profanations" by Gilles Aubry to be released on Silence Radio.
Pieces by other artist include Dominique Petitgand, Hanna Hartman & Alvin Curran.
New audio piece "Profanations" by Gilles Aubry to be released on Silence Radio.
Pieces by other artist include Dominique Petitgand, Hanna Hartman & Alvin Curran.
Sep 8 2011 - Twisted Realism - Venice Biennale
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Projection of "Twisted Realism", a film by Raphael Cuomo & Maria Iorio at the 54th Venice Biennale, sound mix by Gilles Aubry.
TWISTED REALISM
Twisted Realism takes Pasolini’s film Mamma Roma (1962) as a case study to investigate the period of reconstruction and “economic miracle” in Italy. A polyphony of voices recounts the scenario of the film as well as different aspects of its production and diffusion, which manifest political moments within the broader cinematic agency. The video revisits some shooting locations of Mamma Roma and embodies a new geography of contemporary Rome and its historical and present peripheries. It investigates various “aesthetics of reality” in the cinematographic depictions of the urban development of the INA-Casa Tuscolano district, a large-scale social housing project built between 1950 and 1960, and deconstructs the propagandistic logics of a series of “documentary” films that promoted both the government plans and a new expression of citizenship. Twisted Realism manifests the institutional and legal frameworks of the current commercial exploitation of Mamma Roma to question the privatization of culture and the monopolization of the mediascape as well as a certain mode of writing national history. It uncovers the power relationships and state violence that gave a decisive influence to Pasolini’s project behind the present mercantile discourses on the “glorious Italian art cinema of the 1960s”.
CHEWING THE SCENERY
| 54th Venice Biennale
2nd Live-Events Program 7–10 September 2011 and Exhibition
Teatro Fondamenta Nuove,
Cannaregio 5013, Venezia
June 19 to September 18 2011: Outdoor art exhibition – Môtiers
Reversible Sound Wall (2011)
Installation by Gilles Aubry commissioned by the Swiss federal art commission for the « Art en plein air 2011 » group exhibition in Môtiers, Switzerland (June 19 – September 18 2011).
The installation is a 8 meters-long transparent sound screen built according to European industrial standards for traffic noise reduction along highways in residential or natural areas.
More info HERE
May 29 2011 - The Politics of Listening, Artist presentation at Oscillation series, Berlin
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Oscillation Series No. 9
date: 29th of May 2011, Sun. 8pm
title: The Politics of Listening
with: Rachel O’Dwyer and Gilles Aubry (moderated by Jan Thoben and Shintaro Miyazaki)
place: General Public, Schönhauser Allee 167c, Berlin.
Rachel O’Dwyer – Media Publics: The Politics of Listening Together
Recent transformations in media practices through digitally networked platforms have chronicled a shift from traditional media audience models towards ‘media publics’, reflecting the active and engaged stance that this term infers. Today’s media publics, it can be argued, are not passive receivers, but are directly contributing to the critique, production and dissemination of contemporary culture.
This talk will explore this condition by focusing on the evolution of contemporary listening practices in response to the proliferation of mobile, networked and reproduction technologies. In light of changing media ecologies, how might we understand listening, as opposed to discursive practices, as publically and politically orientated? What opportunities exist for political consensus, action, or resistance through these new ways of listening together?
Gilles Aubry: Artist Presentation
For the Sonic Theories series, Gilles Aubry will present some of his recent artistic works, including Hi-Fi Borders (2010), an installation combining a research on the transformation of the Swiss-French border within the Schengen context and a critical analysis of surround sound technology, Outside of the Plane (2008), an installation based on a conversation about airplanes sounds with Egyptian sound artist Magdi Mustafa and Reversible Sound Wall (2011), an installation created for the outdoor art exhibition “Art en plein Air 2011” in Môtiers, Switzerland. These works will serve as an introduction for discussing several artistic strategies related to political aspects of sound production and reception within various contexts.
