Jeff Kolar

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I will be performing new work called Smoke Detector in the exhibition glitChicago: An Exhibition of Chicago Glitch Art at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art curated by Paul Hertz.

glitChicago: An Exhibition of Chicago Glitch Art presents the work of 24 artists working with glitch in a wide variety of media. Over the past decade Chicago has enjoyed a reputation as a center for artists within a worldwide subculture of experimentation in electronic media. Knit together by global communications networks, the tendency known as “glitch” or “glitch art” centers around the noisy and colorful errors propagated when electronic media systems and digital encoding are unexpectedly interrupted or misbehave.

Smoke Detector is an installation and sound performance that examines the audible alarm tones emanating from single station smoke detectors.

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art preserves and promotes contemporary art as a shared expression of the Ukrainian and American experience.

When:

September 19, 2014 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM CST

Where:

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL, USA

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I have new work called Smoke Detector installed in the exhibition glitChicago: An Exhibition of Chicago Glitch Art at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art curated by Paul Hertz.

glitChicago: An Exhibition of Chicago Glitch Art presents the work of 24 artists working with glitch in a wide variety of media. Over the past decade Chicago has enjoyed a reputation as a center for artists within a worldwide subculture of experimentation in electronic media. Knit together by global communications networks, the tendency known as “glitch” or “glitch art” centers around the noisy and colorful errors propagated when electronic media systems and digital encoding are unexpectedly interrupted or misbehave.

Smoke Detector is an installation and sound performance that examines the audible alarm tones emanating from single station smoke detectors.

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art preserves and promotes contemporary art as a shared expression of the Ukrainian and American experience.

When:

August 1 - September 28, 2014

Opening reception on August 1, 2014 at 6:00 - 9:00 PM CST.

Where:

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL, USA

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I will be making live radio under the moniker ADA Radio with Brett Balogh, Jonny Farrow, Milad Mozari, JESSICA SPEER, and Peter Speer at Experimental Sound Studio on Thursday July 31, 2014.

ADA Radio is concerned with voltages, frequencies, and modulations, each member brings a different sensibility to the group employing all manner of sonic manipulations, from analog synthesizers, to digital instruments, to live audio streams from far away spaces, hand-built oscillators, and other frequencies from across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Experimental Sound Studio is a non-profit, artist-run organization focused on sound in all its exploratory cultural manifestations, including music, sound art, installation, cinema, performing arts, sound poetry, broadcast, new media, and more.

When:

July 31, 2014 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM CST

Where:

Experimental Sound Studio 5925 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL, USA

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I will be a Visiting Artist at the 2014 ACRE Residency representing Radius. ACRE Residency is a volunteer-run, non-profit based in Chicago devoted to employing various systems of support for emerging artists and to creating a generative community of cultural producers.

When:

July 23 - 28, 2014

Where:

ACRE Residency Steuben, WI, USA

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I will be performing in a newly remounted iteration of Live Dancing Archive featuring performers Jennifer Monson, Niall Jones, Valerie Oliveiro, and Tatyana Tenenbaum with lighting design by Joe Levasseur at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's One Liberty Plaza Workspace.

Live Dancing Archive explores the dancing body in conjunction with the moving image of video and other media as an archive of place, experience and systems. The full evening-length performance is accompanied by a video installation by Robin Vachal.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources, and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Lower Manhattan and beyond.

When:

July 19, 2014 5:00 PM EST

Where:

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council One Liberty Plaza 1 Liberty Street, Floor 21 New York, New York, USA

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I am performing in a duo with Peter Speer and opening for Coppice at Transistor Chicago. Transistor Chicago is a shop, gallery, recording space, screening room, and music venue with work and wares from over 80+ Chicago artists.

When:

July 13, 2014 7:30 PM CST

Where:

Transistor Chicago 3441 N. Broadway St. Chicago, IL, USA

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I participated in a roundtable discussion at the conference “Le Temps Musica" at Le Cube - Centre de création numérique in Paris, France on February 06, 2014. The program focused on aspects of mathematical and physical perceptions of sound through physical time, mathematical time, psychological time, and philosophy of time. The panelists included Harold Schellinx, Jeff Kolar, Emmanuel Holterbach, and Emmanuel Ferrand.

Le Cube - Centre de création numérique is a public cultural center dedicated to digital arts practices. Le Cube supports artistic production in media arts, digital creation, research, and technological innovation. It is managed and run by the association ART3000.

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Remote Control was re-broadcasted on the radio program Déphasage on Wednesday May 21, 2014 in Bordeaux, France. Remote Control was originally produced for broadcast on KUNSTRADIO, and recorded by Martin Leitner and Christian Gortz at the ORF Funkhaus in Vienna, Austria in January 2014.

Déphasage is a monthly radio program on Radio Campus Bordeaux 88.1-FM, an inter-university community radio station located in Bordeaux, France.

Remote Control is an investigation into domestic electromagnetic activity emitting from wireless remote controls.

Listen to the Radio Campus Bordeaux 88.1-FM online stream here.

When:

May 21, 2014 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM GMT +1

Where:

Radio Campus Bordeaux 88.1-FM 16 Esplanade des Antilles Pessac, France

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Remote Control was re-broadcasted on the radio program Outskirts Radio on Thursday May 15, 2014 in Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Remote Control was originally produced for broadcast on KUNSTRADIO, and recorded by Martin Leitner and Christian Gortz at the ORF Funkhaus in Vienna, Austria in January 2014.

