[microsound-announce] domestic appliances project #1

[Marinos Koutsomichalis]

Hello all,

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my latest work is the first of a series of installations dedicated to  
the exploration of the musical and architectural potential of  
everyday domestic appliances -
it is accommodated at the Arthur Sykes Rymer Auditorium at the  
university of York ("..the premiere listening space for reproduced  
sound in the UK..")
until this Monday midnight

note that this is NOT a public event,
and access to the space is limited and NOT guaranteed especially off  
the working hours,

(however, if anyone is in the area and interesting in visiting the  
installation, he may contact me and I can make sure he gets in)

so I decided to upload a video on my site - fully aware that it' s  
not possible even to imply the actual work
that way



http://marinoskoutsomichalis.com/works/domestic-appliances-project/ 
domestic-appliances-project.html



program notes and bio  follow :
domestic appliances project  #1

A domestic freezer has been selected as the only sound source. Using  
a variety of carefully selected and placed contact microphones, coils  
and other transducers (mainly custom-made), sounds from the machine  
are amplified and projected into the auditorium - achieving both an  
exploration and an expansion of the machine -  to develop a composed  
sonic environment.

Sound here operates on an architectural level in competition with the  
Freezer' s corporeal presence and by enacting areas of different  
sonority within the auditorium. This provides visitors a ready-made  
sonic environment for them to experience, an opportunity to wander  
inside it, to explore it and define their own individual pathways  
through the work – their unique encounters with it.

Questions of site- and time- specificity of the work arise due to the  
highly-referential nature of both the found-object and its  
accommodating space, this might introduce a conceptual aspect to the  
work. But the physical presence of the Freezer, the carefully  
composed soundscape and the individual character of the auditorium,  
are evidence that it' s not about A freezer into A space, but about  
THIS very Freezer into THIS  space and the-artist' s own  
interpretation of how they can interact together and merge.


Marinos Koutsomichalis (Athens, Greece 1981 - ) composer, sound-artist.

Active in the fields of both sound-art and notated music, Marinos  
Koutsomichalis profoundly indulges in sound and all auditorial  
stimuli, from within a philosophical viewpoint. He is interested in  
creating self-evident sonic experiences - organic life-forms that  
guide or inspire, in turn, their very maker. Usually in his works,  
traditional ideas of formalism, causality or transformation are  
abandoned and "musical" references are overwhelmed, for the shake of  
sound itself, which is no longer the carrier of an artificially  
planted "meaning" or "message" but the very message itself.

As a sound-artist, he works within a strict site- and time- specific  
context, utilizing DSP techniques,field recordings and generative  
procedures. His main focus is on the architectural possibilities of  
sound - how to occupy space sonically in meaningful ways - both  
through intuitive performances and scholastic installations.  
Phonographic techniques hold a distinct place in his arsenal, as both  
a tool to interpret given space or found-sounds, and, further, to  
document his own work, always in respect to the boundaries medium- 
oriented reproduction imposes.

Notation is just another medium for him to explore - its textural and  
timbral possibilities in particular, and though not his main focus,  
his acoustic output should not be overlooked, as it features works  
for a variety of instruments and ensembles that are frequently  
performed. He is, also, into various side-projects or solo  
experiments, from time to time, when he feels he needs to do  
something different, trying to constantly re-establish his individual  
relationship with sound.

His work has been released by various labels including Entr' acte  
(uk) and EchoMusic(gr), while he both performs / is being performed  
around the globe - amongst others Usa, Greece, Uk, Netherlands,  
Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. He is currently pursuing an  
MA by research in composition with digital media at the university of  
York, under the supervision of dr Tony Myatt, whilst he holds an  
offer to undertake a Phd in music in the same university. He also  
holds degrees in Harmony, Counterpoint and Management. He spends most  
of his time between York, Athens and Creta.


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Marinos Koutsomichalis
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web:
www.marinoskoutsomichalis.com
marinos at marinoskoutsomichalis.com
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Greece:
Paloumpioti 33, 11476, Athens
mobile: 00306938954510
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Uk:
11, Granville Terrace
YO10 3DY, York
mobile: 0044(0)7593021328




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