Oscillation Series No. 9
date: 29th of May 2011, Sun. 8pm
title: The Politics of Listening
with: Rachel O’Dwyer and Gilles Aubry (moderated by Jan Thoben and Shintaro Miyazaki)
place: General Public, Schönhauser Allee 167c, Berlin.
Rachel O’Dwyer – Media Publics: The Politics of Listening Together
Recent transformations in media practices through digitally networked platforms have chronicled a shift from traditional media audience models towards ‘media publics’, reflecting the active and engaged stance that this term infers. Today’s media publics, it can be argued, are not passive receivers, but are directly contributing to the critique, production and dissemination of contemporary culture.
This talk will explore this condition by focusing on the evolution of contemporary listening practices in response to the proliferation of mobile, networked and reproduction technologies. In light of changing media ecologies, how might we understand listening, as opposed to discursive practices, as publically and politically orientated? What opportunities exist for political consensus, action, or resistance through these new ways of listening together?
Gilles Aubry: Artist Presentation
For the Sonic Theories series, Gilles Aubry will present some of his recent artistic works, including Hi-Fi Borders (2010), an installation combining a research on the transformation of the Swiss-French border within the Schengen context and a critical analysis of surround sound technology, Outside of the Plane (2008), an installation based on a conversation about airplanes sounds with Egyptian sound artist Magdi Mustafa and Reversible Sound Wall (2011), an installation created for the outdoor art exhibition “Art en plein Air 2011” in Môtiers, Switzerland. These works will serve as an introduction for discussing several artistic strategies related to political aspects of sound production and reception within various contexts.
May 14 - 22 2011 - solo exhibition, Musée Réattu, Arles
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Exposition – Exhibition
14.05 – 22.05.2011
Musée Réattu, Arles
As a guest of the effervescent setting of the Musée Réattu | Sur mesures, where revolve contemporary art and Old Master paintings, Gilles Aubry – an anthropologist at least as much as a sound sculptor – draws the raw material of a journey that puts everything at stake. Inserted into the network of the museum spaces, his intervention Flux donnés à entendre works as an ionizing layer, quietly modifying the relationship between sculpture, drawing and photography present in the site. By varying the asymmetry of the eye and ear, he subtly telescopes an exhibition tailored to "fix" the look. At the same time, while he blurs the boundaries of perception, he questions the basis of the divisions of knowledge and taste. What is striking is above all the joyful vitality that emanates from these sound spirals - like those Wagnerian waves frozen in midair and suspended in the mineral void of the archives room, or of these Hollywood chase scenes projected in the Cour d’honneur turned into an ironic Drive-in pour l'oreille. This accumulation of listening points, but also of diverted music (smelling like spices or burned) gives an overview of the artist's imagination attentive to the "globality" and the crossing of energies.
Musée Réattu, Arles
10 rue du Grand-Prieuré
13200 Arles
tél. +33 (0)4 90 49 37 58
Du mardi au dimanche – Tuesdays to Sundays.
10h-12h30/14h-18h30.
Vernissage – Opening 14. 05 (19h-1h)
www.museereattu.arles.fr
Watch the online release of "Semaine" dedicated to the exhibition
www.analogues.fr/e-semaine270.html
Watch some pictures of the opening
May 27 2011 - Global Prayers Saloon No2, NGBK, Berlin
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GlobalPrayers.Saloon #2
27. Mai 2011, 20.30 Uhr
NGBK, Oranienstr. 25, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 1. Etage
Künstlerische Aufnahmen. Urban Prayers erforschen.
Einladung zur Diskussion über künstlerische Forschung im Projekt „Global Prayers – Redemption and Liberation in the City“.
Mit: Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber, Gilles Aubry und Katja Eydel.
Kommentar: Helmut Draxler
Das Projekt Global Prayers beschäftigt sich mit der Transformation verschiedener Metropolen der Welt durch neue religiöse Bewegungen. Die urbanen Felder dieses Kultur- und Forschungsprojekts sind stark von Ritualen, Transzendenz und spirituellen Erlebnissen, Performance und Ideologie geprägt. An dem Projekt sind KünstlerInnen beteiligt, die zum einen über Kunst in religiösen und städtischen Kontexten forschen, zum anderen selbst künstlerische und dokumentarische Mittel einsetzen, um die jeweiligen lokalen urbanen Settings zu untersuchen; sie alle produzieren ästhetisch-materialbasiert Beiträge für die Ausstellung in der NGBK.
