IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ArtsElectric - Vol 2, #1 - February 25, 2003

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The big musical event of March is Sounds French, a month-long festival in New York City of new music from France. For the whole schedule, take a look ...

http://www.arts-electric.org/cgi-bin/aecal_search.pl?keywords=soundsfrench

There will be solo and ensemble performances of music in many different venues, photographic exhibitions, and workshops in IRCAM software. The music is by Gerard Grisey, Henri Dutilleux, Philippe Leroux, Philippe Hurel, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Hugues Dufourt, Tristan Murail, and many others. As a special event, Pierre Boulez will conduct several of his works at Carnegie Hall.

The electronic works include Jean-Claude Risset's 'Resonant Sound Spaces'; followed by Philippe Manoury's 'En Echo', with Juliana Snapper (soprano) and Miller Puckette (electronics), at the Philosophy Hall at Columbia University. Luc Ferrari will perform will DJ Olive at The Kitchen. And Engine 27 will present a weekend's 50-year retrospective of the pioneering work done by Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry, Iannis Xenakis, Luc Ferrari, François Bayle, Daniel Teruggi, and many others associated with the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris.

More, a special event ...

'Sons des Toiles / Sounds of Images', an exhibition of paintings and electronic music, will take place at the Courtyard Gallery of the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. As the flier says, "Move freely through music in space, painting in time, and video in space/time created at Musique Informatique Marseilles (M.I.M.). This multimedia installation combines images and sounds that reflect ideas of synesthesia, or connections between the senses that emerge from technological and multimedia approaches in art. Paintings by Jacques Mandelbrojt, music by Lucie Prod'homme, Marcel Fremiot and Marcel Formosa, and video by Sylviane Rey."

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HEADS UP

A special event in New York. This evening ...

Rhizome.org is holding its annual benefit this evening, February 25, at 540 W. 21st Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues) in New York City. Cocktails at 7pm, dinner at 8pm, dancing at 9:30. "We'll have a sound installation by Julia Scher, an inflatable environment by Pierre de Kerangal with a light installation by Leo Villareal, musical performance during cocktails by O.Blaat, DJ performances after dinner by DJ Language and Metro Area, and a silent auction with art work by Sue De Beer, Carl Fudge, Craig Kanarick, Mark Napier, Perry Hoberman and Leo Villareal. We hope you can join us!" To purchase tickets, call Michele at 212.989.2363.

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