60x60

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60x60 is a collection of 60 electroacoustic or acousmatic works from 60 different composers/artists, each work 60 seconds or less in duration. The 60x60 project was conceived and developed by the new music consortium, Vox Novus[1] and its founder, Robert Voisey.[2][3][4] Since the project's inception in 2003, the 60x60 project puts out a yearly call for submissions[5] for recorded media 60 seconds or less in length (also known as signature works.)[6] [7] [8]

The performance of 60x60 consists of the 60 works played over loudspeakers in succession without pause for 1 hour.[9] It is played in conjunction with a synchronized analog clock. Works less than 60 seconds are artistically placed within a minute timeframe; the rest of the minute is filled with silence until the next minute begins. [10]

60x60’s primary focus is to create an artistic representation of the electronic music being created in society today and to present that music to a large audience. Each 60x60 performance mix contains a wide variety of musical styles and aesthetics.

More than 1000 composers have been included in the project. A few notable composers in the 60x60 project include:Ernst Bacon, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Eve Beglarian, Stephen Betts, George Brunner, Monique Buzzarté, Robert Carl, fr:Paul Clouvel, Cindy Cox, Noah Creshevsky, Robert Dick, Emma Lou Diemer, Moritz Eggert, Karlheinz Essl, David Gamper, Robert Gluck, Daniel Goode, David Gunn, Richard Kostelanetz, Gintas K, Joan La Barbara, Mary Jane Leach, John Link, Guy Livingston, Annea Lockwood, Chris Mann, Mike McFerron, Christian McLeer, Maggi Payne, Alex Shapiro, Judith Shatin, Juan Maria Solare, Laurie Spiegel, Allen Strange, Eldad Tsabary, Robert Voisey, Jane Wang, and Rodney Waschka II

  • A complete list of composers who participated in the 60x60 project can be found on the 60x60 website

The 60x60 project is more than just a single performance. It is a venue where a large community of composers and sound artists come together to present their music. Each year after the call for works a Radio Request Extravaganza is held. This is a radio show where any work submitted to the project may be requested for airplay. Afterwards, a selection panels finds 60 works for the 60x60 International mix for that year; when 60 composers of a particular region or style are found an alternate mix is created to represent them. When this happens the project presents the alternate mix as welll as the International mix in its concert season. After the project has presented the audio mixes,usually presented with an analog clock, 60x60 collaborates with an artist in a different media. A second performance season is held promoting the multimedia collaboration. In conjunction to the performances of the project a CD is made each year to represent the submissions sent to the project.


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[edit] Multimedia Collaboration

Embracing its vision to reach a diverse audience 60x60 has collaborated with artists outside the acoustic medium to create multimedia performances. 60x60 has collaborated with experimental film makers, photographers, improvisational videographers, sculptors, choreographers and dancers. Some of the artists the project has worked with include Zlatko Ćosić [11][12][13], Jeramy Zimmerman, Gisela Gamper, Shimpei Takeda,[14] and Nick Zedd.

[edit] Radio Request Extravaganza

In the beginning of each 60x60 concert season, the project holds a Radio Request Extravaganza. This is an all request radio show where composers and their fans call in to the hosting radio station request works that have been submitted to the 60x60 project that year. Different new music radio programs and radio stations host the Extravaganza. In the past the 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza has been hosted on the Afternoon New Music on WKCR New York, New York; Martian Gardens Radio Show on WMUA Amherst, Massachusetts; [15] Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar on WGDR Plainfield, Vermont;[16] Foldover, on WOBC Oberlin, Ohio; and Sculpted Word on WBAR in New York, New York. [17]

[edit] Alternate Mixes

The project uses grassroots ideology to grow and promote its mission to expose electroacoustic music.[18] When the project receives more than 60 compositions of a particular theme or from a particular region, the project creates a themed mix to be represent that subsection of its submissions. [19] The project has created many different mixes besides its main "International Mix" which is a representative selection of the entire submissions made to the project for that year. Alternate Mixes created by the 60x60 project include: the Pacific Rim Mix, [20] [21] [22] Midwest Minutes Mix, [23] [24] [25] New York Minutes Mix, [26] UK Mix, [27] and the Munich Mix. [28]

[edit] History

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2006

  • UK Mix created - including works from the United Kingdom premiered at the Amadeus Centre in London, England
  • New York Minute Mix created - Including works from New York premiered at Collective: Unconscious in New York, New York
  • 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza, Afternoon New Music, WKCR New York, New York
  • 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza, on Foldover, WOBC Oberlin, Ohio
  • Collaboration with photographer and improvisational videographer Gisela Gamper premiered at S.U.N.Y. Albany in Albany, New York

