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Response Characters exhibition opening

Events

Response CharactersThe Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Exhibition opening 11 September, 6pm
Free entry and wines from Pegasus Bay
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Join us at the Auricle for the exhibition opening of Response Characters by Ted Apel.

The installation features six tubes that are used to impart strong resonances on sound recording and playback circuits in each tube. Each circuit independently alternates between recording sound and playing back its recording. The sounds recorded are a combination of the sounds produced by the other tubes, the ambient sounds of the space and, the resonance of the tube. In this way, the combined soundfield is an emergent property of the five tubes, that is, each tube’s sound is dependent on the contributions of the others.

Ted Apel is a sound artist whose sculptures and installations focus on the audio transducing element as the source of visual and sonic material. He has exhibited his work at sound art festivals and exhibits in the US, Poland, Canada, Austria and Gernamy.
Ted Apel received his M.A. in electroacoustic music at Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in computer music at the University of California, San Diego. He currently lectures in Electronic Music / Sonic Arts at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Free entry and wines from Pegasus Bay between 6-7pm!

Photography by Marine Aubert

Response Characters by Ted Apel

Exhibits

postcard-apelThe Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Showing: 12-5pm, 11-28 September, 2014
Opening: 11 September, 6-8pm

Response Characters – Arduinos, electronics, acrylic tubing & sound. Six tubes are used to impart strong resonances on sound recording and playback circuits in each tube. Each circuit independently alternates between recording sound and playing back its recording. The sounds recorded are a combination of the sounds produced by the other tubes, the ambient sounds of the space and, the resonance of the tube. In this way, the combined soundfield is an emergent property of the six tubes, that is, each tube’s sound is dependent on the contributions of the others.
Incidental Speakers – Loudspeakers, (9 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm)
These sonic sculptures engage with the ideas inherent in using sound as a medium for art while not employing sound as a medium. This ongoing series of works uses the loudspeaker as a conduit to explore ideas of the use of sound in art. While none of the speakers produce sound, they each attempt to express ideas of our aural experience. By omitting sonic phenomena from sound art, we can examine issues around sonic practice without recourse to the inherent visceral experience of sound.

Ted Apel is a sound artist whose sculptures and installations focus on the audio transducing element as the source of visual and sonic material. He has exhibited his work at sound art festivals and exhibits in the US, Poland, Canada, Austria and Germany. He received his M.A. in electroacoustic music at Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in computer music at the University of California, San Diego. He currently lectures in Electronic Music / Sonic Arts at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Awesome Vortex

Events

rosenrotlolThe Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Sat Aug 30, 2014
Doors open 7pm
$5 door to the artists
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The Auricle warmly invites you to a performance by Tim Coster and Adam Willetts, performing solo and together as Awesome Vortex.

Born in Auckland, Tim Coster currently resides in Melbourne, working as a musician and sound artist with a particular focus on published audio releases and live performances. He records and performs using modular synthesizer, cassettes, and other electronics to create melodic and textural sound environments.

Adam Willetts is a local Christchurch artist, who works in both the visual and sonic arts. Using a modular synthesizer he composes and performs live electronic music crafting percussive and textural pieces that are raw and minimal yet ceaselessly shifting, fracturing, collapsing, transforming and evolving.

Photography © 2014 Marine Aubert

Improv Club #2

Events

Auricle Improv ClubThe Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
From 7:30pm
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Join us for Improv Club at the Auricle every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Open to all comers; from musical neophytes to experienced improvising musicians and experimental noise makers; from graphic scores to game play and an-archy; from free Jazz to electronically structured and open improv; from Occidental tempered scale to full bandwidth white noise; from Braxton to Cardew to Bailey and beyond.

All are welcome!

Misfit Mod’s Electronic Music Practice for Women

Events

Misfit Mod WorkshopThe Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Workshop 1: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 21st August
Workshop 2: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 28th August
Cost: $20 (per class)
Bookings via Eventbrite: Workshop 1 & Workshop 2
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RadioNZ Music 101 Interview

From inspiration to execution, this workshop is designed to help women discover their own sound, guiding them through the technological process to develop their ideas into a unique body of work. This workshop is designed for those interested in learning:

Basic Recording Techniques
Equipment / Software
Writing / Ideas
Effects / Mixing Techniques

This workshop will cultivate a supportive, fun, accessible environment for women in which to start writing and recording their own electronic music. No prior experience is necessary.