Die KünstlerInnen von Global Prayers haben eine erste Phase der Recherche durchlaufen und in Rio de Janeiro, Lagos, Beirut, Kinshasa und Berlin Aufnahmen in Sound und Bild gemacht. In dem GlobalPrayers.Saloon #2 berichten sie von ihren jeweiligen Ansätzen, Verfahrensweisen und Methoden in ihren Forschungen.
Mit Helmut Draxler und dem Publikum soll die viel zitierte Formel „artistic research“ diskutiert werden: Was soll und kann die Kunst (anders machen) in der Forschung?
Der GlobalPrayers.Saloon #2 ist ein öffentliches Werkstattgespräch der AG The Urban Cultures of Global Prayers. Die Ausstellung The Urban Cultures of Global Prayers ist ein Projekt der Neuen Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK) (11. November 2011- Januar 2012) und ein Modul des Projekts Global Prayers – Redemption and Liberation in the City (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Viadrina Universität Frankfurt/O, Forum Transregionale Studien, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Goethe-Institute) und wurde von metroZones e.V. initiiert.
www.globalprayers.info
www.metroZones.info
www.hkw.de
www.ngbk.de
27. Mai 2011, 20.30 Uhr
NGBK, Oranienstr. 25, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 1. Etage
Künstlerische Aufnahmen. Urban Prayers erforschen.
Einladung zur Diskussion über künstlerische Forschung im Projekt „Global Prayers – Redemption and Liberation in the City“.
Mit: Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber, Gilles Aubry und Katja Eydel.
Kommentar: Helmut Draxler
Das Projekt Global Prayers beschäftigt sich mit der Transformation verschiedener Metropolen der Welt durch neue religiöse Bewegungen. Die urbanen Felder dieses Kultur- und Forschungsprojekts sind stark von Ritualen, Transzendenz und spirituellen Erlebnissen, Performance und Ideologie geprägt. An dem Projekt sind KünstlerInnen beteiligt, die zum einen über Kunst in religiösen und städtischen Kontexten forschen, zum anderen selbst künstlerische und dokumentarische Mittel einsetzen, um die jeweiligen lokalen urbanen Settings zu untersuchen; sie alle produzieren ästhetisch-materialbasiert Beiträge für die Ausstellung in der NGBK.
Die KünstlerInnen von Global Prayers haben eine erste Phase der Recherche durchlaufen und in Rio de Janeiro, Lagos, Beirut, Kinshasa und Berlin Aufnahmen in Sound und Bild gemacht. In dem GlobalPrayers.Saloon #2 berichten sie von ihren jeweiligen Ansätzen, Verfahrensweisen und Methoden in ihren Forschungen.
Mit Helmut Draxler und dem Publikum soll die viel zitierte Formel „artistic research“ diskutiert werden: Was soll und kann die Kunst (anders machen) in der Forschung?
Der GlobalPrayers.Saloon #2 ist ein öffentliches Werkstattgespräch der AG The Urban Cultures of Global Prayers. Die Ausstellung The Urban Cultures of Global Prayers ist ein Projekt der Neuen Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK) (11. November 2011- Januar 2012) und ein Modul des Projekts Global Prayers – Redemption and Liberation in the City (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Viadrina Universität Frankfurt/O, Forum Transregionale Studien, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Goethe-Institute) und wurde von metroZones e.V. initiiert.
www.globalprayers.info
www.metroZones.info
www.hkw.de
www.ngbk.de
April 2011 - 'the sound of democracy' now online
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The compilation El so de la democracia is the result of a four days workshop on « the politics of sound » which I conducted at l’ull cec, Barcelona, in November 2010. The project started with a collective sound documentation of the regional elections that take place once every four years in Catalunia.
