Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00

2011 Emerging Artists Commission recipients include Alex Chechile, Natacha Diels, Laura Vitale, Doron Sadja, Enda Bates, Ben Vida, Michelle Nagai, and Backbreakerneckbrace.

Established in 2008, ISSUE Project Room’s Emerging Artists Commission program focuses on transdisciplinary practices with a special attention to contemporary political, aesthetic, social and technological concerns. Each year, ISSUE’s curators select artists in conjunction with a committee of artists and curators from peer arts organizations representing a diverse cross-section of disciplinary fields. Special attention is given to ambitious and imaginative projects otherwise lacking in strong institutional support. Selected artists receive a stipend and rehearsal space for the development and free presentation of a new work.

ISSUE Project Room’s Emerging Artists Commission program is made possible, in part, through generous support from: the Greenwall Foundation; the Suzanne Fiol Memorial Fund; Meet the Composer; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Past

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Michelle Nagai: Tree Set

Wed 02 Feb, 2011, 8pm

Michelle Nagai presents new work for the MARtLET, a handsome, wearable hunk of tree bark that's been fitted with light-sensing circuitry, machine learning software, and sound synthesis algorithms.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Ben Vida

Thu 17 Mar, 2011, 8pm

Composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Vida premieres Piece for Difference Tones (interrupted) & (computer controlled) Analog Sound Objects. The work emphasizes the intersections between analog and digital sound synthesis systems, which produce what Vida calls “non-representational sound objects."

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Enda Bates

Wed 13 Apr, 2011, 8pm

Irish composer Enda Bates' hexaphonic guitar is simply a standard electric guitar with a special pickup providing access to each individual string signal. This allows each string to be processed differently, and be routed to a different place in the room. This new work transforms his instrument sonically and spatially.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Doron Sadja

Wed 05 Oct, 2011, 8pm

Doron Sadja premieres Breath, Heart, Skin— a new work for solo electronics utilizing ISSUE’s multichannel sound system. Delicate, slow, and synthetic, the work combines pristine electronics with lush romantic synthesizers, extreme frequencies, and computer-enhanced cello, clarinet, and percussion.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Laura Vitale

Thu 20 Oct, 2011, 8pm

Laura Vitale/We Are Your Friends with Paul Geluso present A Capella Space Station: an evening of surround sound installation and performance in which ISSUE Project Room transmogrifies into a space ship environment constructed from the human voice and other human things.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Alex Chechile, On the Sensations of Tone

Sat 05 Nov, 2011, 8pm

Alex Chechile performs On the Sensations of Tone, a structured composition that combines elements of psychophysics, cognitive science, physiology, and improvisation. Utilizing the acoustics of the room and the multichannel sound system, the work evoke unusual responses in both the ear and the body.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Natacha Diels: "Uncanny Valley" w. Ensemble Pamplemousse and Maria Stankova

Wed 09 Nov, 2011, 8pm

Uncanny Valley is a monodrama exploring the region where robotic human replicas begin to emulate humans too closely, causing revulsion in observers. Dominique Ahkong's text is inspired by the legend of Descartes' "daughter," Francine, and the story pursues the discovery and eventual destruction of the mechanical being.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Backbreakerneckbrace

Wed 30 Nov, 2011, 8pm

Backbreakerneckbrace is a collaborative effort between video artist Dawn Bendick and audio/visual artist Michael Haleta. Timing and synchronization are key elements in their work placing the audio and visuals in a constant exchange of information within pre-composed time constraints.