Sonic Architecture - Events

Events

April 16^th-19^th 2009:
Presentation along with Steven Yi at the Linux Audio Conference 2009 in Parma/ Italy about "Sound And Space". Several methods were demonstrated to place an unlimited number of sounds into a sonic environment ("Spatial Granular Synthesis") and to control it using the programmes "blue" and "Csound". The presentations at the LAC 2009 have been streamed live in the Internet. At the concerts "Condensations" and "Tendenzen" were performed. [Programme] [More info + pictures] [Presentation]

November 28^th 2008:
For the International Electroacoustic Music Festival of the S. Cecilia Academy of Music the piece "Oscillating Fields" has been selected for performance on 8 loudspeakers. The festival took place from November 18^th to 30^th 2008 in Rome. [Programme]

September 20^th 2008:
Festival on/off - Limburg. For ten hours "on/off Limburg" presented latest tendencies of electronic music - via loudspeaker and live (real time instruments). Jan Jacob Hofmann contributed the piece "Horizontal And Vertical Lines". "on/off Limburg" was organized by the Hessian Radio (hr2-kultur. Neue Musik) in collaboration with the German Society of Electroacoustic Music / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik e.V. (DEGEM) and the City Council of Limburg. [Programme] [More info + pictures]

July 16^th 2008:
At the RMA-Conference 2008 (Royal Musical Association Conference 2008 at the University of Aberdeen in cooperation with the IMR, Institute of Musical Research at the University of London), the piece "Condensations" has been presented by Jan Jacob Hofmann. One subject of the conference was 'Sound and Space', especially an examination of the articulation of space in electroacoustic music. With gentle support of the Hessian Ministery for Arts and Sciences. Place: University of Aberdeen, Scottland [Programme] [More info + pictures]

April 6^th - 10^th 2008:
Also in 2008 again the electronic sounds of Jan Jacob Hofmann were heard during the "Luminale" at the "Lichtkokon" of the Fachhochschule Frankfurt - University of Applied Sciences. Starting at 7.30 p.m. several spatial electonic sound compositions were diffused within the installation, which merge with the light and the architecture of the sculpture. In cooperation with the department of architecture of the Fachhochschule Frankfurt - University of Applied Sciences for the Luminale 2008. Place: Kleiststraße, 60385 Frankfurt am Main. See also Luminale 2006 in this list. [More info + pictures of the Luminale 2006]

July 6^th - July 8^th 2007:
Presentation of the nominiated and winners of the German Sound-Art Award at the Traumzeit-Festival at Duisburg, Germany. The exhibition of sound-sculptures took place at the impressing environment of the store of the ore-hut of the "Meidericher Hüttenwerk", in which until 1984 raw iron has been molten. In cooperation with the Museum for Sculptures Glaskasten Marl. [More info + pictures]

May 16^th 2007:
frequenzen XXXV : "Gegenpole". Concert with Makiko Goto - koto and Jan Jacob Hofmann - electronics. Traditional japanese koto-music has been juxtaposed with the electronial spatial sound-sculptures of Jan Jacob Hofmann. Organized by the Frankfurt Society for New Music FGNM. Place: "raum für kultur" inside of the Gallileo-Building, Frankfurt a.M., Germany. [More info + pictures]

May 7^th - 10. June 10^th 2007:
Internet-radio program: Tensile Elements, Oscillating Fields, Condensations, Metal Clouds, Response, Horizontal And Vertical Lines. Program at the FORUM of the online-radio "DEGEM WebRadio @ ZKM" www.degem.de/webradio. DEGEM - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik e.V. / German Society of Electroacoustic Music.

November 1^st- 5^th 2006:
"Sonic Architecture" at the ART COLOGNE. Along with nomination for the German Sound Art Award of the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, the prize winners got exhibited along with the nominated artists during the SoundART 2006. [More info + pictures]

October 11^th- 13^th 2006:
Several pieces of "Sonic Architecture" programmed at the EuCuE 25.1-5 series of concerts at the Concordia University Electroacoustics of Montreal, Canada. The concerts were transmitted also via internet. [Programme]

September 22^nd 2006:
Presentation of new works for spatial music in collaboration with the australian video-artist Dominic Redfern at the interdisciplinary "Interface-Festival" . Friday, September 22^nd at the small Reservoir of the Prenzlauer Berg, Diedenhofer Straße. The special spaces of the first water-reservoir of Berlin as a laboratory for non-mainstream processes of art in the realm of video and surround-audio-art. Curated by Elke Moltrecht. [Program] [More info + pictures]		^{Foto: Henry Mex}

September21^st 2006:
"Tensile Elements" has been played at the Harvest Moon Symposium concert during the Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Festival III, held between the 20-22 September in Montréal, Canada. The concert took place at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall at 8 p.m. . The concert was curated by Jef Chippewa.

