news: 11-25-11

 

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copy for your records will release Ben Owen and Barry Chabala playing Antoine Beuger's composition "un lieu pour être deux". this recording is mastered by giuseppe ielasi. thanks to billy gomberg and richard kamerman.

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november 16 - obs in rustov russia has released on cd Birds and Water, 2&3 with four recordings from May 05, 2010 made while on residency with The Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY. Images Ben Owen, designed by Denis Shapovalov and mastered by giuseppe ielasi.

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november 14 - con-v in madrid has released a c40 cassette and an online double album.
tanabe, voltear
is a 4 track cassette release sequenced by m.a. tolosa comprised of two field recodings from the coast of tanabe japan, a medium wave radio segment and harmonium piece. the recordings have been mastered by giuseppe ielasi.
(af) are two hour long mixes of recordings made from room recordings in greenpoint brooklyn, from september 2008 - november 2009. this album is available as mp3/FLAC download.

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october 17 - notice recordings in chicago has released a c93 cassette Birds and Water, 1 with two long form recordings made on residency at experimental television center in owego ny, may 2010. the recordings have been mastered by giuseppe ielasi and the cover is designed by evan lindorff-ellery.

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august 8 - winds measure recordings has released a collaborative performance from 2007 with scott smallwood, sawako, seth cluett and civyiu kkliu on CD. phonography meeting 070823 is now available.

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june 20 - Resounding Nodar - recording from Binaural Media Residency, 2009
Three years in Nodar: Context-specific art practices in rural Portugal catalogue,
accompanying double CD with 20 sound compositions made in Nodar, 1.000 copies
some pictures and sound files from my residency2009 at Binarual Media Nodar Portugal.

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on april 19 2010 Manfred Werder and I presented 2 Diagonals, Prospect Park.

april 19 - 2011419 at Prospect Park
Project and realisation: Manfred Werder and Ben Owen

Manfred Werder and Ben Owen walking in 2 diagonals through Prospect Park and realising 2 works.

7:00 pm
duration: 120 minutes
Manfred will begin at Grand Army Plaza, Ben will begin at Park Circle, Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY.

Manfred Werder: 20111
Ben Owen: 2 diagonals, for prospect park

Scores:
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às vezes, em dias de luz perfeita e exacta, em que as cousas têm toda a realidade que podem ter
sometimes, on days with perfect, exact light, when things have all the reality of which they are capable

(Fernando Pessoa / Alberto Caeiro: O Guardador de Rebanhos XXVI, 1914) (transl. Michael Pisaro)

manfred werder, 20111

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2 diagonals, for - 2011

2 diagonals, for prospect park
04-2011

for two performers
for a duration more than 60 minutes, less than 180 minutes.

ben owen 2011

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april 12-20 - The first installments to the Activating The Medium radio broadcast series have been booked with transmissions on the following channels, with artists including:
Antimatter, Jorge Bachmann, Leticia Castaneda, Tim Catlin, John Davis, John Duncan, Adrian Dziewanski, Leif Elggren, Richard Garet, Camilla Hannan, Jim Haynes, irr. app. (ext.), Jason Kahn, Jim Kaiser, Ben Owen, Adam Pacione, Dave Phillips, RAJAR, Rale, Lisa Seitz, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Adam Sonderberg, Giancarlo Toniutti, Vertonen, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Yan Jun

KPFA : No Other Radio : 94.1FM Berkeley : www.kpfa.org - April 12, 2011
KALX : Information Overload : 89.7FM Berkeley : www.kalx.org - April 13, 2011
KFJC : 89.7FM Los Altos, California : www.kjfc.org - April 16, 2011
KPFA : No Other Radio : 94.1FM Berkeley : www.kpfa.org - April 19, 2011
KALX : Information Overload : 89.7FM Berkeley : www.kalx.org - April 20, 2011

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february 1 - frêle á vide with alfredo costa monteiro has been released on contour editions. 4 track 46 minute cdr release features cover image by ben owen manipulated and designed by richard garet. more information can be found here

 

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december - two recordings are included on wm20 v-p v-f is v-n released december 2010 by winds measure recordings. this 50 minute compilation cassette features 35 different musicians/sound makers. more information and ordering can be found here

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a new solo release is available - ben owen - 05012009 FP
CDr and 3 letterpress printed insert cards - edition: 50, 08-2010.
field recordings in preparation for underfoot/Sound in the Frying Pan installation on the Frying Pan Light Ship, Hudson River, New York, NY. underfoot was a collaborative installation commissioned from EMF in NYC from Melissa Clarke, Shimpei Takeda and Ben Owen.
the release includes 3 letterpress insert cards with images from photographs of screens constructed by Shimpei Takeda and Melissa Clarke. the cdr contains 4 tracks totaling 1 hour.
release information.

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I have a piece on the third and/oar double cd release in the film director series, Michelangelo Antonioni - Trilogy And Epilogue. sound samples and more information can be found here on the and/oar site.

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"a year for each (side) (2010)" has been recorded and released on contour editions. the score "a year for each (side) (2010)" was written by ben owen in january 2010, recorded in the contour editions bunker with seth cluett, richard kammerman, matt marble and civyiu kkliu. details and the work can be downloaded here.

 

 

 

2011:

birds and water, 2&3
cd - obs - 2011

tanabe, voltear
cassette - con-v - 2011

(af)
double album, FLAC/mp3 - con-v - 2011

birds and water, 1
cassette - notice recordings - 2011

124-7790
shinkei + mise_en_scene : leftovers (reworked)
AIFF/mp3 - cronica - 2011

essay prublished on: entanglements for four projectors sandra gibson and luis recoder with ben owen
performa 09: back to futurism
book - performa
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scott smallwood, sawako, seth cluett, ben owen and civyiu kkliu - phonography meeting 070823
cd - winds measure recordings - 2011

resounding nodar - edit
three years in nodar: context-specific art practices in rural portugal
2x cd + book - binaural/nodar - 2011

activating the medium festival - radio broadcasts
23five san francisco, ca - 2011

alfredo costa monteiro and ben owen - frêle á vide
cdr - contour editions - 2011