8pm Friday, Sept 23, 2016 @ New York University, Steinhardt, NYC
PROGRAM:
Cosmic Microwave Background Sonifications - David Ibbett
Talk - Dr. Tae Hong Park: Urban Noise Pollution
Nunataks - John Luther Adams
Omniscience is a Collective - Jaime Reis
Night Music - Stephan Cabell
Talk - Matthew Kleban: “Pure Noise: Discoveries from the Cosmic Microwave Background”
Music of Reality I & II - David Ibbett
Lecture: Prof. Matthew Kleban - “Pure Noise: Discoveries from the Cosmic Microwave Background”
PERFORMERS:
Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
David Ibbett, electronics
DETAILS:
The inaugural NoiseGate Festival is a collaboration between The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN) Global Arts Initiative, Citygram, Harvestworks, Monthly Music Hackathon, Music of Reality, Kadenze, ThinkCoffee, University of Redlands. The theme of the festival is centered on the environment in a broad sense, while also aiming to bring awareness to spatial noise, with a particular focus on urban noise pollution. More information: http://www.unsdsnarts.org/noisegate-festival
This program is rooted in our relationship with the physical world. Man-made noise, as with any other kind of pollution, masks parts of our world and renders it different from before. As a word in our cultural language, noise is often associated with “non-music” and the ugly, but noise is everywhere on this earth, and is part of its sheer beauty, when one listens.