September 2^nd 2006:
Jan Jacob Hofmann has been nominated for the German Sound Art Award of the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl in April 2006. The posters of the concept of the nominated along with the sound installations of the winners are presented in the basement of the Museum For Sculpture "Glaskasten" at Marl. The exhibition for the German Sound Art Award has been inaugurated on September 2^nd at the Crailer Platz at Marl. During the whole day there were guided tours through the exhibition. Besides miscellaneous events (film, video-art, theatre-play and music) three sound-art performances took place. Duration of the Exhibition: September 2^nd to October 22^nd 2006 Open: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl Creiler Platz 1, 45768 Marl [More info + pictures]

July 21^st 2006:
"grenzenlos" -ISCM World New Music Festival July14^th-30^th 2006 at Stuttgart, Germany. The German Society For Elektroacoustic Music (DEGEM) took part at the ISCM World New Music Festival 2006 at Stuttgart with the event " Long night of electro acoustic music". The piece "Condensations" had been choosen by the jury and was performed at the Theaterhaus of Stuttgart. [Program]

May 29^th - June 4^th 2006:
the pieces of the LAC 2006 Kubus concerts were streamed several times via the DEGEM- Webradio. main URL of DEGEM Webradio: http://biblio.zkm.de/DegemWebradio [More info + pictures]

April 27^th2006:
Diffusion of "Horizontal And Vertical Lines" on Thursday, April 27^th 2006, 8.00pm at the Kubus of the ZKM , Karlsruhe, at the opening concert of the 4. Linux Audio Konferenz . The day after a workshop was held by Jan Jacob Hofmann about Ambisonics [Program] [More info + pictures]

April 23^rd - 27^th2006:
Sonic Architecture in cooperation with the department of architecture at the Fachhochschule Frankfurt - University of Applied Sciences at the Luminale 2006. Students of the department of architecture will conceive and construct in cooperation with Prof. Wolfgang Rang a temporary sculpture of sound, light and space. At certain moments the spatial works of "Sonic Architecture" will be heard inside the installation. Place: Kleiststraße, 60385 Frankfurt am Main. [More info + pictures]

December 3^rd 2005:
Performance of the piece "Horizontal And Vertical Lines" at the Sounds Electric 05 festival - a weekend festival of electro-acoustic music in association with the Department of Music NUI, Maynooth, Ireland, 2-4 December. Sounds electric is organizied by EAR . EAR emphasises the performance of new works by up and coming composers. The ensemble repertoire includes solo and ensemble pieces, works for tape, video and interactive composition as well as improvised works. [Program] [More info + pictures]

May 23^rd 2005:
(First) Performance of the new piece "Horizontal And Vertical Lines" at the festival Musica Scienza - international forum for music, art and contemporary culture, organizied by the CRM . Subject of the festival and the piece is "Matter und Vibration": "Horizontal And Vertical Lines" has been composed for "Musica Scienza 2005" by invitation of the CRM. Monday, May 23^rd 2005, in the garden of the Goethe-Institute Rome - via Savoia 15 - Roma. [Program] [More info + pictures]

May 19^th 2005:
In context of the worldwide series of concerts HIP CHIPS for the 10th anniversary of the Electronic Music Foundation New York: Performance of "Oscillating Fields" in the series KLANGWELTEN/"HörZeit-SpielRaum" - e l e c t r O N i c m u s i c The "Berliner Lautsprecher-Orchester" performed "Oscillating Fields" in concentrated darkness. soundman/kopier-bar, Berlin-Mitte [More info + programme]

April 21^st 2005:
Performance of "Tensile Elements" and "Oscillating Fields" on Saturday, April 23^rd 2005 at the Kubus of the ZKM , Karlsruhe, in context of the 3^rd Linux Audio Conference . [Program] The concert was transmitted as a livestream at the Internet. [More info + pictures]

November 19^th 2004:
Concert of Sonic Architecture at the atelierfrankfurt, 8.00 p.m. -Open End, Hohenstaufenstr. 13-25, 60327 Frankfurt am Main [More info + pictures]

November 18^th 2004:
Radiobroadcast: "Sonic Architecture" at the Elektropensturm 10.00-11.00 p.m, Radio X, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 101,4 FM - 99,85 Cable

