August 21, 2007 : THE BEST’07: PROJECT>SOUNDWAVE
30.10.2007 in PressProject>Soundwave awarded ‘Best Sound Sculptures: Future Classic’ by San Francisco Magazine’s Annual Best Issue.
Project>Soundwave awarded ‘Best Sound Sculptures: Future Classic’ by San Francisco Magazine’s Annual Best Issue.
Interview with ME’DI.ATE director Alan So and artists Justino and Night Night on perspectives about sound, the Soundwave>Series, and the Bay Area’s sound art scene by Tania Ketenjian, Resonance FM (UK) Listen
“The Soundwave Series has sought to make irrelevant the typical distinctions between artist, musician, audience, stage, and venue… idiosyncratic performances that are challenging, charming, magical, assaultive, and (as is always the case with really sweet sound art) deeply personal for everyone present.”
Matt Davignon/Live Play, SPARK*, KQED-TV (PBS)(Premiered July 12, 2006, Episode: Performance Ideas, KQED-TV (PBS Northern California affiliate) Channel 9) SPARK*, the Bay Area’s arts television show, featured the Soundwave>Series event LIVE PLAY on ther program titled Performance Ideas. The segment takes a look into the…
“It’s an artisitic and exploratory experience for your senses that will open your eyes and your mind.”
“The aural scientists behind Project Soundwave are taking the phrase “that’s music to my ears” and running with it.”
“Two nights of experimental music, noise, and crafty sounds will have you scratching your head, in a state of awe, or both.”
“[The Soundwave>Series is] a combination of electronics, improvisation, and giddy experimentation”
“A group of avant-garde sound artists using everything from loops to found ojects to electronic permutation, to push the frontiers of what we call “music” far beyond what we are accustomed to hearing”
“The result is a breathtaking assortment of experimental sounds, noises and rhythms, including samples of escalators and appliances picked up on the cheap at thrift stores, that approach sound from a uniquely artistic perspective…testing the limits of sound’s raw emotional capability.”