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Walking Through Songs

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:22:35 GMT

Strange Attractors 24 Festival presented Walking Through Songs, an improvisational intermedia ensemble consisting of Carei Thomas, keyboards, poemmetry and phononomalies; Steve Goldstein, digital drums pads and percussion; and David Means, graphic scores, projections, electric guitar, digital wind controller and touch pads. They performed a realization of "The Prague Spirals", an intermedia performance installion by David Means.

image: Walking Through Songs

image: Walking Through Songs

SHAPE at Strange Attractors 24

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:20:16 GMT

The experimental improvisational ensemble SHAPE performed Friday, November 9th at Strange Attractos 24 Festival of Experimental Intermedia Art. Thanks to Viv Corringham, vocals; Steve Goldstein, laptop percussion; and Craig Harris (real-time sampling and processing).

Matt Manowski at Strange Attractors 24

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:31:10 GMT

Matt Manowski joins Strange Attractors 24 with festival organizer David Means and artists from here to San Antonio. Festival resumes in November fridays at 7 p.m. with Johnny Rodriguez 11/2; Steve Goldstein 11/9; Manowski/Means 11/16; Carei Thomas and Walking Through Songs 11/30; and concluding December 7th with Jon Spayde and David Means.

image: Matt Manowski at Strange Attractors 23

A John Cage Musicircus and Centennial Celebration

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:15:17 GMT

[b]Strange Attractors 24[/b]

[b]Twenty-Fourth Festival of Experimental Music and Intermedia Art[/b]

[b]presents[/b]

[b]Not wanting to say something about John Cage (1912-1992) [/b][b]7-9 p.m. Friday, [/b]September 7, 2012

Fine Arts Studio 677 E. 7^th Street (at Maria)

Metropolitan State University

[b]An intermedia Musicircus Celebration[/b]

[b]Of John Cage’s 100^th Birthday[/b]

Featuring Steve Goldstein, Debra J. Hobbs, Eugene Hoffman, Matt Manowski, David Means, Liz Schultz, Jon Spayde, and others. Free

Produced by the Program in Experimental Music and Intermedia Arts With support from the Communications, Writing and Arts

Johnny Rodriguez at Strange Attractors 23

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:51:12 GMT

San Antonio composer-musician Johnny Rodriguez concluded the Strange Attractors 23 season with "The Rose of Jericho", an intermedia performance installation with Los Nuevos Huevos (Mary Garvie, voice, Serdar Guvenc, electric guitar,and Davis Menas, digital piano and touchpads).

audio: End of Part I - The Rose of Jericho

Strange Attractors 23 Festival

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:10:13 GMT

Strange Attractors 23 Festival of Experimental Music andIntermedia Arts presents Friday evening programs at 7:00p.m. April 1-29, 2011 in Metropolitan State University's Fine ArtsStudio, 677 E. Seventh Street, Saint Paul, featuring:

April 1 Dain Girodat

April 8 Steve Goldstein with Rahjta Ren

April 15 Liz Schultz and Debra J. Hobbs

April 22 Abdul Gindeel with David Means

April 29 Johnny Rodriguez with David Means

Plato's Cave

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:25:29 GMT

The Nobles eXperimental interMedia Groupfilmed rehearsals of Plato's Cave under the 7th St. tunnels below Metro State's campus. Laptop computer processing and live projections became elements of a visual / spatial collaboration with guest artist Steve Goldstein, December 3rd at 7 p.m. at Strange Attractors 22, 2010; Metropolitan State Unviersity.

audio: Plato's Cave Improvisation

Strange Attractors 22 Festival

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:34:50 GMT

[color=#9999ff][/color] [color=#9999ff]Strange Attractors 22 Festival Twenty-Second Festival of Experimental Intermedia[/color] [color=#9999ff][color=#9999ff][/color][/color][color=#9999ff][/color]Fridays at 7 pm, November 5 - December 3, 2010 Fine Arts Studio 677 E. Seventh Street Saint Paul 651.999.5963 November 5 - Ellen Fullman (Berkely) McKnight Visiting Composer Fellow "Constructing a Musical Phrase from the Ground Up" November 12 - Dixie Treichel and the Unique Sounds Ensemble November 19 - Jon Spayde with Marlene Tupy and a new performance piece December 3 - Steve Goldstein - laptop musician, with David Means and the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group

