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2013 will be both SoundWalk’s 10th anniversary and the centenary of Luigi Russolo’s Futurist manifesto, "The Art of Noise." By rethinking approaches to sound production and aural perception, the Italian Futurists anticipated sound art. During SoundWalk 2013, we wish to honor them by presenting works that refer to, relate to or are informed by this historical document and precedent.

SoundWalk 2013 Call to Artists

Artists who utilize, in any manner, sound in their work are invited to submit to the Tenth Annual SoundWalk event to be held in Long Beach CA on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Please visit the Soundwalk 2013 submission site for submission requirements and details on how to submit your work.

Deadline for submissions is Monday, July 1st, 2013. Feel free to forward this email to those individuals or groups you think might be interested in submitting.

100 years ago this week (March 11, 1913), Luigi Russolo's Futurist manifesto "The Art of Noises" was released. It was a letter that strove to open the sensorium to new ways of perceiving. It has been SoundWalk's mission to promote such aspirations and, we hope, our success to have done so. However, in order to continue to find new ways of perceiving, we must transcend the aural and move into other modes. As a result, this will be SoundWalk's last year. 2015 will be the launch year of a more expansive and daring event that will explore and respond to the synaesthetic experience in which cognitive boundaries dissolve and the senses converge.

What is sound art?

Sound art (term first coined in 1982) explores the dynamics relating to the experiential progression of sound from hearing, to listening, to “poetistic” perception and, finally, to aesthetic appreciation.

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Why SoundWalk?

One of the youngest artistic genres to have approached maturation, sound art has yet to be fully recognized, in Southern California, by the gatekeepers of mainstream culture. It is FLOOD's aim, through this event, to raise awareness as well engender appreciation for art set forth in sound. It is also important that audiences, along with the larger community, are exposed to aesthetic sensibilities and innovative approaches that exist outside those of the contemporary mainstream.

About FLOOD

The artist group, FLOOD has been working on installation projects for the last nine years. FLOOD is interested in testing the limits of artistic expression through collaboration and experimentation

 

within a variety of artistic genres. Current members of FLOOD are Kamran Assadi, Frauke von der Horst, Shelley RuggThorp, Marco Schindelmann, and Nick Dynice.

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