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2004

  • Pacific Rim Mix created - including the works from artists living in the Pacific Rim premiered in Los Angeles, California
  • Radio Request Extravaganza, on Sculpted Word Radio Show, WBAR New York, New York
  • Collaboration with underground film maker Nick Zedd premiered at One Arm Red, in Brooklyn, New York[35]

[edit] 2003

  • Project inception & world premier of the project in New York City - November 3rd, 2003 [36]

[edit] Listing of performances

60x60 Events and Performances

[edit] Discography

[edit] Articles and reviews

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.VoxNovus.com Vox Novus
  2. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/about/FounderStatement.htm Vox Novus Founder's Statement
  3. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/composer/Robert_Voisey.htm Robert Voisey - biography
  4. ^ http://www.fly.co.uk/fly/archives/uscanada_features/robert_voisey_time_and_motion.html Robert Voisey - Time and Motion Fly Global Music Culture
  5. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Call.htm 60x60 - Call for Works
  6. ^ http://www.umfk.maine.edu/valleyvision/release/default.cfm?release=04239 UMFK professor has second composition released on CD to present around the world.
  7. ^ http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=61tp00 Got a Minute? A Few Words on Music in 60 Seconds or Less - New Music Box
  8. ^ Chris Pasles WRITERS' BLOCK, "Los Angeles Times", July 22, 2007
  9. ^ http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2007/11/08/neighbors/821lewis.txt Lewis University to Host Concert of Original Electroacoustic Music
  10. ^ http://www.lewisu.edu/news/Newsarticle.htm?PArticleID=2155 Music Bytes at Lewis University
  11. ^ "The Projectionist" Stefene Russell St Louis Magazine, August 2007
  12. ^ Bosnian native cooks food that reminds him of home, Pat Eby, STLtoday.com / St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 6th, 2008
  13. ^ Polyphony Spree By Paul Friswold Published on April 02, 2008 River Front Times
  14. ^ http://www.shimpeitakeda.com/2004.htm Shimpei Takeda - archive page
  15. ^ Martian Gardens Playlist
  16. ^ http://www.kalvos.org/paststuf.html Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar Archive
  17. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Events.htm 60x60 Events and Performances
  18. ^ SFA student's composition to be featured in 60X60 concert Tuesday Julianna Backer, The Pine Log, February 4th, 2008
  19. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Mission.htm 60x60 Mission
  20. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2004_Pacific_Rim_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2004 / Pacific Rim) Mix Concert Program
  21. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2005_Pacific_Rim_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2005 / Pacific Rim) Mix Concert Program
  22. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2006_Pacific_Rim_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2006 / Pacific Rim) Mix Concert Program
  23. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2005_Midwest_Minutes_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2005 / Midwest Minutes) Mix Concert Program
  24. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2006_Midwest_Minutes_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2006 / Midwest Minutes) Mix Concert Program
  25. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2007_Midwest_Minutes_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2007 / Midwest Minutes) Mix Concert Program
  26. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2006_New_York_Minutes_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2006 / New York Minutes) Mix Concert Program
  27. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2006_UK_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2006 / United Kingdom) Mix Concert Program
  28. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2006_Munich_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2006 / Munich) Mix Concert Program
  29. ^ http://www2.iwu.edu/CurrentNews/newsrelease07/evt_Electroacoustic_1107.shtml Electroacoustic Music Concert 60 x 60 2007 at IWU
  30. ^ http://www.adevantgarde.de/index.php?reqNav=biography&objectId=52 A*Devantgarde 9th festival page
  31. ^ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/48647 A Year of Many Successes (and One Major Life Change) for Composer Robert Parker by Karen Kähler American Chronicle January 15, 2008
  32. ^ http://www2.iwu.edu/CurrentNews/newsrelease07/mus_60Pieces_407.shtml School of Music to Present 60 Pieces by 60 Composers
  33. ^ http://www.emmfestival.org/data/archives_data/fall2005/fall2005.html 7th EMM (Electronic Music Midwest) festival
  34. ^ http://www.lewisu.edu/news/Newsarticle.htm?PArticleID=1220 Music BYTES Concert to Feature 60X60: Midwest Composers Project Published: September 21, 2005
  35. ^ http://www.umfk.maine.edu/valleyvision/release/default.cfm?release=04094 University of Maine at Fort Kent News Release
  36. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2003_Concert_Program.htm 60x60 (2003) Concert Program

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