Tanso present SOUNDREACH
February 27, 2009 - 8 p.m. / Art Lounge at U of T Art Centre
Toronto's first live audio-visual improvisation between China and Canada
[Part 1]
SOUNDREACH - Part 1 from tanso on Vimeo.
[Part 2]
SOUNDREACH - Part 2 from tanso on Vimeo.
[Part 3]
SOUNDREACH - Part 3 from tanso on Vimeo.
On February 27, TANSO, an innovative Toronto-based arts promotion group, will host a live improvised audio-visual collaboration between Chinese and Canadian experimental sound and video artists at the U of T Art Centre.
The completely improvised audio performance will feature experimental Shenzhen-based sound artist Zen Lu collaborating via weblink with Toronto's I/O Media collective to create a unique, "conversational" soundscape for the audience.
“They’ll be throwing sound at each other over the Pacific,” says Wu Yan, one of TANSO's founders.
The video component will come from public submissions, which were solicited via social networking websites in both China and North America. Contributors were asked to base their abstract efforts around the theme of 'perceiving ideology through media,' a nod to the impact modern media and technology has on all global artists.
So far submissions have already come in from the United States, Toronto and Beijing. During the performance, these videos will be manipulated and processed in real-time via custom-designed software, then broadcast via a Chinese arts website, www.neocha.com.
“The video submissions we’ve received so far are intense. It’s very interesting to see artists’ response to the theme, given that they are all from different backgrounds.” says Siya Chen, who helped found TANSO.
SOUNDREACH offers a chance to see a live and cosmopolitan collaboration between cutting edge Chinese and Canadian experimental sound & video artists and is the first event of its kind in Toronto.
Here is a sneak preview of Selected Participating Videos
For more information
Contact: info@tanso.ca or praveer@tanso.ca / Praveer Baijal @ 647-238-1384
ABOUT TANSO: TANSO is a grassroots arts promotion group dedicated to facilitating the cultural exchange of contemporary art and music between China and Canada. Founded by Wu Yan, Praveer Baijal, and Siya Chen in Toronto in 2007, it is believed to be the only group of its kind in Canada. SOUNDREACH is TANSO's second major event. (http://www.tanso.ca)
ABOUT ZEN LU: Zen Lu is an experimental sound artist and the founder of 'We Play' Records. He is now working and living in Shenzhen, China. (http://www.zenlu.com)
ABOUT I/O MEDIA: I/O Media is a collective of Toronto-based artists exploring live, improvised audiovisual performance. (http://www.io-media.org)
