ALISON KNOWLES: PAPER WEATHER RESIDENCY

SFCA [ISAW+SUBTROPICS]
is proud to host a week-long residency with

ALISON KNOWLES

Alison Knowles was born in New York City in 1933. She is a visual artist known for her soundworks, installations, performances, publications and association with Fluxus, the experimental avant-garde group formally founded in 1962.

Her summer residency at Audiotheque consists of a Paper Weather Workshop, printmaking, audio recordings, and a Listening Club performance presentation.

 

EVENTS SCHEDULE

SUN JUN 4 2017 | PAPER WEATHER WORKSHOP | 1-6PM (or later)

ARTCENTER PRINTSHOP
924 Lincoln Road, first floor
Miami Beach, FL 33139

PAPER WEATHER INSTRUMENTS:
A ONE DAY WORKSHOP FOR PAPER MAKERS WITH ALISON KNOWLES

Workshop participants make paper and learn how to assemble various acoustic instruments with it. These instruments will be recorded and included in Alison’s Listening Club presentation. For workshop details click here.

 

FRI JUN 9 2017 | LISTENING CLUB: PAPER WEATHER MUSIC | 8PM

Listening Club
S4:E9
curator: Alison Knowles

Fluxus artist #AlisonKnowles demonstrates and explains the sound capabilities of her Paper Weather instruments—some of them created during her residency’s workshop at ArtCenter’s Printshop.

She will also present collaborative recordings made and performed with Gustavo Matamoros during her residency at our Audiotheque studio, as well as, performances? of Loose Pages with her daughter, Jessica Higgins, and Shoreline, a piece she created for Fluxus Day during Subtropics XIX in 2007.

ADMISSION:
Bring a
n item of old clothing to contribute to the performance of Shoreline.

#alisonknowles #fluxus #listeningclub

AUDIOTHEQUE
924 Lincoln Road #201, Miami Beach 33139
located at ArtCenter South Florida on
the south side of Lincoln Road – parking in the back

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SFCA [isaw+subtropics.org] is the leading proponent of experimental music and sound art in the Southeast, and the nourishing platform for projects like Audiotheque, the Subtropics Biennial and yearly Marathon, the Frozen Music Ensemble, iSAW’s Experimental Sound Archive and Sound Studio, and many more projects designed to produce, promote and present the newest, most on-topic new music and sound art experiences in South Florida.
 
Audiotheque’s 2015-16 season of events are possible with support from SFCA [isaw+subtropics.org], City of Miami Beach’s Cultural Affairs Program and Cultural Arts Council; with additional support from Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and by the Blank Family Foundation. SFCA [isaw+subtropics.org] would also like to acknowledge the ongoing support of Sennheiser, leaders in superior sound technology. Special thanks to our partner ArtCenter South Florida