June 23^rd 2004:
Lecture and presentation: »Raummusik - Akustische Architektur: Elektronischer Klang als architektonisches Element« at the Universität Siegen at 7p.m. Paul-Bonatz-Straße 9-11, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Room PB I 001. [More info + pictures]		^{Photo: Sybille Fuchs}

December 2003:
Performance of "Tensile Elements" on Friday, December 19th 2003 in the small reservoir of Water of the Prenzlauer Berg at the interdisciplinary SpaceArtFestival "Kryptonale IX" The conrete and special spaces of the first waterwork of Berlin as a laboratory for non-traditional processes of art in reference to space. [Program] [More info + pictures]		^{Photo: Henry Mex}

November 2003:
Performance of "Tensile Elements" on November 09th 2003 in Korea at the "Seoul International Computer Music Festival" at a concert commissioned by the DEGEM, (German Society of Electronic Music). [Program] [More info + pictures]

Oktober 2003:
Radio broadcast of "Oscillating Fields" and "Metal Clouds" along with Anton Himsted's "Fond" at the radioprogramme by Bernd Leukert on Friday, October 17th 2003 at HR II Crossover: Sound, 11.05 pm. The programme treated spatial issues in composition

August 2003:
The piece "Metal Clouds" was selected to open the "Electric Rainbow Coalition Festival" at Dartmouth College, Hannover, USA. [Program] [More info + pictures]

June 28^th and July, 2^nd 2003:
Concert at the Institute for New Media INM , Daimlerstr.32, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany. Sonic Architecture has been diffused with a rig of 12 speakers and 4 subwoofers in context of the "Reflexionen-Festival" , a festival for space in music, co-organized by Jan Jacob Hofmann. [More info + pictures]

February 1^st- 8^th 2003:
Performance of all pieces during one week 3-9 p.m at the Podewil , Berlin. Podewil in cooperation with international media art festival transmediale. 03 and club transmediale.03. "Podewil Sound Service" presented sound installations during transmediale.03: "Musicians, interdiscplinary artists and architects not only plumb the depths of sonic, visual or spatial SoundArt but also make use of available technologies worldwide in order to bring societal and social aspects into focus. SoundArt will be discussed in relation to architecture, recycling, copyright, consumption and politics." [More info + pictures]

January 18^th - February 28^th 2003:
Presentation of "Condensations" at the Pulse Field Festival - International Exhibition of Sound Art, Atlanta/ Georgia, USA

November 22nd, 2002:
Presentation at the German Museum Of Architecture (DAM), Frankfurt at an evening commissioned by the Wilhelmi- Werke during the interdisciplinary symposium "Architecture+ Perception". [More info + pictures]

June 8th and 9th 2002:
Musica a Tre Dimensioni. Contribution to Musica Scienza , Goethe Institut, Rome. International demonstration of contemporary music, art and culture. Organised by the CRM. Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Goethe-Institut Rome. Installations of sound-art, extra-ordinary instruments, performances, concerts. June 3rd - 9th 2002 in the garden of the Goethe-Institut - via Savoia 15, Roma. Program of Musica Scienza 2002. [More info + pictures]

April 2002:
Concert at the WORM, MAXIS- Festival ²⁾ (Music Alternative X-disciplinary approaches In Sound) at the Halham- University, Sheffield. The WORM is a 40 channel Sound- System conceived by Scott Hawkins in collaboration with Peter Lennox and the University of Derby for the distribution of 2nd order Ambisonic works. [programme] [More info + pictures]

December 2001:
Concert at the Generative-Arts-Conference at the Politecnico di Milano^{1) 2)}. Topics of Generative Art Conference: Architecture - Industrial Design- Visual Art - Generative Music - Poetry - Visual Grammar - Design Approach - Virtual Environment - Artificial Life - Artificial Intelligence - Cellular Automata - Entertainment - Artificial Behaviors - Communication - Generative Robots - Mechatronic

June 2001:
Presentation at the 19.AES Conference at Schloss Elmau¹⁾, Germany. Subject of this Conference was "Surroundsound: Techniques, Technology and Perception". "Sonic Architecture" was first presented there to a professional audience of audio engineers, researchers and developers. [Program] It was perhaps the first presentation of a synthesised composition in 2nd order Ambisonics in public.

^{1) With gentle support of the Hessian Ministery of Science and Art}
^{2) With gentle support of the Association "Freunde der Städelschule eV."}