Outskirts Radio is a radio program for outsider, fringe, and experimental musics on Brock University Student Radio CFBU 103.7-FM in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada every Wednesdays from 10pm - 12am CST.

Remote Control is an investigation into domestic electromagnetic activity emitting from wireless remote controls. Remote Control transforms pulses of infrared light into audible waves using discarded remote controllers and hand-built amplitude modulators.

When:

May 15, 2014 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM CST

Where:

Brock University Student Radio CFBU 103.7-FM 30 Ontario Street Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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I will be giving a lecture at Topological Media Lab's series Topological Re-Mediations at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The lecture will focus on two of Radius' series: RANGE (2012) and GRIDS (2014).

Topological Media Lab is series of workshops and lectures that explore media arts and technologies research as a creative endeavour. The series focuses on new modes of collective play and co-creation, speculative inquiry, and technico-aesthetic innovations in the context of responsive environments. The series is organized by Doug Van Nort.

When:

April 29, 2014 6:00 PM EST

Where:

Topological Media Lab Concordia University 1515 St. Catherine West EV 7.725 Montreal, QC, Canada

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I am excited to announce the premiere of my newest work: Remote Control. Remote Control was produced for broadcast on Kunstradio, and was recorded by Martin Leitner and Christian Gortz at the ORF Funkhaus in Vienna, Austria in January 2014. Cover art by James Connolly.

Kunstradio is a weekly program of radio-art founded in 1987 on Oesterreich 1, the cultural radio channel of the Austrian National Radio (ORF) based in Vienna, Austria.

Remote Control is an investigation into domestic electromagnetic activity emitting from wireless remote controls. Remote Control transforms pulses of infrared light into audible waves using discarded remote controllers and hand-built amplitude modulators.

When:

April 20, 2014 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM GMT +1

Where:

Kunstradio Argentinierstraße 30a 1040 Vienna, Austria

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The next NRRF B Radio broadcast is the “The Electric Earth” at Experimental Sound Studio on Wednesday April , 2014.

Experimental Sound Studio is a non-profit, artist-run organization focused on sound in all its exploratory cultural manifestations, including music, sound art, installation, cinema, performing arts, sound poetry, broadcast, new media, and more.

NRRF B Radio is a collaborative effort to make unlicensed neighborhood radio art. NRRF mashes b-list genres with radio art to structure the improvisational nature of the shows. It’s live radio, streamed, with special guests and live audience. The core group consists of Jonny Farrow, Anna Friz, Steve Germana, Jeff Kolar, and Peter Speer with Sarah Knudtson (documentation).

When:

April 16, 2014 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST

Where:

Experimental Sound Studio 5925 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL, USA

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I will be performing with Emilie Mouchous and Andrea-Jane Cornell live on the radio program cabelli présente / l'air(e) du diable at CKUT 90.3-FM in Montreal, Canada.

CKUT 90.3-FM is a non-profit, campus-community radio station based at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. CKUT provides alternative music, news and spoken word programming to the city of Montreal and surrounding areas, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Listen to the CKUT 90.3-FM online stream here.

When:

April 3, 2014 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM EST

Where:

CKUT 90.3-FM 3647 University St. Montréal, Québec, Canada

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I will be performing at the Mardi Spaghetti 6th Anniversary Musical Marathon with Emilie Mouchous at Le Cagibi in Montreal, Canada. Mardi Spaghetti is an improvised music series in Montreal that has been running since 2008.

When:

April 1, 2014 8:00 PM EST

Where:

Le Cagibi 5490 Boulevard St-Laurent Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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I will be giving a Visiting Artist Lecture alongside sound artist Emilie Mouchous in the course DIY Broadcast Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The course is taught by Brett Ian Balogh, and explores radio, light, and sound through a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach to low-power radio, locative media, hactivism, and culture-jamming.

When:

March 25, 2014 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Where:

School of the Art Institute of Chicago MacLean Center, Room 426 112 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL, USA

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I will be performing a new work called REMOTE CONTROL at Tritriangle with a custom video system by James Connolly. Other performers include Gmackrr, Carol Genetti & Jim Baker.

Tritriangle is an exhibition and performance space based in Chicago that presents works that engage sound, video, language, and other performed, performative, and time based media.

When:

March 23, 2014 7:00 PM CST

Where:

Tritriangle 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL, USA

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Ghost Imbiss will re-broadcast on the radio program CoLaboRadio via Reboot.fm 88.4 MHz on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Ghost Imbiss was performed and recorded live at Where Is Jesus Cafe at the ∏-Node hybrid radio project at the 2014 CTM Festival.

CoLaboRadio is an independent radio program based in Berlin organized by Bootlab, c-base, and Salon Bruit.

Reboot.fm 88.4 MHz is an award winning, artist-run radio broadcast station on 88.4-FM in Berlin, and 99.7 FM in Potsdam, Germany.

Ghost Imbiss (Anna Friz, Jeff Kolar, Emilie Mouchous) is an experiment in transmission of small, detailed sounds made with a very limited set-up.

When:

March 19, 2014 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM GMT +1

Where:

Reboot.fm 88.4 MHz Haus der Kulturen der Welt John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin, Germany