Our group visited polling stations in several neighbourhoods in the city, recording the election process, atmospheres, voices of citizens and party members, as well as sounds from the surroundings.
These recordings have then served as a basis for group discussions about contemporary and historical democratic practices, as well as about political aspects of sound production and reception. Finally, each participant has produced an individual track mirroring these reflections, using sometimes additional audio material from media or historical sources.
Following Rancière’s idea of « politics as a form of experience which revolves around what is seen and what can be said about it, around who has the ability to see and the talent to speak, around the properties of spaces and the possibilities of time », our attention went especially to those voices which remain unheard in the democratic process of voting. By approaching polling stations as sound environments and considering them in relation with the social structure of their surroundings, the absence in the process of those whose part in the civic society is that they « have no part » became more evident: migrants, homeless people, teenagers, absentionists and other outsiders.
Writing these lines, I’m witnessing on TV changes happening right now in Libya – a revolution – which represent another powerful example of « sound of democracy ». Such democratic eruptions reminds us that democracy is always rooted in the violent desire to interrupt and reconfigure power relations, a desire which still haunts the relative silence and peace of our polling stations. It is up to us to decide if we want to hear its echo or not.
Gilles Aubry
Listen to and/or download the compilation HERE
March 30 2011 - Artist presentation at Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme, Aix-en Provence
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Presentation of 'les écoutis, le caire' by Gilles Aubry and Stéphane Montavon3° séminaire ''sonorités urbaines ''
les sons et leurs usages
jan 2011 - new release on winds measure recordings
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wm20 - v-p v-f is v-n cs02
various artists: jason kahn, civyiu kkliu, richard garet, scott smallwood, alfredo costa monteiro, daniel blinkhorn, stefan thut, ben owen, toy.bizarre, gen ken montgomery, robert curgenven, manfred werder / incidental music, pierre gerard, giuseppe ielasi, ferran fages, tarab, sawako, tmm mulligan, gil sansón, lawrence english, gilles aubry, takefumi naoshima, asher, ben scott, barry chabala, ubeboet, dominic lash, andy graydon, alessandro bosetti, greg davis, matt marble, andrew hayleck, seth cluett, phil julian and gill arno.
c50 cassette
edition 300, 150 will be available from the label.
more information about the release can be found here
wm20 - v-p v-f is v-n cs02various artists: jason kahn, civyiu kkliu, richard garet, scott smallwood, alfredo costa monteiro, daniel blinkhorn, stefan thut, ben owen, toy.bizarre, gen ken montgomery, robert curgenven, manfred werder / incidental music, pierre gerard, giuseppe ielasi, ferran fages, tarab, sawako, tmm mulligan, gil sansón, lawrence english, gilles aubry, takefumi naoshima, asher, ben scott, barry chabala, ubeboet, dominic lash, andy graydon, alessandro bosetti, greg davis, matt marble, andrew hayleck, seth cluett, phil julian and gill arno.
c50 cassette
edition 300, 150 will be available from the label.
more information about the release can be found here
Feb 19 - 27 2011 - MONNO & MIR Tour
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MoNNo & MIR 2011 tour:19.02.11 sas, delémont, ch
20.02.11 kaserne, basel, ch
21.02.11 usine, geneva, ch
22.02.11 postgarage, austria
23.02.11 budapest, durerkert, hungary
24.02.11 metalkova, ljubjlana, slovenia
25.02.11 kapu, linz, austria
26.02.11 PMK, innsbruck, austria
Nov 27 - Dec 5 2010 // Workshop @ lullcec, Barcelona
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Gilles Aubry - The Politics of Sounds: A practical/theoretical seminar in Phonography
at lullcec.org Barcelona.
Gilles Aubry - The Politics of Sounds: A practical/theoretical seminar in Phonography
at lullcec.org Barcelona.
During this workshop, we will study the social dimension of sound production and reception, an area that could be described as the politics of sound. From this perspective, the process of selection of both the situation and object of recording is understood as significative and raises questions like what is being recorded, who is documenting it, when is it happening, what is being listened to and what is not.
