BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//icalevents.anmari.com//amr-events 3.0.9//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:STEIM X-WR-CALDESC:Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120906T173026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121108T221928Z UID:3748@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/steim-geluid-van-nederland-workshop-series-subtle-li stening-with-kim-cascone/ SUMMARY:(FULL!) STEIM &\; Geluid van Nederland workshop series: Subtle Listening with Kim Cascone DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/steim-geluid-van-nederland-works hop-series-subtle-listening-with-kim-cascone/":Sorry\, this workshop is ful ly booked.\nSTEIM\, in partnership with the Geluid van Nederland project\,  presents a series of workshops addressing the creation\, consumption\, and reappropriation of field recordings.\nThe Geluid van Nederland website cont ains an archive of geocoded field recordings already collected as part of t he Geluid van Nederland project. We encourage participants to add their own recordings from the workshop to this archive\, and also to use recordings from the archive as part of their projects. The entire Geluid van Nederland archive is open for free creative use and will remain sustainably preserve d as it grows.\nFor this first edition of the series we are happy to invite composer and producer Kim Cascone from San Francisco to lead a 3-day works hop on subtle listening.\nThe Subtle Listening workshop is a three day work shop for people who work with sound to help sharpen their listening skills. Through guided meditation\, listening exercises\, and a field recording pr oject participants will learn a toolkit of techniques they can use any time to help heighten their sensitivity to the sounds of their immediate enviro nment.\nThe workshop comes out of ideas from the short essay 'The Grain of the Auditory Field' which addresses why many field recordings fail to captu re the imagination of the listener.\nDates: Nov 10 - 12\, 2012\nTime: 10:00 - 15:00 each day\nCost: €35 (covers all three days)\nLocation: STEIM\, Ach tergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nMaximum Participants: 15\nOn Nov 11 there will also be a concert by Kim at STEIM.\nVisit the concert page for more in formation.\nArtwork by Cameron Gray\nWHAT TO BRING //\nParticipants are res ponsible for bringing the following items to each session:\n\na laptop with audio software\na digital audio recorder &\; ample storage media for it \na stereo microphone (if not included on digital recorder)\none pair of ov er-the-ear headphones – no earbuds or open air headphones\nloose clothing f or meditation practice\ntwo pairs of foam earplugs\nan mp3 player – either software\, separate mobile phone or a standalone player\na small notebook f or keeping a dream journal and use as a sketch book\na USB stick with room on it for mp3 files\na blindfold – a scarf that can be tied around ones hea d will do\nsmall hand-held items that make noise:\nsmall bells\nsmall percu ssion instruments (bells\, triangles\, small drums etc)\nsmall rocks – no b igger than a palm of a hand\nclickers – or any small metal objects\ncelloph ane or aluminum foil\nwhatever people imagine would be useful\n\n \;\nT EACHER //\nKim Cascone has a long history involving electronic music: he re ceived his formal training in electronic music at the Berklee College of Mu sic in the early 1970's\, and in 1976 continued his studies with Dana McCur dy at the New School in New York City.\nAfter moving to San Francisco in th e 1980's\, and gaining experience as an electronic technician in the audio industry\, Cascone worked with David Lynch as Assistant Music Editor on bot h “Twin Peaks” and “Wild at Heart.” Cascone left the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on his company Silent Records\, a label that he founded in 1 986\, transforming it into the U.S.'s premier ambient electronic music labe l.\nAt the height of Silent's success in early 1996\, he sold the company i n order to pursue a career as a sound designer for Thomas Dolby's company H eadspace. After a two year stint at Headspace he worked for Staccato System s as the Director of Content where he oversaw sound design using algorithmi c synthesis for video games.\nSince 2001 Kim has been touring Europe perfor ming\, conducting workshops and lecturing on post-digital aesthetics in sou nd art. Kim has released more than 40 albums of electronic music since 1984 and has recorded/performed with Merzbow\, Keith Rowe\, Tony Conrad\, Scann er\, John Tilbury\, and Pauline Oliveros among others.\nCascone is the foun der of the .microsound list which focuses on post-digital music and laptop performance (http://www.microsound.org) and his writing has been published in Computer Music Journal (MIT Press)\, Artbyte\, Soundcultures\, Parachute Journal\, Junk Jet\, Geometer\; he has guest edited and written for Contem porary Music Review and acts as an advisor to the journal “Interference” ba sed in Dublin\, Ireland. Kim is a citizen of both the USA and Italy and liv es on the coast of California\, south of San Francisco\, with his wife Kath leen and son Cage.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Cascone\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Sorry\, this workshop is fully booked.

