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ST-18 / Saturday, February 25, 2006
Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 Street, Miami

7 PM - NODUS Ensemble
Initiated by faculty composer Orlando Jacinto García, NODUS is the
faculty new music ensemble in residence at Florida International
University's School of Music. Specializing in the Art music of our
time, the makeup of the ensemble varies for each concert depending on
the works being presented. NODUS has performed cutting edge works from
around the world at various venues including the Norton and Wolfsonian
museums and at the International Computer Music Conference in 2004.
For this Subtopics performance, the music will range from controlled
to free improvisation, exhibiting a variety of contemporary
instrumental and vocal techniques in compositions by Orlando Jacinto
Garcia, Keyla Orozco, George Crumb, Mei-Fang Lin, Jo Kondo, and
Karlheinz Stockhausen.

9 PM – PHOENICIA, DINO FELIPE & EDWARD BOBB (aka needle)

Dino, Desi & Desi in ATTACK of the NINJAS stars Dino Felipe, Edward
Bobb, and Eddie Peel as Dino, Desi & Desi. It features the cartoon
stylings of visual artist Zach Danesh, which premiered during Art
Basel Miami Beach 2005. Catch the world premiere live performance
Saturday night along with PHOENECIA, which consists of Schematic
Records honchos Joshua Kay and Romulo del Castillo.

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Welcome to Subtropics 18!
Subtropics 18 (ST – 18)
Subtropics Experimental Music & Sound Arts Festival
Presented in partnership with the
Miami Performing Arts Center
February 23 – March 4, 2006
Dorsch Gallery,
151 NW 24 Street, Miami
Additional Events on Lincoln Road and Española Way in Miami Beach in
conjunction with ArtCenter/South Florida and Miami Beach Cinematheque


The Subtropics Experimental Music & Sound Arts Festival turns 18 this
year and continues its mission to open our ears to new sounds.
Headquartered again at Dorsch Gallery in Miami's Wynwood District and
hosted for a night by ArtCenter/South Florida and Miami Beach
Cinematheque in Miami Beach, Subtropics will offer a daily dose of new
and experimental music and sound works from an international
collection of composers and performers. Subtropics is the largest and
oldest festival of its kind in the region and one of South Florida's
true Cultural treasures.

ST-18, presented by SFCA's interdisciplinary Sound Arts Workshop in
partnership once again with the Miami Performing Arts Center,
concentrates a wide array of events into a ten-day period, from
February 23rd to March 3rd, 2005. At once a world-class exposition of
new music and sound art and a venue for an exchange of ideas between
local, national, and international artists, Subtropics creates a
public dialogue along with engaging entertainment unique to Miami and
most parts of the world.




Subtropics 18 SCHEDULE
FEB. 23 - MAR. 4, 2006

ST-18 IN WYNWOOD - WEEK ONE:
hosted by Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 Street, Miami

Thursday, February 23 – Opening Night

7 PM - ALVIN LUCIER: MUSIC ON A LONG THIN WIRE
8 PM - HYPERSONIC TEST: FLORIDA I
9 PM - DAVID DUNN: IN AIR, IN WATER, IN EARTH, IN TREES and THREE
STRANGE ATTRACTORS

Friday, February 24, 2006

7 PM - DAVID WATSON: SKIRL – FEATURING THE HIGHLAND BAGPIPES
9 PM - BEN MANLEY: ELECTROACOUSTIC, DYNAMIC MUSICAL ENVIRONMENTS

Saturday, February 25, 2006

7 PM - NODUS ENSEMBLE: NEW ART MUSIC FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
9 PM – PHONECIA, DINO FELIPE, EDWARD BOBB

ST-18 IN WYNWOOD - WEEK TWO:
hosted by Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 Street, Miami

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

9 PM - ENCORE SCREENING: WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN

Friday, March 3, 2006

7 PM - SETH JOSEL: MUSIC FOR ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR
9 PM - GINO ROBAIR, JORGE GONÇALVES, GUSTAVO MATAMOROS: THE ZOO BAND

Saturday, March 4, 2006

7-11 PM - SUBTROPICS MARATHON

WEEK TWO:SUBTROPICS ON THE BEACH

SUBTROPICS ON THE BEACH: Live Radio, Sound Videos, and Street Performances

Thursday, March 2, 2006

On Lincoln Road – hosted by ArtCenter/South Florida

7 -11 PM - TALKING HEAD TRANSMITTERS: Live Radio!

Plus: STREET THEATRE IMPROVISATIONS by
JORGE GONÇALVES: Digital Drawings
GINO ROBAIR: Percussion
GUSTAVO MATAMOROS: Saw
NUNO REBELO: Guitar
And: HYPERSONIC TEST: FLORIDA II

On Española Way – hosted by Miami Beach Cinematheque

9 PM - SOUND VIDEOS: VISUAL MUSIC


Subtropics 18 SCHEDULE
WEEK ONE

ST-18 / Thursday, February 23 – Opening Night

Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 Street, Miami
7 PM - ALVIN LUCIER: MUSIC ON A LONG THIN WIRE
8 PM - HYPERSONIC TEST: FLORIDAI
9 PM - DAVID DUNN: In Air, In Water, In Earth, In Trees and Three
Strange Attractors


Alvin Lucier'sMUSIC ON A LONG THIN WIRE, his renowned sound
installation from 1977, makes its Miami debut. It features a long thin
wire straddled by a large magnet and vibrated by a sine wave
oscillator. Microphones pick up the sounds produced by the vibrating
string. These sounds are amplified through speakers, producing a
living sound sculpture that changes depending on the dynamics in the
room. Music on a Long Thin Wire can be experienced as a performance by
Ben Manley on opening night at 7pm and will continue as an
installation at Dorsch Gallery February 24 – 25, and March 1, 3, and 4
starting at 6pm each night.


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