The workshop will provide a basic introduction to field recording practices and techniques, followed by recording sessions on locations defined by the participants. The collected audio material will then be evaluated in group listening sessions and discussions, and finally edited into short compositions/audio essays. We might as well experiment with surround recording and mixing techniques during this workshop.
25 november 2010 - 30 januar 2011 :: Kunsthaus Langenthal
Installation "Fahr hin, fahr hin mein Meidlein fein" by Yves Mettler & Gilles Aubry for the exhibition "Das Dorf" at Kunsthaus Langenthal.
http://www.kunsthauslangenthal.ch
November 13, 2010 - Live show @ Kubus, Freiburg
A one off concert with ephraim wegner and bertrand sombsthay
October 22 2010 - Lecture presentation in Sierre
Presentation of the Belju project and other works by Gilles Aubry at a symposium on sound & landscape organized by ECAV in Sierre, CH.
October 13 - 20 2010: Monno Fall tour 2010
Oct 13 2010, Trix - Antwerpen
Oct 14 2010, Magasin 4 - Brussels
Oct 16 2010, La Maroquinerie Paris
Oct 17 2010, Romandie – Lausanne
Oct 18 2010, Jubez – Karlsruhe
Oct 20 2010, Unsound Festival Krakow
Sep 29 2010 - les écoutis le caire on Radio DRS2
Gilles Aubry's Composition 'les écoutis le caire' will be broadcasted on Swiss National Radio (DRS2) on sep 29 at 20h !
Aug 7 - Oct 3 2010 - Twisted Realism
Twisted Realism - An Exhibition by artists
Maria Iorio & Raphael Cuomo,
with soundtracks by Gilles Aubry
At Gallery La Rada, Locarno
New Cronica L compilation CD
Crónica is publishing its 50th release, and celebrating it with a new compilation CD to be freely distributed to all the subscribers of the Neural magazine.
VVAA
Crónica L
Tracklist
- Enrico Coniglio + Janek Schaefer: Unfurling Fugue
- Gilles Aubry + Paulo Raposo: Forms of Suspension
- Marc Behrens + Cem Güney: Mouth to Mouse
- @c + Gintas K: K./85
- Pure + Durán Vázquez: STOORM
- Stephan Mathieu + Piotr Kurek: The Heavens Have Many Colors
- Ran Slavin + Vitor Joaquim: Voices Over Water
- Lawrence English + Stephen Vitiello: Circles of Twine
- The Beautiful Schizophonic + Tu M’: Rêve General
Produced by Miguel Carvalhais.
Cover design by Cruz.
Mastered by Miguel Carvalhais & Pedro Tudela.
July 3 - Wirvwar @ Belluard Festival 2010, Fribourg
Gilles Aubry & Stephane Montavon present Wirvwar, a new surround audio performance at the Belluard Festival 2010 in Fribourg.
More info about the performance HERE
June 19 - Festival Extraschicht, Dortmund
Riversound, performance with Karl-Heinz Blomann & Thomas Gerwin at Extraschicht Festival, Dortmund
June 15- 20 2010 - Hi-Fi Borders @ Swiss Art Awards, Basel
The installation Hi-Fi Borders will be on display at the Swiss Art Award exhibition 2010 in Basel, from June 15 to 20.
Messeplatz 1-3
Halle 3/2
4021 Basel
Daily from 10 to 20h.
Messeplatz 1-3
Halle 3/2
4021 Basel
Daily from 10 to 20h.
