The Sound of Failure

WHAT: Call for submissions for ‘The Sound of Failure’ (experimental music night)

SUBMISSION WEBSITE: http://soundoffailure.com

WHEN: Saturday, August 28, 7pm

WHERE: Petersham Bowling Club 77 Brighton Street, Petersham, Sydney

CONTACT: Greg Shapley – Ph: 0401 152 434 EMAIL: dontlookgallery@gmail.com

SPONSORED BY: Don’t Look Gallery (http://myspace.com/dontlookgallery)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Sound of Failure is an audio event sponsored by Don’t Look Experimental New Media Gallery of Dulwich Hill (Sydney, Australia) to explore the concept of ‘failure’ in a post-digital era. In this era sound artists must look beyond the digital facade (the ‘graphics user interface’ and the like) to represent the times in which we live (times that are politically and socially, themselves, littered with failures).

In the ’90s, digital technologies like the CD player made the ‘Glitch’ aesthetic possible, which, according to Kim Cascone ‘was developed in part as a result of the immersive experience of working in environments suffused with digital technology: computer fans whirring, laser printers churning out documents, the sonification of user-interfaces, and the muffled noise of hard drives. But more specifically, it is from the “failure” of digital technology that this new work has emerged’.

But what, in this era of ‘Failure’, is possible beyond the glitch? How do we exploit the possibilities beyond the digital façade without just reverting back to the seemingly primitive world of the analogue?

We are now seeking submissions from musicians who attempt to address this question in their works. To read the full brief, and to submit a proposal, please go to http://soundoffailure.com