GOETHE INSTITUTE NEW YORK, IN COLLABORATION WITH STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE, PRESENTS

20 092 305 Hz
AN AUDIO-VISUAL PERFORMANCE BY CARSTEN NICOLAI, CM VON HAUSSWOLFF AND BYTONE

FREE ENTRANCE – REFRESHMENTS SERVED

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 8pm
Goethe-Institut New York, Wyoming Building
5 E 3rd St (at Bowery)
New York, NY 10003
www.goethe.de/wyomingbuilding
Tel: 212 439 8700
Closest Subway: 6 at Bleecker Street

Berlin-based sound artist Carsten Nicolai—a.k.a. alva.noto—has established himself as a leading
figure in the realm of electronic sound and visual design, using art and music as tools to create
a microscopic view of the creative process. Nicolai has performed and created installations in many of the world„s most prestigious venues including The Guggenheim, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, NTT Tokyo, and the Venice Biennale, and is a featured artist on the Raster-Noton label.

Nicolai, whose work has been referred to as “posthuman funk,” plays freely with the rules of tonal physicality. Using looping oscillators, tone generators, and modem sounds, he heightens the time and space aspects of tones so that pure electricity actually becomes audible. Clicks and glitches are not used as ornamental additions to his compositions; rather, they constitute essential
elements. These sound sources are then applied to the rhythmic groove of Hip-Hop and R&B,
producing an utterly unique sound. Nicolai ignores the limits between genres and brings experimentalism one step closer to the clubs. As the New York Times said, Carsten Nicolai “makes you think about the future of music.”

Olaf Bender (born 1968, Germany) began experimental film work on 16mm movie equipment whilst still in school. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 his experiences working with a music distributor led to the idea of publishing his own musical projects. As well as producing his own music he manages the Raster-Noton label which he founded in 1999.

Bender creates his music digitally. Abstract animations support the abstract pieces of music – in this way the rhythm of the music is transformed into a graphic equivalent. By using the computer Bender controls the animations in realtime; in combination with sound processing this enables him to interact with his audio-visual material live on stage.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff (1956, Sweden) is an artist and musician living and working in Stockholm. Since the end of the 1970s, Hausswolff has worked as a composer using the tape recorder as his main instrument and as a conceptual visual artist working with performance art, light- and sound installations and photography. He is also one of the two kings of The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland, an ongoing conceptual artwork initiated in 1993 with Leif Elggren. The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland was established as a new country on the international stage; its territories are constituted of all border areas between every country, all No Mans Land, all mental territories
such as the hypnagogue dream state and all digital areas on the Internet.

The Listening Studio Opening Reception

Please join us for the opening of the Listening Studio, a video installation permanently installed in the Center for Hearing and Communication in Manhattan, New York.

The Studio is a collaboration between POD DESIGN+MEDIA and Perlin Studios in conjunction with the Center for Hearing and Communication, New York.

14 May Thursday
6:00-6:30 Press Preview
6:30-8:30 Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

The Listening Studio is an audio and video installation used as an audio test within a custom designed laboratory space. The Studio is permanently installed in the Center for Hearing and Communication in lower Manhattan, New York.

The installation/test consists of immersive video and audio environments. These environments contain a series of conversations that switch backgrounds and ambient audio in real time. These environments challenge the spectator/patient to listen closely and try to understand the conversations.

The test, run by a trained laboratory technician, is intended first as therapy for those who have hearing aids or cochlear implants, so that they may test their hearing in varying situations. They may choose to have their hearing adjusted based upon their results.

The test is open to the public as well, and will be available for anyone to experience as a spectator/patient. The room contains a 5.1 surround-sound system, 16 HD videos on a flat screen monitor and a custom musical keyboard which serves as the testing interface.

The Listening Studio is located in the Center for Hearing and Communication on 50 Broadway, 6th floor, in lower Manhattan, New York.

As the Listening Studio contained within a medical practice within an office building, If you wish to take the test after the opening event, it is by appointment only. Please call +1 917-305-7700 or email appointments@chchearing.org to schedule a visit.

RSVP required. Please RSVP on Facebook or to appointments@chchearing.org

CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION
50 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10004

http://www.chchearing.org