april 3: wednesday
noon: Harbor Symphony
A large work utilizing the horns of ships moored in the Port of Oakland, Harbor Symphony is an expansive sound work that will resonate across the entire bay. Wherry (Canada) and Steffler (Canada) have been working with ship horn ensembles for over a dozen years and this work follows pieces they have done in St. John's and Montreal. Presented by Secession Gallery in the Oakland Harbor.
2pm: Lectures by Eiko DoEspirito-Santo and Kazue Mizushima
Eiko DoEsp'rito-Santo and Kazue Mizushima discuss their perspectives on developing interactive and performative sound works. Asian Art Museum
5:30pm - 7:30pm: SoundCulture Kickoff Reception.
Featuring Silent Forest by Nigel Helyer. In the Walter/MacBean Gallery of the San Fransisco Art Institute
7:30pm: Ear to the Image: Soundtracks by Steven Vitiello
New York-based guitarist/composer exhibits experimental videoworks for which he has contributed musical scores. Followed at 9:00 PM by the Bay Area premiere of Intriguing People, the first feature by Brazilian experimentalist Eder Santos (with soundtrack by Vitiello). Pacific Film Archive
8:30pm: Brenda Hutchinson, Laetitia Sonami, and Beth Custer
Three Bay Area musicians perform short solo pieces followed by a new composition written by Hutchinson, Sonami, and Custer specifically for SoundCulture 96. New Langton Arts copresented with San Fransisco Cinematheque. Admission: $8 general/$6 members, students, and seniors
11pm: The Eleventh Hour
Audio works by sound artists from the Pacific Region. 94.1 FM