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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
June 28, 2006 : Summer List, SF Weekly
“Two nights of experimental music, noise, and crafty sounds will have you scratching your head, in a state of awe, or both.”
June 6, 2006 : Flavorpill SF, Issue 214
“[The Soundwave>Series is] a combination of electronics, improvisation, and giddy experimentation”
May 12, 2004 : Rip, Rig, and Sample by Kelly Vance, East Bay Express
“A group of avant-garde sound artists using everything from loops to found ojects to electronic permutation, to push the frontiers of what we call “music” far beyond what we are accustomed to hearing”
March 31, 2004 : Vinyl Exchange by Bill Picture, SF Examiner
“The result is a breathtaking assortment of experimental sounds, noises and rhythms, including samples of escalators and appliances picked up on the cheap at thrift stores, that approach sound from a uniquely artistic perspective…testing the limits of sound’s raw...
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