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Activating people, places and environments for cutting-edge art and music experiences
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
July 19, 2006 : Sound of Mind by Frances Reade, SF Weekly
“The Soundwave Series has sought to make irrelevant the typical distinctions between artist, musician, audience, stage, and venue… idiosyncratic performances that are challenging, charming, magical, assaultive, and (as is always the case with really sweet sound art)...
July 12, 2006 : TELEVISION FEATURE :
Matt Davignon/Live Play, SPARK*, KQED-TV (PBS)(Premiered July 12, 2006, Episode: Performance Ideas, KQED-TV (PBS Northern California affiliate) Channel 9) SPARK*, the Bay Area’s arts television show, featured the Soundwave>Series event LIVE PLAY on ther program...
July 06, 2006 : Nitevibe, Issue 241
“It’s an artisitic and exploratory experience for your senses that will open your eyes and your mind.”
July 1, 2006 : Pop Beat , SF Chronicle
“The aural scientists behind Project Soundwave are taking the phrase “that’s music to my ears” and running with it.”
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