Performing with I Heart Lung at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, photo by Alessandra Gillen
Stasisfield: The Sonics of Art Spaces
Previously unreleased field recordings and field recording-based compositions by Glenn Bach, Anne Guthrie, John Kannenberg, My Fun and Steve Roden
Curated and compiled by John Kannenberg for broadcast 29 November 2006 on Patrick McGinley's framework:afield, Resonance FM, London.
"Sketching Notre Dame's facade"
Field recording and drawing by John Kannenberg
Recorded in Paris, 15 March 2005.
"Beacon, NY"
Composition with field recordings by Anne Guthrie
Source recordings of Dia:Beacon, New York, September 2006.
Composed and produced September-October 2006.
"SFMOMA"
Field recording by Glenn Bach
Recorded at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fall 2001.
"Fluorescent tube hum, Dan Flavin's 'the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi)'"
Field recording by John Kannenberg
Recorded at "Dan Flavin: A Retrospective," Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, July 2005.
"SFMOMA2"
Field recording by Glenn Bach
Recorded at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 2006.
"For Mark Rothko"
Composition with field recordings by John Kannenberg
Source recordings: Rothko room, Tate Modern, London 13 March 2005; Wake water behind the Staten Island Ferry, New York, 18 July 2003.
Synthesizers recorded July 2006, track recorded October 2006.
"MCASD"
Field recording by Glenn Bach
Recorded at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, April 2006. Features the sound of "The Jackleg Testament" installation by Jay Bolotin.
"Great Hall, British Museum"
Field recording by John Kannenberg
Recorded in London, 12 March 2005.
"SFMOMA4"
Field recording by Glenn Bach
Recorded at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 2006.
Features the sound of "Tide Table" installation by William Kentridge.
"Test Site in the Turbine Hall (Carsten Höller)"
Composition with field recordings by My Fun
Source recordings of crowds interacting with installed slides, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, October 2006. Track composed and recorded October 2006.
"SFMOMA3"
Field recording by Glenn Bach
Recorded at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 2006.
Features the sound of educational kiosk interviews with Richard Diebenkorn and Edward Ruscha.
"day ring: mercury uranus"
Composition with field recordings by steve roden
Source recordings of James Turrell's "Skyspace," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, September 2005. Violin improvisations by Jacob Danzinger recorded at aurobora press print studio, san francisco. additional sounds by steve roden. part of the installation day ring, installed in the "Skyspace" September/October 2006.