Quebec 09.23.2003 – La Chambre Blanche

LA NEF DES FOUS (English to follow)

Ouverture du 25e anniversaire de LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE à l’Îlot Fleurie
Vernissage du concours “Sculpter l’avenir de l’Îlot”

SAMEDI 23 AOÛT 2003

L’Îlot Fleurie est situé sous l’autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency, dans
le quartier Saint-Roch.

Pour plus de détails : www.chambreblanche.qc.ca • T : (418) 529.2715
ou (418) 261.0255

L’événement sera remis au dimanche en cas de pluie torrentielle.

Attention: Le programme devrait être le suivant (à moins de changement majeur d’ici mardi am, ce qui est peu problable):

SAMEDI 23 AOÛT 2003

12h: Interventions d’artistes : installations et performances spontanées (12h à 19h)

Machines 10 ­ 1e partie (12h à 17h) : PROJET d’ORION , Éric Morin
(aka Dj More), Blue Pulp, Millimetrik, PAARCAND et St-Michel

http://lenomdelachose.org/machines/fr/index.html Blé d’Inde gratuit

17h: “Sculpter l’avenir de l’Îlot” ­ Dévoilement des œuvres gagnantes du
concours de sculptures de l’Îlot Fleurie

Machines 10 ­ 2e partie « Apéro-Machines »
Lunch

20h: Duo Martin Tétreault + I8U : en-de-dans

21h: Projection de film

LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE
185, rue Christophe-Colomb Est
Québec (Québec) G1K 3S6
T: (418) 529.2715 F: (418) 529.0048
info@chambreblanche.qc.ca
www.chambreblanche.qc.ca

Dès cet automne, et durant toute une année, la chambre blanche
soulignera son 25e anniversaire par une suite ininterrompue
d’activités. Fidèles à nos habitudes, nous souhaitons jeter un regard
neuf sur nos pratiques afin de nous projeter dans le futur avec
assurance, en reflétant de façon pertinente les besoins actuels des
artistes. Nous voulons que ces réflexions se déploient dans un esprit
de festivité, avec la participation de la communauté. Cette année,
nous la voulons aussi dynamique, riche et soutenue, accordant une
place de choix aux artistes québécois. Pour ce faire, nous proposons
un thème principal : le don.

Avec le don, la notion de liberté est primordiale ; le retour n’est
jamais garanti. L’une de ses caractéristiques est l’absence
d’obligation. Nous constatons que l’artiste, comme le don, a tendance
à enfreindre les règles, à sortir de la règle, et que les notions de
liberté, de lien, d’échange et de circulation se retrouvent au coeur
des pratiques artistiques actuelles. Dans la Grèce antique, où
émerge le concept de la Cité, c’est d’abord dans l’espace public que
don et générosité se manifestent. En 2003, il nous apparaît plus que
jamais pertinent de sortir dans la ville, comme nous l’avons fait à
maintes reprises au cours des 25 dernières années, en un geste
d’ouverture envers notre communauté : amis, membres, artistes et
collègues… C’est avec la collaboration de l’Îlot Fleurie que nous
vous convions tous à La Nef des fous le samedi 23 août 2003, de 12h
à 23h.

La nef des fous, c’est le titre d’un livre publié en 1494 par
Sébastien Brant dont se serait inspiré le peintre Jérôme Bosch pour
créer une oeuvre du même nom. «Le livre raconte le voyage à
Narragonia, l’île de la folie, des humains livrés à leurs vices, aux
aberrations de leurs sens et oublieux de leur salut». Ces sens, nous
voulons les éveiller à notre tour, mais à notre façon, dans une folie
douce et gaie, dans une autre ville, sur une autre île. Parmi les
rendez-vous à ne pas manquer, mentionnons la présence des artistes
Agnès Aubague et Thomas Lanfranchi, la musique électronique d’un duo
composé de Martin Tétreault et I8U, les expérimentations sonores de
Machines 10 (PROJET d’ORION, Éric Morin aka Dj More, Blue Pulp,
Millimetrik, PAARCAND, St-Michel) et la projection de film en soirée.
L’Îlot Fleurie dévoilera les oeuvres gagnantes de son concours
«Sculpter l’avenir de l’Îlot» lors d’un 5 à 8.

APPEL À TOUS LES ARTISTES

Afin de créer une infiltration et une circulation de l’art dans tous
ses états, la chambre blanche invite tous les artistes à participer
activement en créant une œuvre éphémère dont la forme ­ écrite,
sonore, visuelle, performative, etc. ­ reste ouverte. Qu’elles soient
signées ou anonymes, formelles ou informelles, individuelles ou de
groupe, ces œuvres contribueront par leur nature même à créer un
échange autour du thème suggéré, soit le don.

