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| Monday, Oct 1 Oak St. Cinema, 7:15pm |
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| JOHN OSWALD "Plunderphonics is as mesmerizing and synapse-frying a piece of aural vandalism as has ever been committed." - Byron Coley (Spin) John Oswald is one of the earliest and most recognized artists to use appropriation as an essential element of the creative process. The term Plunderphonics has come to be used to describe the entire genre of sound artists, working in a wide variety of ways, freely using portions of previously recorded work to compose original collage compositions. Oswald?s work has been used in productions for radio, stage, television, film, and various multi-media projects. He has worked with artists such as the Kronos Quartet, Fred Frith, Phil Strong and the Grateful Dead. His most recent release, 69plunderphonics96 is a box set consisting of a vast majority of his plunderphonic compositions, created between 1969 and 1996. Oswald will be visiting Sound Unseen to talk about Plunderphonics, leading an investigation into the technique. Web info: www.plunderphonics.com WOBBLY "...both amusingly surreal and jarring, an engaging combination of tongue-in-cheek whimsy, dadaist collage, and social commentary." - Mike Rowell (SF Weekly) Wobbly?s concert appearances have evolved out of nearly 15 years of live mix radio improvisation, beginning in 1987 with appearances on Negativland's "Over The Edge" and Wobbly's 'Media Joke' run from 1990-94 on KCSB in Santa Barbara, CA. In a live setting, Wobbly conducts using the mixing board as baton, appropriating a multitude of sounds to form new compositions. Wobbly has collaborated with artists such as People Like Us, Thomas Dimuzio, Big City Orchestra, Evolution Control Committee and Negativland. His compilation appearances include etoy's Toywar, Staalpaat?s The Sound of Music and the Klang compilation series. Wobbly will present his latest opus, "Wild Why," a frenzied mix of sound bites cut from pop radio, rap and R & B recordings. His performance will follow a talk given by Plunderphonics' John Oswald. web info: www.detritus.net/wobbly |
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