The Field Guide » Troy http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com out standing in the field Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:19:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Keir Neuringer, Holland Hopson, Rambutan, Living Things at 51 3rd http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2011/11/29/keir-neuringer-holland-hopson-rambutan-living-things-at-51-3rd/ http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2011/11/29/keir-neuringer-holland-hopson-rambutan-living-things-at-51-3rd/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:50:26 +0000 Holland Hopson http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/?p=809 Continue reading →]]> Tomorrow night! I went halfway around the world to Sydney, Australia where I heard about Keir Neuringer who only lives a few hours away. His last appearance at 51 3rd was great. I’m looking forward to hearing him play again.

Wednesday 11/30/11 @ 8pm
51 3rd St.
Troy, NY (former Troy Bike Rescue)

KEIR NEURINGER
composes & improvises acoustic & electronic music, writes socio-political performance texts & essays, & creates interdisciplinary artworks. Keir will play farfisa organ & drums (at the same time!), sing, and play saxophone & electronic…s. intense post-punk songwriter, playing songs off the new Afghanistan album Conquistadors.

HOLLAND HOPSON
is a local avant-gardist and member of the Albany Sonic Arts Collective. Well-versed in a wide variety of musical styles, from the most traditional to the most experimental, Holland will sew together these different musical worlds with pieces for solo banjo and electronics (off his 2011 release Post & Beam), as well as pieces for solo saxophone and electronics.

RAMBUTAN
is local noise/drone wizard Eric Hardiman, member of the Albany Sonic Arts Collective, local psych-rock collective Burnt Hills, and proprietor of TAPE DRIFT records, Albany’s most experimental music label. Eric will be performing a mind-bending set of improvised solo electronics…

intermission videos by LIVING THINGS

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The Post & Beam CD Release Show is almost here! Read the preview in Metroland.

Monday June 13, 8pm
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River Street
Troy NY
$10 admission also gets you a copy of the CD!

Matthew Carefully, Century Plants and I hope to see you there.

 

]]> http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2011/06/11/post-beam-cd-release-show/feed/ 0 Ten Years of One 4 One http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2011/01/04/ten-years-of-one-4-one/ http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2011/01/04/ten-years-of-one-4-one/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:00:56 +0000 Holland Hopson http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/?p=603 Continue reading →]]> One 4 One is now available for download at Bandcamp!

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of One 4 One, the live recording of a set I performed at the Arts Center in Troy NY as part of the Impulse/Response series. The album had previously been available via Amie Street (RIP).

One 4 One includes 5 pieces for extended soprano saxophone and computer, and one piece for sipsi and computer. All of the pieces involve some degree of interactivity–the computer responds to the live instrument, and the performer responds to the computer’s output–made possible by custom software written with Cycling 74‘s Max. The name of the album is a pun on the date, of course, and it also refers to mapping inputs to outputs.

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I’m looking forward to the Drone-Along tonight @ 7pm. Details and description are below.

Thursday, November 11 | 7:00 pm | FREE!
Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River Street
Troy NY 12180

Whether you’re an experienced sound artist or an open-minded newbie, grab the soundmaker of your choice and join a community of those who make hypnotic and meditative sonic art. Those who just want to listen are welcome too!

Wikipedia defines drone music as “a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters…” This event is presented in partnership with Albany Sonic Arts Collective.

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I’m excited to play with members of Albany Sonic Arts Collective‘s Century Plants and Insect Posse for a performance dubbed Plants and Insects. The event is part of Troy Night Out so it’s free and drop-in friendly (how else do you say “come on by and stay as long or little as you’d like?”).

Friday, August 26, 5-9pm
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
256 River St.
Troy, NY
Free!

]]> http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2010/08/26/troy-night-out-plants-and-insects-at-the-arts-center-of-the-capital-region/feed/ 0 WHN at RPI http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/10/19/whn-at-rpi/ http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/10/19/whn-at-rpi/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:28:01 +0000 Holland Hopson http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/?p=328 Continue reading →]]> I recently presented my sound installation, With Hidden Noises, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as part of Michael Oatman’s seminar on Marcel Duchamp.

Somehow all of the photos I took of the installation include students proudly wearing their school colors.

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More information about the With Hidden Noises CD at Grab Rare Arts.

]]> http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/10/19/whn-at-rpi/feed/ 1 Drone-along http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/10/08/drone-along/ http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/10/08/drone-along/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:46:48 +0000 Holland Hopson http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/?p=321 Continue reading →]]> The Arts Center of the Capital Region presents Communal Drone Night, co-sponsored by the Albany Sonic Arts Collective. Bring an instrument or your voice and join in or come and listen.

Tuesday October 13 @ 8pm
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River St.
Troy, NY

Communal Drone Night

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Albany Sonic Arts Collective and friends will be performing as part of “TROY NIGHT OUT! 21st Century Celebration of Light and Art” in the Black Box Theatre at The Arts Center of the Capital Region on Friday September 25 from 5 to 9pm.

Performers include

  • Jason Cosco, live video projections
  • G. Lucas Crane (Nonhorse and Woods), tape manipulation and electronics
  • Pete Edwards (Casper Electronics),  circuit bent and homemade electronic wizardy
  • Eric Hardiman (Rambutan, Century Plants), guitar improv and feedback loops
  • Ray Hare (Fossils From the Sun, Century Plants), guitar improv, vocals and feedback loops
  • Holland Hopson, modified electric banjo and electronics  from
  • Matt Weston,  improvised percussion and electronics

Also going on at the Arts Center will be a live video remix of local illustrators by lmnopf, live DJ’s, circuit-bending demos by Casperland, a video game showcase from 1st Playable in the Digital Artist Space, works from NYFA MARK program artists and a colossal light and sound installation in Monument Square.

]]> http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/09/23/asac-and-friend-at-troy-night-out-21st-century-celebration-of-light-and-art/feed/ 1 Tele-Morphosis http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2008/08/24/tele-morphosis/ http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2008/08/24/tele-morphosis/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:57:24 +0000 Holland Hopson http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/?p=106 Continue reading →]]> I’ll be playing soprano sax in another telematic performance on Thursday August 28 @ 2:00pm. This one is part of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It’s an improvisation called Tele-Morphosis directed by Pauline Oliveros that features performers from Stanford, CA; Troy, NY; and Belfast, Northern Ireland all connected together in real-time. I haven’t seen any info re: streaming of the performance, but if I do I’ll certainly post a link.

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