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LA NEF DES FOUS

25th Aniversary opening of LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE at l’Îlot Fleurie
Vernissage for the “Sculpter l’Avenir de l’Îlot” contest.

SATURDAY AUGUST 23, 2003

L’Îlot Fleurie is located below the Dufferin-Montmorency highway in the quartier Saint-Roch.

For more information : www.chambreblanche.qc.ca • T : (418) 529.2715
or (418) 261.0255

The event will be rescheduled for Sunday in case of heavy rain.

There is a very slight chance that the following programming schedule may be altered.

SATURDAY AUGUST 23rd, 2003

12pm Artists Interventions: Installations and spontaneous performances. (12pm to 7pm)

Machines 10 ­ 1st part (12pm to 5pm) : PROJET d’ORION , Éric Morin
(aka Dj More), Blue Pulp, Millimetrik, PAARCAND and St-Michel

http://lenomdelachose.org/machines/fr/index.html Free corn on the cob

5pm: L’Îlot Fleurie- Unveiling of the winning works from the “Sculpter l’avenir de l’Îlot ” contest.

Machines 10 ­ 2nd part « Apéro-Machines »
Lunch

8pm: Duo Martin Tétreault + I8U : en-de-dans

9pm: Film screening

LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE
185, rue Christophe-Colomb Est
Québec (Québec) G1K 3S6
T: (418) 529.2715 F: (418) 529.0048
info@chambreblanche.qc.ca
www.chambreblanche.qc.ca

New York 06.29.2003 – Swords Woman of Huangjiang at the Lincoln Center with Bubblyfish

New York
Sunday June 29th 2003 at 1:30 and 6:30

The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater Presents: Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film

June 27th – July 10, 2003

A special showing of : SWORDSWOMAN OF HUANGJIANG / HUANGJIANG NÜXIA

Soundtrack by Bubblyfish and I8U – Live experimental electronic music accompaniment by musician / composer
Bubblyfish

Montreal 03.09.2003 – Rad’a

Aidan Baker, Sam Shalabi, naw, and i8u
Rad’a, 841 rue Gilford, Montreal
http://www.radamontreal.com/
514.522.4323
9pm Saturday March 8th, 2003
$5, tickets at the door

Rad’a Gallery presents an evening of organic meets micro music, members of Canada’s new school of improvisers meeting head to head in an evening of improvisational micro/glitch laptop electronics and world/jazz analogue sounds.
The analog set of the evening will feature performances by Aidan Baker and Sam Shalabi. Aidan Baker has been a permament fixture in the improv and electronic communities in Toronto. He is the founder of the ARC collective and constantly perfoms throughout Toronto, solo and with various groups. The recent ARC release on Toronto’s Piehead Records has received glowing reviews and his various solo releases have been garnering international attention. Aidan’s music, created by mutli-layered guitar loops and drones, encompasses ambient, jazz, electro-acoustic, and experimental sounds. Sam Shalabi is no stanger to the Montreal scene with his solo work and his goup, The Shalabi Effect. His meditative, thought-provoking music shares certain similarities in musical asthetics & exploration, if not actual sound production, to that of Aidan’s work.
The electronic set will feature performances by naw (Neil Wiernik) and I8U. Better known for his experiments in the areas
of minimal techno and micro house Neil has a long history of making and performing improvised and experimental electronic music. His custom-made applications using max/msp take the simplest of sounds and re-create them into a field of sound both enveloping and complex. I8U has been experimenting with electronics for several years and her recent exploration of laptop electronics has taken her work to new levels of exploration and improvisation that will leave the most open minded listeners boggled.
Rad’a will be the ideal setting for these artists’ diverse yet compatible music, allowing the listener to full appreciate the complexities of their respective sounds. Following the four solo sets, the evening will culminate in a collaborative improvisational foursome.

Biographies:

Aidan Baker
http://listen.to/aidan
Aidan Baker is a Toronto-based musician & writer. A classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, he is currently focused on the deconstructive possibilities of the electric guitar. Baker has released several albums, as a solo artist & with various ensembles, on such labels, among others, as Piehead (Canada), Public Eyesore (US), & Blade Records (Italy). His music ranges from &/or encompasses ambient, experimental, electronic(a), post-rock/pop, & avant-jazz. He is also the author of two books of poetry, Fingerspelling (Penumbra Press) & Wound Culture (Unbound Books).

