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FESTIVAL OF IDEAS AT THE NEW MUSEUM

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Audio excerpt from The Passenger installation, which will be presented at the New Museum’s Festival of Ideas for the New City on Saturday May 7th.  The installation is a series of hand-cut vinyl records of sounds collected in Fes, Marrakech, and Tangier, envisioned as an audible transmission  The installation precedes the first performance 0f The Passenger at FIAF, Florence Gould Hall on Monday, May 9th at 8:30 PM.


ABU DHABI “ART, TALKS & SENSATIONS” PREPARATIONS

 ABU DHABI ART, TALKS & SENSATIONS PREPARATIONS

Here’s a sneak peek of the preparations of the upcoming “Art, Talks & Sensations” experimental and artistic promenade, part of the Abu Dhabi Art fair (ADA). The Art Fair opens this thursday November 4th, on the beach of the Emirates Palace. A special guest of “Art, Talks & Sensations 2010″, Soundwalk will present its new sound piece entitled “Eternal Hell” on the evening of the 4th, 5th and 6th of November.


November 4-6, 7:30PM – 9PM Soundwalk | Emirates Palace, Beach, West Corniche Road 39999 Abu Dhabi
Click here to find the venue.

Photo : J-B Lepeltier


SOUNDWALK + DALINE JABBOUR PERFORMANCE IN BEIRUT

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The Rub Al Khali desert, or ‘Empty quarter’, is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, including parts of the UAE, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
In October, the Soundwalk collective made a one-month travel across this desert of silence, recording hours of hertzian frequencies as well as songs, prayers and sounds of the sand and wind.

Before presenting “Eternal Hell” at the opening of Abu Dhabi’s Art, Talks & Sensations Art Fair, Soundwalk will be playing live this thursday in Beirut, Lebanon, at Zico House, for an exclusive performance, with great traditional arabic singer and improviser Daline Jabbour as a special guest !

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Go to Zicohouse.org

PRACTICAL INFO

October 28th, 9PM | Zico House
Sanayeh, 174 Spears St, Beirut, Lebanon
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Admission is free !


MAKING OF – ETERNAL HELL

Photos : Soundwalk

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Soundwalk, in company of Myke Dodge Weiskopf, the master of shortwave (see www.myke.me), in the Rub-Al-Khali, known as ‘the Desert of the Deserts’ located in the Arabic Peninsula and shared by UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman.

The sound piece will be premiered as a performance at the Abu Dhabi Art, Talks and Sensations on the 4th, 5th and 6th of November, as part of Abu Dhabi’s Art Fair.

PRACTICAL INFO
November 4-6, 7:30PM – 9PM Soundwalk | Emirates Palace, Beach, West Corniche Road 39999 Abu Dhabi
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Admission is free


PHOTOS FROM THE NUIT BLANCHE PERFORMANCE

Following up on Soundwalk’s live tour, Hadley Hudson covered the collective’s Ulysses’ Syndrome performance for la Nuit Blanche in les Jardins du Trocadéro, Paris, last week-end. Here’s a selection of photos of this epic night !

Hadley Hudson’s website


PHOTOS FROM THE NAPLES SHOW

After New York, here’s a bunch of photos taken by Hadley Hudson during Soundwalk’s Ulysses’ Syndrome live performance at Naples’ Madre Museo, last wednesday. Thanks to Hadley Hudson for the coverage !

Hadley Hudson’s website


ULYSSES’ SYNDROME NYC LIVE : JIM HELTON’S CUT

“Ulysses’ Syndrome”
Directed by Jim Helton, shot by Josh Rothstein, Conception Stephan Crasneanscki.

Whilst he was attending Soundwalk’s last New York performance on board the Frying Pan in September, Film director Jim Helton, captured the electric atmosphere that seized the old lightship with the help of Josh Rothstein as the Director of Photography. Jim Helton had previously co-directed “Kill the Ego“, alongside Ron Patane.

Jim Helton’s website
Jim Helton’s channel on vimeo
Josh Rothstein’s website


SOUNDWALK LIVE AT LA NUIT BLANCHE THIS SATURDAY

Excerpt from Ulysses’ Syndrome, Kythira Greece

Since its creation in 2002, La Nuit Blanche has become one of the most exciting parisian events of the fall. For its third participation, Soundwalk will be featuring the event as an associated project. On this occasion, the Soundwalk collective will take its sound installation Ulysses’ Syndrome to another level, with a live performance on October 2nd, in the Jardins du Trocadéro.

On this very special night, Soundwalk will be showcasing its installation alongside Ghost Track, an exciting sonic and visual performance by sound artist duo Radiomentale.

Join the event on facebook
More information on nuitblanche.paris.fr

PRACTICAL INFO
October 2nd, 7PM – 7AM Soundwalk / 9PM – 5AM Radiomentale | Les Jardins du Trocadéro
M 6 · 9 / Bus  22 · 30 · 32 · 63 : Trocadéro
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Admission is free !


ULYSSES’ SYNDROME LIVE AT MADRE MUSEO NAPOLI

 ULYSSES SYNDROME LIVE AT MADRE MUSEO NAPOLI

Photo : Gabriele Giugni

Soundwalk’s live tour continues next week in Naples, where the Soundwalk collective will be showcasing Ulysses’ Syndrome at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina - MADRE -, on wednesday, September 29th. The sound piece will be presented as a live performance which will mark the beginning of Gabriele Giugni’s underwater photo exhibition on Ulysses’ Syndrome.
The exhibition will be shown at MADRE for three weeks, from September 29th to October 18th.

PRACTICAL INFO
September 29th, 7PM | MADRE Museum
Via Settembrini 79, 80139 Napoli
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Admission is free !

More info about Soundwalk Live Tour can be found on http://live.soundwalk.com

Check out pictures by Hadley Hudson from our Ulysses’ Syndrome performance in NYC here


HADLEY HUDSON REPORTS FROM NYC LIVE SHOW

Here’s a bunch of photos taken by Hadley Hudson during Soundwalk’s Ulysses’ Syndrome live performance in New York at the Frying Pan, last thursday. Enjoy !

Don’t miss the next live shows !

9/29 : MADRE Museo /// NAPOLI
10/2 : Nuit Blanche, Jardins du Trocadéro /// PARIS
10/9 : Conflux Festival /// NY
11/13 : Villa Noailles /// NICE