Audio Foundation presents:
$25, Friday July 6, 2007, doors 7pm, starts 8pm
Tickets from Ticketek - service fees will apply
Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland
Free Deep Listening™ workshop with Pauline Oliveros and Ione at St
Paul St Gallery, AUT, 4th July 6pm – BYO pillow
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"Through Pauline Oliveros and Deep Listening I finally know what
harmony is… it's about the pleasure of making music."
John Cage 1989
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Born in 1932, US composer Pauline Oliveros is a living legend having
pioneered new ways of thinking about sound. A central figure in the
post-war development of American minimalism, she workedalongside a
core group of composers, including Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and
in the late 1950s was one of the first US composers to work with
electronic music.
In performance, Oliveros uses an accordion, which has been re-tuned
in two different systems of her just intonation, in addition to
electronics, to alter the sound of the accordion and to explore the
individual characteristics of each room. As part of Alt.music’s 2007
programme, Oliveros will be performing her seminal 1966 composition A
Little Noise in the System, the first to use her Expanded Instrument
System (EIS). She will also perform two more recent pieces with poet
and vocal performer Ione, and will also be joined by one of New
Zealand’s most respected senior sound artists, Phil Dadson.
A Little Noise in the System introduced the EIS, a sort of live remix
system using tape delays and patchbays at a time when there were no
mixers available. The ratio of signal to noise was of great concern
in analogue tape music so Oliveros chose to work with noise as
signal, a move that now seems prescient in an era where noise is
considered a genre in its own right and is the subject of much
critical discussion in the area of experimental music and sound art.
Acclaimed internationally for four decades, Oliveros’ compositions,
performances and innovations have already established her place in
music history. Whether playing in an underground cavern or in the
studios of West German Radio, her commitment to interaction with the
moment is unchanged. She can make the sound of a sweeping siren into
another instrument of the ensemble. Through Deep Listening Pieces and
earlier Sonic Meditations, Oliveros introduced the concept of
incorporating all environmental sounds into musical performance. This
philosophy of Deep Listening, which she has developed throughout her
career, begins with clarifying the distinction between hearing and
listening, the former an involuntary response, the latter an engaged
relationship with the audible world, which can then be channelled.
A 40 year retrospective, Sounding the Margins (as it was), will be
released soon in a 6CD boxed set from Deep Listening.
“Deep Listening® is listening in every possible way to everything
possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening
includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, or one's own thoughts
as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening represents a heightened
state of awareness and connects to all that there is. As a composer I
make my music through Deep Listening.”
Ione is a spoken word performer and sound artist who performs with
Pauline Oliveros and other artists in the United States and
internationally. A noted author, playwright and poet, her works
include the critically acclaimed memoir, Pride of Family; Four
Generations of American Women of Color. Ione is the Artistic Director
of Deep Listening Institute Ltd.
Phil Dadson is an artist with an interdisciplinary practice including
solo performances and exhibitions; building experimental instruments,
video/sound installation, music composition and graphic scores, sound
sculptures and improvisations on his invented instruments. He is the
founder of New Zealand's most original rhythm/performance group, From
Scratch.
www.deeplistening.org/pauline/
www.deeplistening.org/ione
www.sonicsfromscratch.co.nz
Pauline Oliveros’ Alt.music appearance is supported by Creative New
Zealand, Fulbright New Zealand , Auckland University of Technology
and St Paul Street Gallery, Liquid Architecture, Vitamin S and The
Edge in association with Stamp.
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