Overlap.org and Volume Projects announce LISTEN/VISION 02, an evening of immersive sound and video art at the San Francisco Art Institute on Friday, March 21, 2008.

LISTEN/VISION 02 is part of a unique series presenting *unreleased* audiovisual compositions. These exclusive pieces — specifically commissioned from an international pool of contemporary artists — are not available anywhere on CD, DVD or on the Internet.

Featured Artists:

GREGG KOWALSKY – “Rosebud for Red Magus” – 2006 – 18:17 min.
Gregg Kowalsky resides in Oakland, California where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College. Kowalsky’s compositions range from drone and noise pieces to the psychedelic, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live mixes. He has composed for film, dance, acoustic ensembles and sound installations. Gregg’s debut full-length album “Through The Cardial Window” was released on the Kranky label in Spring 2006.

http://ossobucco.net/

DAVID KWAN – “SOLARIS” – 2006 – 10:07 min.
Kwan has presented work at the Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist Television Access, The Lab, and Mission 17 in San Francisco; Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Seattle; Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart; and Baracke am Deustchen Theater in Berlin. He received a BA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Electronic Music from Mills College where he teaches music, art and intermedia. http://www.meridiangallery.org/davidkwan2003.htm

CHIKA and I8U – “Infinity02″ – 2008 – 30:38 min.
CHIKA is a visual artist working within New York’s expanded cinema community and VJ scene. Her videos implement geometric minimalist patterns and original graphics in unique, repetitive combinations. I8U is a sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Her work reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analog and digital meet.

http://www.imagima.com

SAWAKO – “untitled” – 2006 – 15:18 min.
Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC-based sound sculptor who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence. She culls sounds from everyday life — field recordings, instruments, vocal and electronic sounds — and sets them floating in a digital space imbued with organic textures. Her unique sonic world has been called “post romantic sound” by Boston’s Weekly Dig.
http://www.12k.com/sawako.html

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LISTEN/VISION 02

Friday, March 21st. 2008, 7-9pm
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall
800 Chestnut St. San Francisco, CA 94133
$5 Public, Free for SFAI Students.

LISTEN/VISION is a unique series exploring the art of perception that includes *unreleased* sound and visual recordings from an international pool of acclaimed contemporary artists.

Featuring : GREGG KOWALSKY, DAVID KWAN, CHIKA and I8U, SAWAKO.

Curated and co-presented by Volume Projects & Overlap

Overlap.org and Volume present:

LISTEN/VISION 02

LISTEN/VISION is a unique series exploring the art of perception. It is a place and time for a shared experience of sound and light and space. Overlap.org and Volume have partnered to commission new and *unreleased* sound and video recordings from an international pool of acclaimed contemporary artists. These exclusive pieces, not to be found anywhere on the web or a CD, are presented in a collective listening environment.

Featured Artists :

GREGG KOWALSKY – “Rosebud for Red Magus” – 2006 – 18:17 mins.
Gregg Kowalsky resides in Oakland, California where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College. Kowalsky’s compositions range from drone and noise pieces to the psychedelic, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live
mixes. He has composed for film, dance, acoustic ensembles and sound installations. Gregg’s debut full-length album, Through The Cardial Window was released on the Kranky label in Spring 2006.
http://ossobucco.net

DAVID KWAN – SOLARIS – 2006 – 10:07
Sound-generated video projections; dimensions and running time variable; video projection with sound. Kwan has presented work at the Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist Television Access, The Lab, and Mission 17 in San Francisco; Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Seattle; Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart; and Baracke am Deustchen Theater in Berlin. He received a BA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Electronic Music from Mills College, where he has been teaching in music, art and intermedia.
http://www.meridiangallery.org/davidkwan2003.htm

CHIKA and I8U – Infinity02 – 2008 – 30:38
Unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time: the infinite nature of the fabric of space. CHiKA uses minimal objects in two-dimensional space to create a video work invoking the feeling of the unlimited possibilities, approaching the unmeasureable nature of the infinite. I8u’s soundscapes inspired by the concept of string theory mirror our limited understanding and imagination of these strings as they slip in and out of the dimensions we are aware of. The audio and visual moves from a closed world with perspective as its corresponding symbolic form.
http://www.imagima.com

SAWAKO – “untitled” – 2006 – 15:18 mins
Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC-based sound sculptor who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence. After beginning in video art, Sawako shifted her focus from the video camera to sound. Once through the processor named Sawako, sounds in everyday life – field recordings, instruments, voice and electronic sounds – float in space vividly with a digital yet organic texture. Her unique sonic world has been called “post romantic sound” by Boston’s Weekly Dig.
http://www.12k.com/sawako.html

Gregg Kowalsky recorded live at OVERLAP 02 April 18th, 2006 in San Francisco, CA. (photo by Buzz)

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LISTEN 03
Friday, June 23, 2006 (8:00 PM – 10:00 PM)
Studio Rasa, 933 Parker St.
Berkeley, CA, California 94710

Overlap.org Presents LISTEN 03 (the third installment).
LISTEN is an audio series that explores the art of intense listening. In collaboration with Audio Rasa and Overlap.org, Christopher Willits has commissioned * unreleased * sound works from an international pool of acclaimed contemporary sound makers. These unique recordings will be amplified within the beautiful Studio Rasa in Berkeley CA. Come prepared to tune in and zone out.

LISTEN 03 will feature * unreleased * sound work from the following artists :
Greg Davis
Gregg Kowalsky
Sawako
Keiichi Sugimoto

Previous LISTEN events have featured unreleased sounds by
Frank Bretschneider, Taylor Deupree, Kenneth Kirschner, Strategy, Kenric Mcdowell, Sebastien Roux, Richard Chartier, Christopher Willits.

Advanced tickets :
Studio Rasa, 933 Parker St
Berkeley, CA 94710
phone: 510.843.2787
info@studiorasa.org

Event Website: http://overlap.org/

http://upcoming.org/event/85327/

Overlap 02 – April 18th, 2006 @ the Hemlock in SF.

2nd Overlap event will feature :
Wobbly, Kyoka + Christopher Willits, Greg Kowalsky,
Yuko Kaseki, and Nate Boyce.
@ the Hemlock – 1131 Polk Street (between Post and Sutter) San Francisco, CA. 9:30PM-close.

Event/Artist Details – Overlap 02
+ info on Upcoming.org