Transmissions Gangan

OPEN STUDIO: January 8-9 / 8pm (Green Papaya Art Projects)
CONCERT: January 10 / 9-10pm (Cubao X)

Location: Green Papaya Art Projects – 41 T. Gener St. corner Kamuning Rd., Quezon City

Cubao Shoe Expo "Cubao X" – Gen. Romulo St., Araneta Center, Cubao Quezon City


SABAW is pleased to welcome California-based composer, pianist, electronic musician, instrument-builder, CHRIS BROWN, who creates music for acoustic instruments with interactive electronics, for computer networks, and for improvising ensembles. He will be performing his Transmissions series in collaboration with media artist Tengal and the electronic sound-video performance collective, The Gangan Ensemble.

The "Transmissions" series is an audience interactive, live electronic music performance series about the transmission of culture through the information media of sound and radio. It redefines the relationship of performers and audience to the radio medium, opening audio spaces to unheard voices in diverse communities by emphasizing the ability of both to create both the content and the means of production of radio communication. For this performance, radios in automobiles are primarily going to be used since it provides a more familiar experience and is easily accessible today.

Using the outdoor parking space of Cubao X, Chris Brown and The Gangan Ensemble produce live electronic music, while video artist Tad Ermitano performs live video manipulation alongside the electro-magnetic sound tapestry. We are also pleased to feature the video works of California-based visual artist, Johanna Poethig. The live music is mixed into a stereo channel, which is sent to a low-power FM radio transmitter, assigned to a unique frequency where people in the performance space can tune in.


Sound Performances by:
Chris Brown [computer, live sound engineering, radio transmissions]
Gangan Ensemble:
• Tengal [stereo mixers, drums, objects, ipods]
• Caliph 8 [turntables, samplers]
• Malek Lopez [laptop electronics]
• Inconnu ictu [analogue electronics]
• Blums Borres [electric guitar]
• Lirio Salvador [self-built electronic synthesizer]
Videos by:
Tad Ermitano
Johanna Poethig

more info here: http://tengalgorhythm.blogspot.com/2009/01/transmissions-gangan.html


THIS IS A FREE EVENT. REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR CARS AND PORTABLE FM RADIOS! THE MORE RADIOS THE BETTER AND BIGGER THE SOUND TAPESTRY!

ALSO: Before the concert performance in Cubao X on JANUARY 10, there will be two-nights of OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS with Chris Brown and the Gangan Ensemble at Green Papaya Art Projects on JANUARY 8 and 9. The OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS invites the public to be part of the creative process as the methods of the performance of composition and electronic music and the radio transmissions shall be discussed, and where they can also interact with the artists. This will benefit people who are particularly interested in various issues in composition, improvisation, and performing electronic music in general.

These events are presented by SABAW Media Art Kitchen in cooperation with Green Papaya Art Projects, Mogwai Cinema Club, and Cubao Shoe Expo.