Audium
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AUDIUM is the only theatre of its kind in the world, pioneering the exploration of space in music. The theatre's 176 speakers bathe listeners in sounds that move past, over, and under them. "Sound sculptures" are performed in darkness in the 49-seat theatre. Visit www.audium.org for more info.
Doors at 7:00 pm for Explorations by Merlin Coleman; show at 7:30 pm, no late entry.
Doors at 7:30 pm for Audium: Sound Hour; show at 8:00 p.m.
A limited number of pay-what-you-can tickets are available for each show. Please contact david@audium.org for more info (include your preferred performance date).
Doors at 7:00 pm for Explorations by Merlin Coleman; show at 7:30 pm, no late entry.
Doors at 7:30 pm for Audium: Sound Hour; show at 8:00 p.m.
A limited number of pay-what-you-can tickets are available for each show. Please contact david@audium.org for more info (include your preferred performance date).
EXPLORATIONS of EXTRACTION and DECAY
: a palliative song cycle for bodies and stuff :
by Merlin Coleman
Merlin Coleman questions the uniquely-human practice of extracting resources out of the earth and disposing undesirables back into it, told through the complex stories of two particular places — a quarry and a landfill.
Using audio interviews as building blocks, the perspectives of activists, artists, ecologists, small business owners, garbage collectors, neighbors, administrative personnel and government officials directly related to these sites are illuminated. In an eccentric cycle of story, song, and sculpted soundscape, Merlin layers her voice with these voices- along with layers of cello, piano, field recordings and the sounds of objects. Both intimate and operatic, EXPLORATIONS of EXTRACTION and DECAY brings new poetic and musical meaning to the human voice, providing a portal into the broader phenomenon of extraction, waste and the cycle of life itself.
This evening-length work has been created by Merlin Coleman in collaboration with sound engineer Eric Oberthaler, and media artist Catherine Hollander. Video projections that poetically survey quarry sites, refuse, and the human body as landscape will precede the audio portion of the evening.
Audium: Sound Hour
Audium: Sound Hour offers San Francisco sonic well-being in a new world. This curated, immersive environment aims to promote calm and wellness through spatial sound. Participants journey sonically through various sound scenes from around the San Francisco area; starting with the chaos of downtown, navigating through different neighborhoods, and ending at a much calmer destination at the edge of the city.
