james turrell, eliane radigue, phill niblock, morton feldman, janet cardiff, gavin bryars, steve roden, tony conrad, rafael toral, passing cars, turn signal clicks, subways and elevators
Byron Westbrook (b. 1977) is a sound/intermedia artist living in Brooklyn, NY. His audio/video performances as CORRIDORS involve the distribution of processed instrumental and environmental recordings through a multi-channel environment with a focus on energy distilled from sound and light. He has shared bills with Sawako, Tony Conrad, Stefan Tcherepnin, O.blaat, Lichens, James Blackshaw, Anette Krebs, Soft Circle, and Mountains, among many others. He has presented at venues such as Tonic, Issue Project Room, Experimental Intermedia, Exit Art Gallery. Westbrook has collaborated with Paris-based composer and former Kitchen curator Rhys Chatham in the drone metal group Essentialist (Table of the Elements), as well as performed in the ensembles of Phill Niblock, Rhys Chatham, Glenn Branca and Jonathan Kane. In 2007, he was the recipient of the Jerome Foundation Emerging Artists Commission through Roulette Intermedium and is currently the technical coordinator at Experimental Intermedia Foundation, NYC. Releases are forthcoming in 2008 for both Corridors and Essentialist, along with a fall tour of the US with Alessandro Bosetti.
CORRIDORS is a multi-channel audio/video environment that uses amplifiers, speakers and video projections strategically placed within a performance space. It was originally developed as a distribution sytem for improvised guitar feedback and has evolved over the last three years into composed works using a myriad of sound sources through the system, which is also now customized for the individual works. The project emphasizes how redistributed energy of sound and light in space alters one's perception.
Audio elements consist of either guitar feedback processed live, pre-recorded instrumental performances or sounds from nature. These recordings are pre-processed to reduce the sounds to the pure energy of the source material (as opposed to resembling the source). They are then redistributed live through the performance space via multi-channel system with additional processing to cater to the composition and space.
Video elements function as sources of light. Following the audio concept, the video sources are processed to reduce identification of form, object and location to abstract light thus highlighting the essential energy and movement.
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corridors / byron westbrook's Friend Space (Top 20)
Really like Autoharptrumpetguitar a lot! I see in your "influences" list: Eliane Radigue. We organized a couple of months ago her concert in Gent. It was an amazing experience. 120 people showed up to listen to "Ile Resonante". Nobody moved, coughed or talked and everyone was completely focused on the sounds. Afterwards I drove her to the train station and we had a cup of tea. We talked for 3 hours about music, her ideas and her experiences with musicians. It was unforgettable.
Well, hope to see you again in September / October and keep me posted.
