((audience))
new contexts for sound art

((Audience)) Festival

Conceived in 2006, ((audience)) is an unprecedented project that explores the cinema as a 21st century concert hall. Currently, sound artists must "perform" what are essentially multi-track recordings, interpreting the playback of their compositions to account for technical and acoustic variations in different sites. ((audience)) bypasses this problem by considering the cinema-hall as a standard technical and acoustic platform and site.

The centerpiece of ((audience)) is its biennial festival, a program of 5.1 surround sound works by international artists presented in movie theaters in the dark (without visual accompaniment). This immersive experience in cinematic audio travels to partnering organizations accompanied by curatorial lectures, performances and screenings on a city-by-city basis.

((AUDIENCE02))
Adrian Moore
Anna Friz
Barry Schrader
Eric Chasalow
Felix Kubin
Gregory Whitehead
JG Thirlwell
Phillip Stearns

CINEMA FOR THE EAR: HORROR
Bryan Jacobs
Clay Gold
Demdike Stare
Felix Kubin and Boris D Hegenbart-Matsui
Peter Kutin
Pamela Z
Raime
Robert Eggers/Damian Volpe/Matt Rocker

Cinema for the Ear: Horror is a special 5.1 surround sound program commissioned for Unsound Festival New York 2011. For a complete press release on the premiere event, at the Film Society of Lincoln Center/Walter Reade Theater, click here.

For complete program descriptions for Cinema for the Ear: Horror, click here.

((AUDIENCE01))
Jamie Allen
Bryan Jacobs
Loud Objects
Simona Brinkmann
Uli Schuster
Natasha Barrett
Emmanuel Madan
Anna Friz
Cedric Maridet

For complete work descriptions for ((audience01)), click here.

2009 TOUR
The US Premiere of ((audience01)) occurred from September 17 - 27, 2009 at the Red House Arts Center in Syracuse, NY. For a complete press release on the premiere event, click here.

The NYC Premiere of ((audience01)) occurred on June 5, 2010 at Ramiken Crucible in Chinatown, Manhattan, NY. For a complete press release on the premiere event, click here.