Soundwave Festival (San Francisco)

Soundwave Festival (formerly called the Soundwave Series) is a sound, art, and music festival that happens every two years for two months in San Francisco[1].

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Overview

Soundwave is produced by ME'DI.ATE Art Group. The festival features diverse local and international multimedia artists working with sound including noise artists, sound artists, improvisers, experimental musicians, composers, avant-garde musicians, vocalists, electroacoustic musicians, classical musicians and rock musicians. The festival focuses on new and unusual performances and art works, often in untraditional environments.

Artists

Soundwave created the well-received[2][3] AudioBus series conceived by Soundwave founder and artistic director Alan So for its third season MOVE SOUND in 2008[4]. It featured Bay Area singer Goh Nakamura[5][3], avant-cellist Zoe Keating[2], Odessa Chen and [ruidobello] and David Graves.[6]

Other noted artists and musicians that have created performances at Soundwave include: Moe! Staiano (Moe!Kestra!), Andrea Polli, Matt Davignon, Diana Burgoyne, (Rob Reger (Beno+Minnie with Aimee Friberg), Dana Gumbiner (of Deathray under electronic name Night Night), Danny Grody (of Tarentel performing with band The Drift) and Neal Morgan (of Joanna Newsom's Y Street Band and Golden Shoulders)

Soundwave was awarded "Best Sound Sculptures – Future Classic" by the editors of San Francisco Magazine in their Best of 2007 issue[7] while being compared to San Francisco's Audium (Theater).

Soundwave seasons

Soundwave has had three seasons: FREE SOUND 2004, SURROUND SOUND 2006 (curator and show featured by SPARK* on KQED-PBS)[8], MOVE SOUND 2008[9][1] which included amplified skateboarding[10], sound drawing[11], holographic movies[12]. ME'DI.ATE just completed its fourth Soundwave season GREEN SOUND 2010 which included performances in historic WWII Bunkers[13], churches[14], city streets and parks, and an artist-imagined environment Illuminated Forest[15].

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Various locations says… (27 June 2008). "MOVE>SOUND: Soundwave>Series 3 @ Various locations – Flavorpill San Francisco". Flavorpill.com. http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2008/6/27/move-sound-sound-wave-series-3. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Twitter Goddess Zoe Keating Blows People’s Minds, With A Cello, On A Bus". Synthtopia. 24 November 2009. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/11/24/twitter-goddess-zoe-keating-blows-peoples-minds-with-a-cello-on-a-bus/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "The Audiobus: One of those rare ‘life doesn’t get any better than this’ moments". Academik. 20 July 2008. http://www.academik.org/2008/07/20/the-audiobus-one-of-those-rare-life-doesnt-get-any-better-than-this-moments/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  4. ^ Jennifer Maerz (2 July 2008). "Soundwave's AudioBus series offers road trips with local composers – Page 1 – Music". SF Weekly. http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-02/music/soundwave-s-audiobus-series-offers-road-trips-with-local-composers/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  5. ^ Mac, Vicki (29 July 2008). "Goh on the Bus: SF Troubadour Takes Show on the Road". Asianweek.com. http://www.asianweek.com/2008/07/28/goh-on-the-bus-sf-troubadour-takes-show-on-the-road/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  6. ^ Photo: Katy Raddatz / The Chronicle. "Sound artist David Graves (pictured – Media (1 of 1) 'Resonance' and AudioBus: Experience sound". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/07/10/NS0211J3BD.DTL&o=0. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "NEWS". Mediate. 15 August 2007. http://www.me-di-ate.net/releases/SFmag0807.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  8. ^ "Matt Davignon: Spark". KQED. 14 October 2011. http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=8663. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "Soundwave>Series ((3)) Takes Place June 27 to August 17 : The Bay Bridged – San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music". Thebaybridged.com. 23 June 2008. http://www.thebaybridged.com/2008/06/23/movesound/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  10. ^ Silke Tudor (25 June 2008). "The Grindermen – Page 1 – Calendar". SF Weekly. http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-06-25/calendar/the-grindermen/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  11. ^ Maxwell, Leanne (27 June 2008). "Soundwave>Series 3: EnviroSonic Tonight". SFist. http://sfist.com/2008/06/27/soundwaveseries_3_envirosonic.php. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
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  13. ^ "Soundwave Festival: Music". KQED. http://www.kqed.org/arts/music/article.jsp?essid=30044. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  14. ^ Michael Leaverton (2 June 2010). "Sounding Good – Page 1 – Calendar". SF Weekly. http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-06-02/calendar/sounding-good/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  15. ^ "SF Artists Explore What 'Green' Sounds Like". TreeHugger. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/sf-artists-explore-what-green-sounds-like.php. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 

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