Sarah Kelleher aka Misfit Mod, released her debut album Islands + Islands in 2013. Her work has been featured by Interview Magazine, Clash, Under the Radar, the BBC and MTV’s Iggy voted her as one of the ‘7 New Zealand Bands that Deserve a Big Breakthrough’. Also an audio engineer and lecturer, Sarah has also worked as a Lecturer at the School of Audio Engineering in London and Oxford, U.K.

Course Info:
The workshops will take place over two evenings. You are welcome to take take both or just one.

Workshop 1: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 24th July
Workshop 2: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 31st July

Cost: $20 (per workshop + booking)
Includes a complimentary glass of wine
Classes are very limited.

Bookings via Eventbrite: Workshop 1 & Workshop 2

For further info please contact us!
Call: +64 3 260 0501 or +64 225 946 512

This project embraces one of The Auricle’s core objectives to encourage more women to actively participate in sound/music. Please pass these details on to any women you know who might be interested.

Improv Club #1

Events

Auricle Improv ClubThe Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
From 7pm
Facebook event

Join us for Improv Club at the Auricle every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Open to all comers; from musical neophytes to experienced improvising musicians and experimental noise makers; from graphic scores to game play and an-archy; from free Jazz to electronically structured and open improv; from Occidental tempered scale to full bandwidth white noise; from Braxton to Cardew to Bailey and beyond.

All are welcome!

No Mean City by Bruce Russell

Exhibits

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Showing: 12-5pm, 7-30 August, 2014
Opening: 7 August, 6-8pm

No Mean City sounds short excerpts from texts on urbanism, and literary reflections on the phenomenon of cities in culture, along with recorded instrumental interludes resembling repeated and meaningless fanfares. The texts and other sounds overlap randomly in a jumble of signification, resembling voices in a crowd. The artist invites you to take a moment to reflect on what it means to be part of a city and to ponder on one’s own place in our urban culture.

Bruce Russell is an improvising sound artist, who since 1987 has been a member of the Dead C. This genre-dissolving New Zealand trio mixes rock, electro-acoustics and noise. He has also been active as a solo artist, and directed two independent labels, Xpressway and Corpus Hermeticum. He writes essays and criticism for The Wire, artists’ catalogues, and other publications. In 2010 Bruce Russell published Left-handed blows: writing on sound 1993-2009 (Auckland: Clouds), and in 2012 edited Erewhon calling: experimental sound in New Zealand (Auckland: Audio Foundation/cmr). He is currently studying at RMIT towards a doctorate in sound in the School of Art and is also the President of the Cantabrian Society of Sonic Artists.

No Mean City exhibition opening

Events

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Exhibition opening 7 August, 6-8pm
Free entry and wines from Pegasus Bay
Facebook event

The Auricle is proud to present No Mean City by Bruce Russell, an exhibition that sounds short excerpts from texts on urbanism, and literary reflections on the phenomenon of cities in culture, along with recorded instrumental interludes resembling repeated and meaningless fanfares. The texts and other sounds overlap randomly in a jumble of signification, resembling voices in a crowd. The artist invites you to take a moment to reflect on what it means to be part of a city and to ponder on one’s own place in our urban culture.

From 8pm we invite you to stay on and celebrate the official opening of the Auricle’s “oenosthetic” Bar,  a dedicated Wine and Sound Bar that we believe to be the first of its kind in the world. Every month its wine list is curated to complement the current exhibition with wines matched to the sonic works playing in the space, starting with Bruce Russell’s  No Mean City.

Photography by Marine Aubert

Conduit Release Party!

Events

Conduit The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Sat July 26, 2014
Doors open 7pm
$5 door to the artists
Facebook event

The Auricle proudly presents the release party for Toshi Endo’s pop-ambient debut album: Conduit. Join us for an eclectic mix of experimental music from the South. Stunning, hand made copies of the Conduit Album available for the special release party price of: $15

Supported by:
Roads to Roads (Reuben Derrick + Rory Dalley)
Les Baxters
Adam Willetts
Regressor

Photography by Marine Aubert