Artists' Fellowship - 2003
Computer Arts
Artist Statement:
In the process of defining my work I have been involved in creating projects
and events which bring people together to produce sounds and/or focus on the
experience of listening. I’ve become increasingly appreciative of the
enduring impression of experiences that arise out of transitory moments.
Sound is a great form of transportation. I like to create situations which
encourage listening and haphazardness, while contemplating that
haphazardness doesn’t exist. Recently I have been enhancing the pre-existing
sounds of objects whose primary function is seemingly unrelated to the
sounds they produce. (an ice crushing machine, a film projector, a
laminator, a coffee machine etc.) In a social context I hope to shift
perception, open windows to new experiences, provoke never-heard-before
dialogs and celebrate the conscious expereince of listening. I confront
limitations by utilizing them. Performances are often made in total darkness
or amongst the public, but rarely on a stage. In pursuit of a spontaneous
creative idea I strive to overcome the fear of producing something stupid or
boring.
Work samples can be seen/heard at the following web sites:
www.harvestworks.org (in their Creative Contact & Composer Contact Databases)
www.generatorsoundart.org.
More about the Artist:
I create projects and events which open people to creative discovery and
take art out of its usual contexts.
I left New York University Film Program in 1978 to focus on creating and
performing soundtracks to life. I used homemade recordings in performances,
theater and film while collaborating with other artists. I had become
involved with mail art in the 70’s so it was a natural progression to
exchange cassettes of my soundworks with other artists internationally.
In 1986 I began an experimental music label called Generations Unlimited
and later founded Pogus Productions with Al Margolis. In 1989 I opened
Generator, the first sound art gallery in New York City. I presented
octaphonic concerts performed in total darkness each week, and displayed
artists’ cassettes collected while traveling and corresponding with artists.
Generator quickly became a hub of art/music related activities, with events
that often resembled “happenings”. I closed Generator in 1992; I have
continued producing events and sound projects (see www.generatorsoundart.org.
I have presented my work in Europe and America. In New York my work has been
heard at The Whitney Museum, The American Museum of Natural History, P.S.
1,The Kitchen, White Columns, Rotunda Gallery, Squeaky Wheel, The AC
Project Room, Pierogi 2000, Tonic, Experimental Intermedia, P.S. 122,
Roulette, Lotus, Gargoyle Mechanique, The Pyramid Club and Generator Sound
Art Gallery. I was Artist in Residence at the Spritzenhaus in Hamburg from
March 15 - May 15, 1999. In 2000 I received a Sound Art Fellowship from
Media Alliance and The Jerome Foundation and in 2003 I was awarded a New
York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in the Computer Arts category.
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