Aubry/Chessex/Tricoli US spring tour 2010
US spring tour 2010:
May 16, 2010: Terminal (Oakland)
3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland
Starts 9pm, $5
May 17, 2010: UC Davis (Davis)
Uc Davis, Department of Music
and Technocultural Studies
Art Annex (TCS Building),
One Shields Avenue
Starts 7pm
May 20, 2010: Los Angeles, Woman of Cranshaw
with Damion Romero
May 23, 2010: Campound (San Francisco)Please See 23five Website for Location
www.23five.org, $10
May 25, 2010: The Lab (San Francisco)
Brutal Sound Effects Festival #69
2948 16th Street, San Francisco
Starts 8pm, $5 –10
May 28, 2010: Outerspace, Chicago
May 29, 2010: Elastic arts, Chicago
June 2, 2010: Issue Project Room, New York
June 5, 2010: Sound Pool, Möbius Gallery, Boston
June 7, 2010: Diapason Gallery, New York
New CD "les écoutis le caire" out on Grünrekorder
les écoutis le caire
New publication by Gilles Aubry & Stéphane Montavon with amazing packaging by Gilles Lepore
Out on Grünrekorder NOW!
'les écoutis le caire' is a dual work that comprises a sound composition by Gilles Aubry and a poetic text in French by Stéphane Montavon.
Materials for both elements were collected during a six-week residency in Cairo in February and March 2007.The sound piece is based on the principle of 'indirect listening' to a busy city soundscape. It features recordings of several enclosed spaces chosen for their resonant properties and predominantly silent contexts : a bathroom, a market hall, a basilica, a courtyard, a refrigerator and a parking house. Throughout the piece the identification of the sound sources remains uncertain, as the distant hubbub of life in the streets diffuses inside the recorded spaces. Such ambiguity – further extended through the editing process - requires that the listener pay closer attention, and at the same time allows for a more intense musical experience.
The textual counterpart to the audio work is presented as a large wordmap that drifts through the various recording locations, as well as other places in Cairo. Rendering the rhythmical confrontations of diverse urban situations, the text focuses on their audiovisual discrepancies. In its fragmentary way, the poem sketches some of the city's acoustical configurations, also taking aural snapshots of characters and scenes. These singular encounters are woven into a partial word-tapestry of gestures, images and sounds, providing a complementary glimpse into another indirect, though equally voyeuristic,form of listening to the city.
Graphic design by Gilles Lepore
march 16 2010 - The Audible Picture Show @ Tilsiter Lichtspiele, Berlin
The Audible Picture Show is an international touring show of audio works created for cinema by a diverse range of people including visual artists, fi lm makers, animators, radio makers, audio artists, sound designers, writers, musicians plus a choice selection of found sound.
Each show is compiled afresh from a growing archive of 100+ unique works. Many pieces
were created at the invitation of the show’s curator. Others were submitted by those inspi-
red by the show. Yet more were discovered along the way.
The event at Kino Tilsiter Lichtspiele is co-curated by Berlin audio artist Helena Gough &
the show‘s founding curator, artist & fi lm maker Matt Hulse & will feature new works by
Gilles Aubry, Martin Clarke & Esther Venrooy.
www.audiblepictureshow.org.uk
Tilsiter Lichtspiele
Richard-Sorge-Straße 25a
10249 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Each show is compiled afresh from a growing archive of 100+ unique works. Many pieces
were created at the invitation of the show’s curator. Others were submitted by those inspi-
red by the show. Yet more were discovered along the way.
The event at Kino Tilsiter Lichtspiele is co-curated by Berlin audio artist Helena Gough &
the show‘s founding curator, artist & fi lm maker Matt Hulse & will feature new works by
Gilles Aubry, Martin Clarke & Esther Venrooy.
www.audiblepictureshow.org.uk
Tilsiter Lichtspiele
Richard-Sorge-Straße 25a
10249 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Fri 5 - Sun 8 March, 2010 - Audiolab10 "the language of place"
Audiolab10 "the language of place" is a symposium organised by PVA MediaLab
(Bridport), featuring:
Friday 5
Performance by Harminder Singh Judge, "The Modes of Al-lkseer";
Saturday 6
Presentations by artists in residence Pali Mersault, Marc Yeats, Rob Mullender,
Ivon Oates;
Keynote presentations by Duncan Whitley, Jennie Savage and Peter Cusack;
"Future Soundscapes" commissions by Chris Watson and Yannick Dauby;
Performance by Ralph Hoyte, "(The Completed) Christabel"
Field recordings by Rui Costa, Carlos Suarez, Nina Perry, Gilles Aubry and
Stephane Montavon, John Drever, Dale Berning, Jez Riley, Phill Harding.