I8U
http://www.i8u.com
I8U’s musical path is rather special. From classical music to the blues, it took only one chance meeting with David Kristian to get her involved in electronic music. I8U has participated in various music & new technology festivals across Canada & Europe, such as Silophone (Montréal, 2000), Mutek (Montréal, 2001), Le Festival de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (2002), Ver Uit de Maat (Rotterdam, 2002). Her CDs have been released on Canadian & European labels, (bake/staalplaat, Oral, Piehead Records) including a collaborative piece with Goem (Amsterdam). She regularly presents solo performances & often collaborates with Martin Tétreault & David Kristian & Magali Babin. I8U’s particular interest in music, sound & Web art allowed her to produce her first Web art project, Obstacle, which was presented as part of Périphérique, a laboratory curated by Nicole Gingras & created in collaboration with the Groupe Intervention Vidéo (Montréal, 2001). A second Web art project, I S Ü was presented at the Musée du Québec in the fall of 2002 in the context of the Web art exhibit “Ellipse“. This event was curated by Valérie Lamontagne and included 5 other Canadian artists.

naw
http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/naw.htm
Recently transplanted from Toronto back to his Montreal birthplace, Neil Wiernik is a media artist turned electronic music composer who began creating electronic music in 1988. Wiernik is known to push the boundaries of his musical form – from designing new or manipulating existing sound making devices & software to creative uses of production environments & sound sources. Though his composition & production styles are diverse, he keeps a central focus throughout all his production: experimentation. Neil has a long history of both group & solo electronic music projects including work with The Crystal Methodists & Phÿcus before settling into his current project naw. In terms of solo work, Neil has released music under his given name & under the naw pseudonym on various national & international record labels.  Neil’s recent work is a hybrid deconstruction of all music found in the vicinity of his ears.

Sam Shalabi
http://www.shalabieffect.com/
Sam Shalabi is the most active player in Montreal’s blossoming improv scene. Over the last couple of years has been documented on releases by Shalabi Effect, Detention, Molasses & A Silver Mt. Zion. Shalabi has played or collaborated with the likes of Evan Parker, Alexandre St-Onge, David Kristian, Tim Berne, Charles Papasof & Frank Gratkowski among others.

Hull 02.20.2003 – Free Radical

FREE RADICAL CONCERT SERIES
February 20th – 23rd, 2003
at the Studiõ 80 , Front st., Hull
information: (819) 770-8525

Live performance by I8U at the
Maid in Cyberspace Festival 06

Web Art /Installations/
Performances /Artist Talks by:

Luljeta Danaj_ Olga Goriunova_ Rudina Hoxhaj
Irida Lame_Eleni Laperi _Enkelejda Limani
Pascale Malaterre_ Maria Miranda + Norie Neumark
Suela Qoshja_Ada Simoni_Mylena Bergeron_I8U
Agnese Trocchi _Eniela Vevecka_Tamara Vukov

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 20th,
3pm – 5pm:
Open House/Web Art

7pm – 9pm:
Opening

Friday, February 21th,
3pm – 8pm:
Open House/Web Art

8pm – 9pm :
Performances
Myléna Bergeron
i8u

Saturday, February 22nd,
12pm – 3pm :
Open House / Web Art

3pm – 5pm:
Artist Talk

More Info:

www.daimon.qc.ca

Montreal 02.05.2003 – Free Radical

FREE RADICAL CONCERT SERIES
February 5th – 8th, 2003
at the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault,
2022, Sherbrooke St. East,
Montreal, Quebec

A premiere performance by duo
Magali Babin and I8U at the
Maid in Cyberspace Festival 06

With an eye on emerging artists, the
Free Radical Concert Series features
a range of new music, from actuelle
and experimental to orchestral, electro,
and technopunk.
CONCERT SCHEDULE

Wednesday, February 5th : Electrotext Acoustica
(an evening in Quadrophonic Sound)
Kathy Kennedy
Alexis O`Hara

Thursday, February 6th : IMPROV
Magali Babin and i8u
Haeyoung Kim (NYC Game Boy Composer)

Friday, February 7th : New Electronic Music
Anna Friz + Annabelle Chvostek (Theremin )
[sic] (a.k.a Squirrelgirl)
Myléna Bergeron

Saturday, February 8th: The Great Bitbang
Lesbians on Ecstacy
Nanobot Auxillary Ballet
Haeyoung Kim (NYC GameBoy composer)
Alice and the Serial Numbers

More Info:

http://www.studioxx.org/

ISU

Ǐ S ϋ by i8u

exhibit: Ellipse
organization: MobileGaze
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

Ǐ S ϋ is a web art project by I8U, in the context of the
“Ellipse” exhibit, at the Musée du Québec.
It was officially launched November 13th 2002,
at the Grand Hall of the Musée du Québec.

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