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Soundwave next : 2020
Soundwave NEXT is a partnership between Gray Area and Soundwave, two veteran San Francisco arts organizations to explore the future of sound.
Soundwave ((9)) :: TIME
Intergenerational histories, cultivation of safe spaces, migration and displacement and current political realities.
Soundwave ((8)) :: INFRASTRUCTURE
Not only the basics of a city, its joists and support beams, but more acutely the human and ecological frameworks affected by physical systems.
Soundwave ((7)) :: Architecture
Pushing the boundaries of our auditory perception of spaces, language, and music, challenging the way we understand our surroundings.
Soundwave ((6)) :: water
Investigating the ecologies, stories and properties of water through sound.
Soundwave ((5)) :: Humanities
Exploring our sonic connections to the human condition
Soundwave ((4)) :: GREEN SOUND
Exploring our sonic connections to the environment
Soundwave ((3)) :: MOVE SOUND
Exploring movement and sound
Soundwave ((2)) :: SURROUND SOUND
Exploring space, acoustics and the constructs of performance
Soundwave ((1)) :: FREE SOUND
Free your mind about what sound is and what it can be
PROJECT>SOUNDWAVE: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE NATURE OF SOUND
The album that started it all
Festival News
Soundwave Festival’s Illuminated Forest Sees Final Performances, SFWeekly
“Video art. Interactive sound. Live performances. All in a high-tech “Illuminated Forest” that only truly comes alive when humans enter. (Yes, it knows when humans enter.) This is the Soundwave Festival’s Illuminated Forest exhibit — a so-called “multimedia exhibit...
SF Artists Explore What ‘Green’ Sounds Like by Jennifer Hattam, Treehugger
“What does “green” sound like? Artists and musicians in San Francisco are attempting to answer that tricky question with a series of avant-sound performances and shows, including a month-long installation that allows visitors to explore an illuminated “forest” that...
Cold Core by Michael Leaverton, SFWeekly
“Good sound artists don’t do things halfway. Cheryl Leonard was interested in the Antarctic, so she went to the Antarctic. She collected field recordings — of penguins, seals, birds, ice, storms. She made instruments — of penguin bones, limpet shells, ice, rocks.” ...
Editor’s Pick of the Week, Flavorpill
“The duo spins out spooky electronic drone music on treated electric guitars. The Gothic jams are also inspired by Bay Area natural wonders like Muir Woods and the Presidio. Tonight at the Lab, Barn Owl uses their dark, atmospheric music to haunt the Illuminated...
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