NAISA Sound Channel
Newsletter for March 2012 (Vol.7; Iss.3)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
www.naisa.ca

1) NAISA Sound Bash Installation, Concert series & March Break Fun Fair March, 2012
2) Trans-X, a Symposium about Transmission Art, May 25-27, 2012
Call for Papers deadline March 16, 2012
3) Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art, May 1-31, 2012
4) Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art composer in residence Trevor Wishart August 2012

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1) NAISA Sound Bash Installation & Concert Series
     Installation Open March 3-31, 2012, Saturdays 10am - 2pm
     Fun Fair open March 10 - 18, 10am - 2pm (or by appointment)
     Installation and Fun Fair admission $2 Group Rates available / school or private bookings available
     Concerts March 10 matinée @ noon $5 / March 17, 24, 31 @ 8pm $10

Performances by MiMo / Allison Cameron/Germain Liu / Tomasz Krakowiak / Lee Pui Ming / NOiNO



Back by popular demand, the NAISA Sound Bash returns. On March 12, 2001, New Adventures in Sound Art became a not-for-profit organization, expanding its programming that year and committing to providing year-round sound art programming for all ages.

NAISA will celebrate with another Sound Bash. For the month of March, NAISA's installation space will be filled with everyday objects especially selected for the interesting sounds they make when struck or played, offering you a chance to play with sound and manipulate it live open every Saturday in March, 10am - 2pm or by appointment.

Sound Bash Fun Fair during March Break!

This year, NAISA has developed special March Break family-friendly activities. Drop-in during our scheduled times March 10 - 18 (or email naisa@naisa.ca for private bookings). Activities include fishing for sounds, bucket toss, recycled bowling, toonie toss (use your admission fee), spin the wheel, catch the wave and other sound inspired activities. Join us for a special family noon-hour concert on March 10th with MiMo. Concert includes performances on the installation and a chance to join in afterwards.

March 10 matinée concert @ noon $5 / March 17, 24, & 31 evening concerts @ 8pm $10
Also included will be four Saturday performances in March on this evolving instrument / sound installation. .Join us for a special family noon-hour concert on March 10th with performances by MiMo plus three evening Saturday performances March 17, 24, 31 using the sound installation as an instrument and offering a chance to join in afterwards. Artists include Allison Cameron with Germaine Liu (March 17); Tomasz Krakowiak (March 24), Lee Pui Ming & NOiNO (March 31).

Check out a short video of last year's installation here http://youtu.be/oSV2Lk8GdPc as well as videos of performances on last year's installation by Bentley Jarvis (http://youtu.be/OxbJUWTbqzM), Neil Wiernik (http://youtu.be/Tf9XFiPqRtE), Rick Sacks (http://youtu.be/TvqMS1U0dvY) and dreamSTATE (http://youtu.be/1FKE32damnc).

2) Trans-X Symposium Call for Papers deadline March 16, 2012

New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) is pleased to announce the Trans-X,
a symposium about Transmission Art May 25-27, 2012
We are now inviting proposals for papers

Rooted in the earliest experiments with radio, Transmission Art has continued to flourish with experiments with wireless communications technology over the past 100 years. The 21st Century is not excluded from this experimentation as artists have ventured into exploring a variety of mobile-based platforms and more lesser known forms of transmission such as VLF. The terrain of transmission art is dynamic and fluid, always open to redefinition.

The Trans-X symposium, part of the Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art, will focus on transmission art, with particular interest in paper contributions that summarize, examine or reframe traditions and histories of transmission art practices, technology, education and pedagogy. Additionally, we are very interested in paper presentations that go beyond the local contingent to give a sense of what new technologies of international transmission activity might sound like.

Proposals related to any aspect of transmission art practice are welcome. Submit a 500-1000 word abstract, and a biography of 250 words or less, to the symposium's Review Committee at: http://naisa.ca/transx-submit-piece.php

All symposium contributions will be webcast live, and text proceedings will be published on-line on the NAISA web-site.

Important Information
Deadline for receipt of proposals: Friday March 16, 2012 @ 11:59 PM EST
Notification of acceptance: Monday April 2, 2012
Symposium sessions including workshops, keynote lectures, papers and panel discussions: May 26 & 27, 2012
Keynote address by Joseph Galen-Hunter, author of Transmission Arts: Artists & Airwaves and Executive Director of free103point9
Deep Wireless Festival concerts: May 25 and 26, 2012 @ 20:00
Symposium registration fees (General): $70 (includes admission to all concerts)
Symposium registration fees (Student): $35 (includes admission to all concerts)
Questions and requests for further information should be directed to: naisa@naisa.ca

Review Committee:
Galen Joseph-Hunter, author of Transmission Arts: Artists and Airwaves
Anna Friz, post-doctoral fellow, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Gregory Whitehead, radio artist / co-editor of Wireless Imagination
Jonathon Guberman, Site 3 coLaboratory
Geoffrey Shea, OCAD University
Tetsuo Kogawa, Tokyo Keizai University

3) Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art - 11th Anniversary!
     May 1 - 31, 2012

A month-long celebration of radio and transmission art including SOUNDwalks, performances, installations, webcasts, radio broadcasts of commissioned works on CBC radio's Living Out Loud and Trans-X, a symposium about transmission art. Check future NAISA Sound Channels or the web-site www.naisa.ca for updates.

4) Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art
     August 1 - 31, 2012

The 14th annual Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art will include interactive installations, performances, a workshop intensive, and the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium. Trevor Wishart returns to Sound Travels to present his most recent work. Check future NAISA Sound Channels or the web-site www.naisa.ca for updates.

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New Adventures in Sound Art is a non-profit organization that presents performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of electroacoustic and experimental sound art. NAISA is partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Trillium Foundation (for capital upgrades to the NAISA Space) and the SOCAN Foundation.

Inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Executive Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
416 652 5115; naisa@naisa.ca