Art
A Noise Festival Makes Melody in Strange Ways
Ende Tymes, the increasingly extensive “festival of noise and abstract liberation,” successfully returned for its fifth incarnation last week.
Charles Eppley
Music
In His Final Opera, a Composer Presents a Divided Self-Portrait
The late composer Robert Ashley (1930–2014) produced some of the most difficult music of the 20th century — and now also of the 21st.
Art
Spending an Evening with a Maestro of Drone Music
Hidden away in Ridgewood, Queens, is a private loft that holds an acoustic gem from the mid 20th century: a vintage — and totally functional — Klipschorn three-piece speaker system.
Art
Public Art in the Sonic Realm
The open structure of Sound Event resulted in a casual atmosphere, where one could sit in on a performance, or station, without feeling pressured to stay through its entire duration.
Art
The Freedom of Futurist Poetry
The Guggenheim Museum was filled with noise on Monday evening during "PAAAAAAroooooooooooole in Libertà Futuriste (Futurist Wwwwwwoooooords-in-Freedom)," an eccentric program that breathed new life into an extensive survey of Futurist art that's been on view since February.
Art
Listening Deeply to the 2014 Whitney Biennial
The 2014 Whitney Biennial came to a close this past weekend, ending with a performance by esteemed artist and musician Pauline Oliveros. The performance resonated with one of the more striking, if overlooked, curatorial themes of the show: sound in the museum.
Art
A Festival of Noise and Experimental Liberation
The fourth annual Ende Tymes festival summoned a deluge of harsh noise, heavy drones, and electronic improvisation upon Brooklyn this past weekend.
Art
A Mainstream Museum Welcomes Two Old-Guard Experimentalists
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect upon entering the fourth floor galleries at the Museum of Modern Art for a collaborative performance, “illlummminnnatttionnnssss!!!!!!!” (2014), by old-guard experimentalists Simone Forti and Charlemagne Palestine. The pair had not performed together in over four d
Art
The Dense, Dark Tones of an Organ Mystic
Experimental musician Charlemagne Palestine performed last Thursday at Plymouth Church, presenting a vibrant evening of deep organ drones.
News
Experimental Musician Robert Ashley Dead at 83
Robert Ashley, experimental musician and composer, has died at the age of 83, according to the artist's website. Ashley has long been a force of inspiration in the experimental music community, where he is recognized as a pioneer of electronic and improvised music. Ashley is also included in the 201
Art
Aural Mirrors on Sound's Stage
The pervasive, even immersive, nature of sound is the subject of an unassuming exhibition by Tim Bruniges, whose megalithic installation, MIRRORS, is on view at Brooklyn's Signal gallery.