Strange Attractors 21

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:57:16 GMT

Strange Attractors 21 Festival Twenty first festival of experimental intermedia Fridays at 8 pm, april 9-30, 2010 Fine Arts Studio, 677 E. Seventh Street, Saint Paul 651.999.5963 April 9 Maureen Koelsch (NYC) choreographer "The Morgan Project" April 16 Jim Malec - videographer April 23 Sofia Lorraine with Holly Newsome - installation artists April 30 Dain Girodat and Friends - poet / musician / filmmaker, with Razi Ahmed and Waiel Safwat

Strange Attractors 20

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:02:33 GMT

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Twentieth Festival of New Music & Intermedia

[b]7 p.m. Fridays:[/b] October 30 – December 4, 2009

Fine Arts Studio 677 E. 7^th Street

Metropolitan State University

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Oct. 30 – Cyrus Pireh and Guitar Heroes

Nov. 6 – Carei Thomas-"Walking Through Songs"

Nov. 13 – Dixie Treichel with Kris Peck

Nov. 20 – The New Jon Spayde Show

Dec. 4 – Steve Goldstein with David Means

FFI – (651) 999-5963

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Looking Through the Cube

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:21:00 GMT

The Program in Experimental Intermedia Arts presents "Looking Through the Cube: Tales of the Futurist Bunnies", an intermedia performance installation created by students in IMDA 430 - Collaboration. Free and open to the public; refreshments offered. David Means, instructor Thursday, April 30, 2-4 p.m., Fine Arts Studio 677 E 7th Street (at Maria), St. Paul; Metropolitan State University

"Le Futurisme" at 100

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:41:16 GMT

The Experimental Intermedia Program celebrates the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first Futurist Manifesto in "Le Figaro", February 20, 1909. Scholar / narrators Jon Spayde (St. Paul) and Jeffrey Schnspp (Stanford University) join laptop computer musician Steve Goldstein and guitarists David Means and Cyrus Pireh in a long-distance intermedia performance link with a Futuristsoiree in Palo Alto.

Intermedia Arts Student Projects

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:31:23 GMT

Students in the fall, 2008 class Intermedia Arts are developing interdisciplinary content on this site, updating it to web-link and document a final performance installation on December 3rd. Past student projects have involved performance installations with live electronics, interactive projections, experimental instruments and video wall.

image: 2003 Student Project

image: Dan and Suzi, 2006

Johnny Rodriguez Residency

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:54:16 GMT

Johnny Rodriguez Guest Composer Residency In collaboration with with the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group (Mary Garvie, Steve Goldstein, David Means and Guests) F R E E C O N C E R T Friday, September 12th 7 p.m. Fine Arts Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia Metropolitan State University 677 E. 7th St. St. Paul Our longtime friend of the Strange Attractors Festivals has returned to speak to our music and intermedia classes, and to work with students on their individual and group composition and improvisation projects. Johnny Rodriguez’s Residency was made possible in part with funds from Dymaxion Intermedia, an independent experimental intermedia provider. While in Minnesota, he will speak to classes and perform at Metropolitan State and Artech Charter School of Arts and Technology in Northfield, Minnesota. -Program- Water Spirit Ritual (2003) Johnny Rodriguez, voice and flutes David Means, digital wind controller and live processing Steve Goldstein, laptop computer Video by Mary Garvie -Pause- Cross / Fades (2008) Johnny Rodriguez, voice and flutes Mary Garvie, voice and narration David Means, digital processing Archival photography from the Farm Security Administration -Pause- Primitive Wires (2008) Johnny Rodriguez, voice and flutes Mary Garvie, voice David Means, cigar-box banjo and infrared processing Steve Goldstein, laptop computer Guest performers Photography by Mary Garvie Program Notes: Water Spirit Ritual was commissioned by Dymaxion Music and created during a one week collaborative residency on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Cross / Fades was commissioned by the Border Learning Conference, and premiered in Las Cruces, New Mexico in February, 2008. Primitive Wires is an improvisation to Mary Garvie’s photography shot during the Strange Attractors 17 Festival concert by the group Toybox.

Strange Attractors 19 Festival

Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:44:23 GMT

Strange Attractors 19 Festival of Experimental Music and Intermedia Arts 7 p.m. Fridays: September 12 – December 5, 2008 Fine Arts Studio 677 E. 7th Street Metropolitan State University Schedule: September 12 – Johnny Rodriguez, from San Antonio October 24 – Ben James, with “Canned Goods” October 31 – Billy Fox, NYC McKnight Visiting Composer November 7 – the John O’Brien Ensemble November 14 – Liz Schultz, Video Installation November 21 – Jon Spayde, “The Jon Spayde Show” December 5 – The Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group Directed by David Means Program in Experimental Music and Intermedia Arts Communications, Writing and the Arts Department http://www.geocities.com/studio677 FFI – (651) 999-5963