Sunday 7
Soundwalks from Bridport to West bay;
Multi-channel sound work by Duncan Whitley and James Wyness, "58 Processions";
Video/sound work by Manuela Barile.
Full details can be downloaded as a PDF
from http://www.labculture.org/curated_spaces.html
(Bridport), featuring:
Friday 5
Performance by Harminder Singh Judge, "The Modes of Al-lkseer";
Saturday 6
Presentations by artists in residence Pali Mersault, Marc Yeats, Rob Mullender,
Ivon Oates;
Keynote presentations by Duncan Whitley, Jennie Savage and Peter Cusack;
"Future Soundscapes" commissions by Chris Watson and Yannick Dauby;
Performance by Ralph Hoyte, "(The Completed) Christabel"
Field recordings by Rui Costa, Carlos Suarez, Nina Perry, Gilles Aubry and
Stephane Montavon, John Drever, Dale Berning, Jez Riley, Phill Harding.
Sunday 7
Soundwalks from Bridport to West bay;
Multi-channel sound work by Duncan Whitley and James Wyness, "58 Processions";
Video/sound work by Manuela Barile.
Full details can be downloaded as a PDF
from http://www.labculture.org/curated_spaces.html
february 27 2010 - Sonic Acts XIII in amsterdam
Gilles Aubry will perform his piece Grrounding at Sonic Acts on february 27 2010.
Other artists will include Jacob Kirkegaard, Annea Lockwood, BJ Nilsen, Bary Truax, Louis Dufort, Hildegard Westerkamp, Yolande Harris, Eric laCasa.
Sonic Acts XIII – The Poetics of Space
Spatial explorations in art, science, music and technology
Since its inception in 1994, the annual Sonic Acts festival has questioned, examined, assembled and exhibited contemporary and historical developments at the cutting edge of art, technology, music and science. The thirteenth edition of Sonic Acts will take place in Amsterdam from 25 February to 25 March 2010 in Paradiso, De Balie, Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo (NIMk) and Steim.
The title of this edition of Sonic Acts, The Poetics of Space, is a translation of La poétique de l’espace, a book by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, published in 1958. In it, Bachelard meticulously explains the influence of space and architecture on the individual, making an implicit plea for a new form of architecture founded on experience and imagination, rather than science and functionality.
Sonic Acts XIII The Poetics of Space is devoted entirely to the experience of space in the visual and audiovisual arts, film, music and architecture. The Poetics of Space is about the importance of physical spatial experience in times of far-reaching technification, and of the physical and psychological impact of spatial design. We will investigate relevant historical examples and utopian ideas and dreams of the 19th and 20th centuries, and speculate on future developments.
www.sonicacts.com
"Hi-Fi Borders" - installation preview at CTM
Hi-Fi Borders, a new sound installation by Gilles Aubry
Preview during the Club Transmediale Festival,
Along with other works by Sound Studies members and the TAG group exhibition
Opening
Friday 29 January 2010
19:00 - 00:00
Location
SPA , Spandauerstrasse 2
10178 Berlin, Germany
30 January - 7 February
15:00 - 22:00
The Wire - Adventures In Modern Music 21 January 2010
Excerpt of the new s6t8r CD featured on
a special Winds Measure Recordings mix.
listen to the mix HERE
New CD s6t8r out on Wind Measures recordings
wm 16
gilles aubry s6t8r
edition: 300 cd
4 color letterpress sleeve.
designed and printed by ben owen
tracklist:
part 1 - 13:24
part 2 - 14:44
part 3 - 13:30
s6t8r (2008-09)
The piece is based on recordings made inside several of the rooms of the Stralau 68 building, a former venue for experimental music in Berlin, now empty.