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STEIM\, in partnership with the Geluid van Nederland project\, presen ts a series of workshops addressing the creation\, consumption\, and reappr opriation of field recordings.

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The Geluid van Nederla nd website contains an archive of geocoded field recordings already col lected as part of the Geluid van Nederland project. We encourage participan ts to add their own recordings from the workshop to this archive\, and also to use recordings from the archive as part of their projects. The entire G eluid van Nederland archive is open for free creative use and will remain s ustainably preserved as it grows.

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For this first edition of the ser ies we are happy to invite composer and producer Kim Cascone from San Francisco to lead a 3-day workshop on subtle listening.

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The Subtle Listening workshop is a three day workshop for people who work w ith sound to help sharpen their listening skills. Through guided meditation \, listening exercises\, and a field recording project participants will le arn a toolkit of techniques they can use any time to help heighten their se nsitivity to the sounds of their immediate environment.

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The worksho p comes out of ideas from the short essay 'Th e Grain of the Auditory Field' which addresses why many field recording s fail to capture the imagination of the listener.

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Dates: Nov 1 0 - 12\, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 - 15:00 each day
\nCost: €35 (covers all three days)
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nMaximum Participants: 15

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On Nov 11 there will also be a concert by Kim at STEIM.
\nVisit the concert page for more information.

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Kim Cascone Subtle Listening workshop banner. Artwork by Cameron G ray

Artwork by Camer on Gray

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WHAT TO BRING //

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Participants are responsib le for bringing the following items to each session:

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TEACHER //

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Kim Cascone has a long history involving electronic music: he received his formal training in electronic music at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1970's\, and in 1976 continued his studies with Dana McCurdy at the New School in New Y ork City.

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After moving to San Francisco in the 1980's\, and gaining experience as an electronic technician in the audio industry\, Cascone wor ked with David Lynch as Assistant Music Editor on both “Twin Peaks” and “Wi ld at Heart.” Cascone left the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on his company Silent Records\, a label that he founded in 1986\, transforming it into the U.S.'s premier ambient electronic music label.

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At the heig ht of Silent's success in early 1996\, he sold the company in order to purs ue a career as a sound designer for Thomas Dolby's company Headspace. After a two year stint at Headspace he worked for Staccato Systems as the Direct or of Content where he oversaw sound design using algorithmic synthesis for video games.

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Since 2001 Kim has been touring Europe performing\, c onducting workshops and lecturing on post-digital aesthetics in sound art. Kim has released more than 40 albums of electronic music since 1984 and has recorded/performed with Merzbow\, Keith Rowe\, Tony Conrad\, Scanner\, Joh n Tilbury\, and Pauline Oliveros among others.

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Cascone is the found er of the .microsound list which focuses on post-digital music and laptop p erformance (http://www.microsound.org) and his writing has been published i n Computer Music Journal (MIT Press)\, Artbyte\, Soundcultures\, Parachute Journal\, Junk Jet\, Geometer\; he has guest edited and written for Contemp orary Music Review and acts as an advisor to the journal “Interference” bas ed in Dublin\, Ireland. Kim is a citizen of both the USA and Italy and live s on the coast of California\, south of San Francisco\, with his wife Kathl een and son Cage.

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Kim Cascone laptop perfor mance

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https://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Cascone

\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19 1017WL\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20121110T100000 DURATION:P2DT5H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR