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# 2, March 2003

 

FYLKINGEN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

THOMAS LILJENBERG

In 2000, Fylkingen started its "Artist in Residence" project. Here are two articles on installation projects by Thor McIntyre-Burnie, Chris Watson and Mike Harding who were Fylkingen's artists in residence during 2001 and 2002.

A PIER - THOR McINTYRE-BURNIE

"A Piering is a creative study of a unique site and a special phenomenon, the late Victorian West Pier in Brighton and it's natural development during dereliction. The primary point of interest is the interplay between the pier's current physical state and its function as a zone of public space for birds and people alike.....(continue)"

LISTENING POST - CHRIS WATSON AND MIKE HARDING

"Chris Watson and Mike Harding were invited to Stockholm by Fylkingen with support from IASPIS. As part of the exchange project Chris Watson and Mike Harding performed a site-specific sound installation at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and held a workshop in 'field recording'...(continue)"

THE GENDER OF MUSIC

GUIDO ZECCOLA

"Have we ever really asked ourselves why there are so many male composers and so few female ones? Apart from some 'female' composers in Scandinavia, such as Cecilie Ore (Norway) and Kaija Saariaho (Finland), the only female exponents of "New Music" are in the USA...(continue)"

Guido Zeccola, music critic, discusses here on the gender of the "art music" of our time.

EMS PRIZE

ULF STENBERG/EMS

Ulf Stenberg, the director of EMS (Elektron Musik Studio) in Stockholm, explains the background and intention behind the emsPrize, an international music award with specific concern to "text-sound composition".

MEREAMIS

PÄR JOHANSSON/SEAMS

Pär Johansson, the former secretary of SEAMS (the Society for Electroacoustic Music) presents their programme MEREAMIS, i.e. "More Electroacoustic Music in Sweden", which opened national-wide tours with various forms of electroacoustic music in Sweden.

PHANTOM BROADCAST

JOHN DUNCAN

After several recent works with radio used as a side element, John Duncan focuses again on shortwave as the full source material in his phantom broadcast, with one slight twist.

HZ NET GALLERY

curator: SACHIKO HAYASHI

For the first time, Hz/Fylkingen presents internet art works by international net artists. This first issue of Hz Net Gallery focuses on 4 works by the following artists: "Self-less" by Wolf Kahlen, "A is for an Apple" by David Clark, "Soundscraper" by Stanza, and "www.nowar.nogame.org" by jimpunk.

 

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