The sound of the trains passing periodicaly on the bridge nearby is very loud and participates strongly to the sonic identity of the building. These sounds and others from the surroundings are resonating inside the building, 'coloured' by the specific acoustics of each room.
The many cultural meanings of trains sounds are haunting the piece, from death trains during nazi Germany, to a more universal longing for travel and the paradoxal 'home' feeling induced by recursive sounds in the daily soundscape.
Additional onsite found sounds have been included in this composition.
dec 6 - Point fort environnement sonore - Espace multimedia Gantner, Bourogne
Point fort environnement sonore
Eric La Casa/ Cédric Peyronnet - Géophonie de la Creuse
Gilles Aubry/Stéphane Montavon/Carl Y - Pont sonore Belju
Espace Multimédia Gantner
Conseil général du Territoire de Belfort
1, rue de la Varonne 90 140 Bourogne
website
nov 4 - Opening at Les Complices gallery, Zürich
Opening of 'The Interpreter', an exhibition by Raphael Cuomo & Maria Iorio,
with a sound installation by Gilles Aubry, titled 'Msaken, deux registres'.
"Gilles Aubry hatte im Rahmen seiner Kollaboration mit Raphaël Cuomo und Maria Iorio im Februar 2008 Tonaufnahmen in einem Wohnquartier der Stadt Msaken in Tunesien gemacht. Die Aufnahmen bringen eine ruhige Atmosphäre hervor, die aus den Klängen des Alltäglichens und den gelegentlichen Reaktionen auf die Präsenz des Autors besteht. Die Installation Msaken, deux registres präsentiert einen Ausschnitt aus diesen Aufnahmen. Dabei wurde der Originalton elektronisch bearbeitet und in zwei Segmente aus hohe und tiefe Frequenzen aufgeteilt. Hörbar aus den im Raum verteilten Lautsprechern artikulieren diese Register den Raum unterschiedlich, je nach dem wo im Raum die Besucher_innen sich befinden."
Les Complices Gallery
Anwandstrasse 9
CH-8004 Zürich
sep 17 - oct 15 / Australia Tour
Solo shows by Gilles Aubry with the new live set 'grrounding'
sep 17 - Tura Totally Huge New Music festival, Perth, with Pimmon
sep 20 - Serial Space, Sydney, with seiji haino
sep 23 - Artist presentation at ANU, artforum series, Canberra
sep 24 - ANU Gallery, Canberra, with shoeb aman
sep 27 - Disembraining Machine, The Tidy Artspace (Alchemix Studios), Brisbane, 29a Logan Rd, Woolloongabba, Brisbane. 7pm.
sep 29 - Book Nook, Brisbane, 9pm
oct 2 - opening of the sound installation 'planes' at the Lock Up gallery, Newcastle
oct 4 - Electrofringe fest, Playhouse, Newcastle, with Tom Hall
oct 7 - Horse bazaar, Melbourne, with Oren Ambarchi, rob mayson, matt sanders, pumice
aug 15 - sep 12 2009 /Belju Sound Bridge
This summer 2009, sound artists Gilles Aubry, Stéphane Montavon and Carl Y are building an archive by collecting sounds in the environment around the Swiss-French border, precisely on the Canton Jura (CH) and Territoire de Belfort (F). Their work documents the sonic landscapes of natural, urban and industrial sites of this transnational area, in particular those of transit of individuals and goods between both sides of the border.
See belju.info for informations about the installation, events & guests!
18/9/2009 - Premiere of the composition "les écoutis. le Caire." on Deutschlandradio
The composition "les écoutis. le Caire." will be premiered on Deutschland radio
on september 18, time tba.
The piece is based on field recordings collected in Cairo during a residency in january 2008.
The sound files were collected at several locations in the City – a bathroom, an indoor market, a basilica, a backstreet, the inside of a refrigerator and a parking hall - chosen for their resonant properties and rather quiet contexts.
"les écoutis. le Caire." presents itself as a very tactile deconstruction of spatial representation through sound, abolishing boundaries between interior and exterior, foreground and background, subject and object, real and imaginary.
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