ohrenhoch der Geräuschladen presents
two works by Maggi Payne:
On Sunday 1 August and Sunday 8 August 2010, 2 pm - 9 pm:
on the ohrenhoch-loudspeaker-installation:
Glassy Metals (electroacoustic, 2009, German Premiere)
in the ohrenhoch-cellar:
System Test (fire and ice) (electroacoustic, Video, 2001, German Premiere)
by Maggi Payne
Maggi Payne on her Video System Test (fire and ice) [11:21]:
This work, which primarily uses my recordings of Jacob's ladders, ice melting, and papers sliding against each other as the sources, is a rather dramatic piece, which I attribute to the dynamic/dramatic character of the Jacob's ladder. There is such a powerful intensity in the discharges, accompanied by wonderful sizzling, hissing, crackling sounds, and powerful low frequencies; danger is always present. The sources are convolved, stretched, granulated, eq'd and further processed many times over, then whirled into this intense piece. There is also a visual component for this work, using four electroluminescent wired "imagers" in a very dark presentation space.
Maggi Payne
Composer, Recording Engineer, Flutist, Video Artist.
Maggi Payne is Co-Director (since 1992) of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, Oakland, CA, where she teaches recording engineering, composition, and electronic music. She also freelances as a recording engineer and editor and a historical remastering engineer.
Her electroacoustic works often include visual elements which she creates, including video, dance, transparencies, and film. She also enjoys collaborations with other artists and has worked with video artist Ed Tannenbaum for over twenty years. She is also a flutist, and has written several works for flute as well as other acoustic instruments.
She has had performances of her works throughout the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Australasia. She has received two Composer's Grants and an Interdisciplinary Arts Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and video grants from the Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowships Program and the Mellon Foundation. She has received four honorary mentions from Bourges, and one from Prix Ars Electronica.
Maggi Payne