The
Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society has announced it will match some
of the city’s most eclectic visual artists with a variety of audio
practitioners for an evening to be dubbed ambiARTnight. This
event, co-presented with the Harcourt House Artist Run Centre takes
place Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harcourt Annex (10211-112
Street). Admission to the all-ages show is $10.
Works
ranging from watercolours and acrylics to mixed media and photography
will be projected in crossfade zoom animation, while musicians and audio
artists will interpret the images through improvisation. Pairing of
visual and audio artists is as follows:
- Mixed media artist Glenys Switzer, whose exhibition credits include the Harcourt Annex, Edmonton City Hall and the McMullen Gallery, will have her work interpreted by guitarist Bill Damur, whose performance background runs the gamut from the ESO to Moebius Flip.
- Communications Guru and acrylics painter Marliss Weber, recently having works put on permanent display at Studio J Urban Spa and the Derrick Club, will have her collection undergo an alternative electronic treatment by electronic artist Bong Sample.
- Photographer, journalist and social activist Paula E. Kirman’s photos will receive a unique sonic treatment by agaperaygunexperiment and Aphotic Numen bassist Shannon Land.
- Emerging watercolours artist Stephen Sereda’s works will be accompanied by Gene Kosowan on an undisclosed processor.
Registered
as a not-for-profit organization under the Alberta Societies Act and
founded in 1989, the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society has been
dedicated to the production and promotion of sound-oriented
experimentation. BEAMS uses the broadest and most inclusive definition
of electroacoustic music, welcoming creativity in any medium. Members
perform several concerts a year in addition to occasional recordings,
festivals and workshops.
