FO A RM Festival November 18

FO A RM Magazine of Arts and Research presents THE FO A RM FESTIVAL OF SOUND & VIDEO is coming up November 18 at Portland Art Center to celebrate the release of their new magazine. Check it out!

FO A RM Magazine of Arts and Research presents:

THE FO A RM FESTIVAL OF SOUND & VIDEO

What:

An evening of experimental music and video to celebrate the release of FO A RM Magazine No. 5 (Autonomy).

Sat. Nov. 18th, 2006 @ 8pm at the Portland Art Center - $8 pre-show / $10 door

Tickets available at foarm.artdocuments.org or at the Portland Art Center (Wed.–Sun. 12–6)

Who:

Sounds from Olivia Block (Chicago), Seth Cluett (Princeton), Luc, and Borborygmus, plus an after-hours dance party hosted by DJ P Unity. Experimental video screenings curated by Morgan Currie, featuring Brook Hinton, David Borengasser, Melody Owen, Animal Charm and many others, plus an array of installed videos by local and international artists.

How:

Olivia Block creates gorgeous chaos with electronic noise, delicate field recordings, and chamber instruments. Her work has been described as "meditative and surprising...seductive music" by Julian Cowly of The Wire. We are proud to present this rare live appearance, her first in Portland. www.oliviablock.net

Seth Cluett coaxes subtle drones from analog electronics and electro-acoustic materials. His minimal but emotionally affecting pieces engage the boundary between the auditory and other senses. www.onelonelypixel.org

Luc is a local multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who crafts perfect "post-folk" songs from his own disjointed exuberance, along with accordion, guitar, banjo and mandolin. www.luclucluc.com)

Borborygmus is an improvising trio (David Hirvonen guitar + Jonathan Seilaff clarinet/electronics joined by special guest Jean-Paul Jenkins guitar). Their music seeks to explore physical objects and acoustic spaces ranging from the smallest reverberations to violent saturation. myspace.com/borborygmusmusic

DJ P Unity provides international dance possibilities for the flexible listener, with an emphasis on the rump and its momentum.

Morgan Currie is a video artist and writer. She has curated work for the PDX Film Festival among others, and written for The Organ, The Portland Mercury, and FO A RM.

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About FO A RM Magazine #5 (Autonomy):

FO A RM has published intriguing collections of experimental, interdisciplinary writing on such topics as Utility and Topography. Now our fifth issue, Autonomy, brings together an international group of artists, writers, and composers for a thought-provoking examination of music and freedom, plus a full-length CD.

FO A RM 5  features avant-garde Philippine composer José Maceda, an interview with reclusive Serbian radio-artist Arsenije Jovanovic, writings by underground sound artists Giancarlo Toniutti (Italy), Francisco Lopez (Spain), Achim Wollscheid (Germany), and John Duncan (US/Italy), notes on improvisation by Michael Bullock (Boston), sound-sculpture by Przemyslaw Jasielski (Poland), a profile of Diapason sound gallery (NYC), an essay by French musique concrete composer Lionel Marchetti, early scores of Robert Ashley examined by cellist Alex Waterman, art by Jan Anderzen (of Kemialliset Ystavat) & much more!!

Plus, in collaboration with Sedimental Records, an amazing 80-minute CD with music by Jonas Baes, Barbara Held, Arsenije Jovanovic, Jose Maceda and Michael J. Schumacher will be accompanying this issue.

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