Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Takedao Art Event 2012 - Call for Artists

English will follow 
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アーティスト募集
(ダンス、音楽、演劇、ビジュアルアート、パフォーマンス、彫刻、インスタレーション等)JR武田尾駅から徒歩15分の廃線跡トンネルで毎年開催しているイベントに参加しませんか?


今年は9月8日15:00-22:00に開催します。

トンネルの中はとても暗いため、パフォーマンスや作品だけではなく、ライティングのアイディアが必要となります。 ご注意ください。

発電機を用意する予定です。レンタル費用は電気を必要とする参加者で分担とさせていただきます。

別途、参加者全員にフライヤー印刷代として参加料500円をいただきます。

参加ご希望、またご質問がある場合はチャールズ・ビラード
charles_billard@hotmail.com / 090-9889-9523までご連絡ください。


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LOOKING FOR ARTISTS
(dance, music, theater, visual arts, performance art, sculpture,      installation, etc.) to take part in this yearly event in an abandoned train tunnel, a 15 minutes walk from JR Takedao Station :
 
SEPTEMBER 8th from 15:00 to 22:00.

Please note that the tunnel is quite dark, so you have to think of     interesting ways to light your performance or artwork. There will be a generator available for those who can’t do without electricity, so the costs will be divided between those who use it. 

All participating artists should provide a ¥500 participation fee, to cover the printing costs of the flyer.

For more information, contact Charles-Eric Billard :
(mail) charles_billard@hotmail.com or (tel) 090-9889-9523.



Live Performance at Echigo-Tsumari 2012

SPACE SLITAR ORCHESTRA 2012
Sound Art Project by Charles-Eric Billard

Nohbutai Building, Matsudai,
Niigata prefecture August 11th, 2012, 15:30-17:00

As part of ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE 2012,     multi-disciplinary artist Charles-Eric Billard will present a live performance using original string instruments called "slitars". 

The word "slitar" is the contraction of "slide guitar" and "sitar", both refering to the inherent characteristics of the string instruments. Originally made of recycled materials like drink bottles and snacks containers, the instruments presented at ECHIGO-TSUMARI TRIENNALE 2009 were made of stainless steel and have been displayed since then as a permanent outdoor installation located in the forest in the vicinity of Noubutai building, the triennale's administrative center. The event SPACE SLITAR ORCHESTRA 2012 will be an opportunity for the public to both experience the sounds of the original instruments and to take part in a jam session with the artist, using the outdoor sound installation. 

Contact details : charles_billard@hotmail.com / 090-9889-9523 website : http://charlou2006.blogspot.jp/

music :
http://www.myspace.com/cloneliness
http://www.myspace.com/saladsinspace
http://www.myspace.com/pdp.wave

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ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE is one of the largest art festivals in the world and is held in the Echigo-Tsumari region. Since its beginning in 2000, approximatively 160 artworks by artists from all over the world have dotted across a 760km2 area.

Triennale's website : http://www.echigo-tsumari.jp/eng/


Thursday, July 05, 2012

New Cloneliness Album : Summer Freak Show

A new independant release of four titles, mostly electronic, with some layering of slitar or other sound devices.