FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2002
Contact: Adam Overton
overtones99@hotmail.com
404-281-2654
For Release: May 13 - 20, 2002
THE ELECTRIC ARTS ALLIANCE OF ATLANTA PRESENTS
Meet The Artist: Richard Zvonar and Dan Walsh
AT EYEDRUM, MONDAY, MAY 20, 2002
The Electric Arts Alliance of Atlanta (EAAA) is proud to present the first of its Meet The Artist series at Eyedrum with presentations by two dynamic electric artists, Richard Zvonar and Dan Walsh, at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20th, 2002. Richard Zvonar is a composer and intermedia artist living in Los Angeles, California and will discuss his work by drawing from his 30 years of experience in the fields of intermedia perfomance, electroacoustic improvisation, and multichannel spatialization. Dan Walsh is a new media artist living in Atlanta, Georgia and will present and discuss his current work developing software for interactive audio / video performance in the programming environments NATO and Max/MSP.
Richard Zvonar is a composer and intermedia artist whose works include pieces for voice, acoustic and electronic instruments, tape, film, installations, music theater and intermedia performance. Zvonar received a PhD in Composition and Music Technology in 1982 from UC San Diego, where he was a Research Assistant at the Computer Audio Research Lab (CARL) and a Fellow at the Center for Music Experiment (CME). Performances of electroacoustic music, featuring computer controlled processing of acoustic sounds, include an ongoing project with bassist Robert Black (Real Art Ways, PASS, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Composers' Forum), Hex (1987) with the ensemble Relache in Philadelphia, and several years touring and recording with avant-diva Diamanda Galas. Most recently, Zvonar has been developing his own performance control software using the Max programming environment. For more information on Richard Zvonar please visit his website at http://www.zvonar.com.
John Daniel Walsh is a new media artist living in Atlanta. He has produced audio recordings, videos, audio / video installations, and custom audio / video software, most recently at Solomon Projects gallery. He is the winner of the 2000 Emerging Artist's Award from the City of Atlanta, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and his work has been featured in exhibitions in Georgia and nationwide. He is currently the Visiting Artist in Residence at the Atlanta College of Art in the video department. Walsh is currently working on the creation of audio and video software for display and performance in the Max/Nato programming environment.
A $3 donation is requested for admission.
For more info please contact: Electric_Arts_Alliance@yahoo.com or visit http://www.eyedrum.org
Eyedrum, Suite 8, 290 MLK, Jr. DR, Atlanta, GA 30312
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