Exhibitions and Residencies.
27th September 2008 - February 1st 2009
Sonic Bed_Marfa(2008) opens at
The Marfa Sessions : sounds across town. Marfa, Texas, USA .
Available at Ballroom Marfa, 108 E. San Antonio St. / Highway 90 West, until February 1st 2009
from Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 6pm. Free admission.
Info: Tel: 432.729.3600, info@ballroommarfa.org
11th-20th September, 2008
le Mois Multi 9, Le Festival d'Art multidisciplinaire et électronique,
Playing 3 new works commissioned by Avatar and les productions recto-verso.
PORN BED by John Oswald, (Toronto)
GODZILLA by Magali Babin (Montreal) and
MOOSE by Georges Azzaria. ( Quebec)
Outside in the Jardin de Saint Roch park, Quebec City, Canada.
Free daily from 10h to 19h. IMAGES
2nd-26th July 2008
Crosswire , NIMK, Amsterdam, NL.
A 5 day production of media in cooperation with the Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, produced by Optofonica as part of [5 days off Festival, from 2 - 6 July in Paradiso and De Melkweg.
Bed available at Nederlands Instituut voor MediaKunst, Keizersgracht 264, 1016 EV Amsterdam, Tel. 020 6237101 www.nimk.nl
every day, 10am - 6pm, free.
Saturday 13th October 2007 - Now . SonicBench_Mexico open at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City. Commissioned by Im_polis for Transitio_Mx_02 2007, Festival Internacional de Artes Electronicas. Free Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm.
7635 visitors have visited Sonic Bench to date, a permanent outdoor work located in the historic heart of Mexico City. Currently commissions are being planned to make new Bench music for 2008 and onwards. If you are from Mexico and interested in this possibility, please contact us now. Thank you.
Wednesday 10th - Sunday 28th October Sonic Bed_London
at RADAR festival, Loughborough ; - a Sound Experience at the Charnwood Museum, Queens Hall, Granby Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3DU
Open Monday - Saturday: 10am - 4.30pm, Sunday: 2pm - 5pm
Contact telephone: 01509 233754
Friday 25 to Wednesday 30 May Sonic Bed_Scotland, commissioned by Le Weekend launches at Tolbooth, Stirling. Opening 5.30pm, friday 25th
Then open 10am - 10pm (10am - 5pm out with Le Weekend). Closed 28 May.
March 3rd - April 29th Sonic Bed_London(2005) opens at "Sound//Bytes",at the Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany.
Sound//Bytes is focusing on works and artists dealing with sound fragments, sampling strategies or possibilities of generating new acoustic perception through the use of digital technology. Artists include Christina Kubisch, Jens Brand, Annina Ruest, Carl-Michael von Hausswolff Micromusic.
February 22nd - 7th March Sonic Bed_Quebec(2007) open at Salle Multi, Meduse, 541, Saint-Vallier Est, Québec, QC as part of the Mois Multi festival.
Playing new work "melt inevitable" by Kaffe Matthews.
An Avatar/les productions recto-verso commission.
Open daily: noon - 5pm.
January 24th - February 27th
Sonic Bed_London(2005) installed at Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford, London.
Playing "PluckEhisquare_anti"(2006), by Shri and Kaffe Matthews. A Rich Mix commission.
Open daily: noon - 6pm.
February 6th,3pm @ Watermans : Kaffe Matthews presents, Sonic Beds: what are they all about?
November 10th - November 19th
Sonic Bed_Taipei completed and installed at Zhongshan Hall, Ximen Square, Taipei, Taiwan,
for Aura Spurts, Remoteness Nearby, 1st Digital Arts Festival,Taipei.
Commissioned by ETAT.
October 16th - October 25th
Sonic Bed_Shanghai plays "HORN", installed at Shanghai Music Conservatory, First Electroacoustic Music Festival,Shanghai,China.
October 18th-Dec 23rd
Sonic Bed_London_MkII at Rich Mix, playing "PluckEhisquare_anti"(2006), by Shri and Kaffe Matthews:a Rich Mix commission.
Sonic Bed_London_MkII was made by music for bodies and produced at Rich Mix 2006.
OPEN STUDIO: Do come by and enjoy this audio jacuzzi, " a short cut to deep listening" Wednesday - Sunday: 11am - 10pm
October 14th-January 14th 2007.
Sonic Bed_London(2005) installed at Maison Folie de Wazemme, Lille, France. Part of Lille 3000. Playing "PluckEhisquare_anti"(2006), by Shri and Kaffe Matthews.
A Rich Mix commission. Sonic Bed_London was commissioned by Electra for Her Noise, 2005 and supported by the Arts Council of England and Women in Music.
August 9th onwards.
Sonic Bed_London(2005) Artist in residence at Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, London. Launches with a collaboration with Shri to make new Bed work for Lille 3000.
Do come to Rich Mix and get involved.
Contact info@musicforbodies.net for details.
August 31st-September 9th.
Sonic Bed_London Award of Distinction, Prix Ars 2006. Bed at ARS Electronica Festival 2006, OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria.
September 1st, 18.30-20.30h.
Sonic Bed_London receives Award of Distinction in the Digital Musics Category. Award Ceremony at Large hall, The Brucknerhaus, Linz.
July 20th-29th, 2006.
Sonic Armchair(1997) at Instrument, FutureSonic 2006 10th anniversary, at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK. Admission free. An exhibition of artist-made instruments, noise generators, audio-visual manipulators, and recordings. Featuring artists, experimental composers
