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John Oswald (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 1953) • residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada • composer • performer (saxophone) — member of: CCMC • Productions Recto/Verso
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Oswald listens to LemeieuxThe choreography Interiors by Laurence Lemieux, for which John Oswald was sound advisor, will be presented as part of the Mainstage Series on October 25 to 27, 2007 at Enwave Theatre in Toronto.
Posted October 3, 2007 in Live Events |8777|
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A Sound Installation by Oswald in TorontoThe Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) invites its visitors to experience its new entrance in a dynamic new way: with sound. Its new main hall is partly filled with the sounds the permanent sound installation A Time to Hear for Here by John Oswald.
Posted June 11, 2007 in What’s New |8717|
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Normandeau, Denis in WeimarRobert Normandeau and Jean-François Denis presented the closing concert of the “Akusmatisches Wochenende” festival produced by the Studio für elektroakustische Musik (SeaM) in Weimar (Germany) on June 18, 2006. The programme included works by Normandeau, and, spatialized by Denis, short works by Elainie Lillios, Elsa Justel, Elizabeth Hoffman, Natasha Barrett, John Oswald, Yves Daoust, and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay. Posted June 22, 2006 in Live Events |7724|
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Robert Exhibits Oswald in MontréalJocelyn Robert made a selection of videographic works by John Oswald, Éric Gagnon, Bernard Gigounon, Julia Page and Ben Reisman for La lumière immobile, an exhibition at Dazibao gallery (Montréal) from April 28 to June 3, 2006.
Posted April 27, 2006 in What’s New |7697|
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Oswald Exhibits in TorontoJohn Oswald is presenting a solo art show at the Ed Day Gallery (Toronto), to be shown until May 14, 2006. In addition to the exhibition, a 2-projector version of his “chronophotic” work instandstillnessence will be presented outdoors on Sunday April 23, part of the closing ceremonies for the Images Film and Video Festival. Posted April 21, 2006 in Live Events |7690|
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40 Years of Electro at SFU
Simon Fraser University’s electroacoustic music studio is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the release of SFU 40, a compilation of works from the studio and previously unreleased on CD. Featuring composers Barry Truax, Hildegard Westerkamp, John Oswald, Jean Piché, Anne Holmes, Arne Eigenfeldt, and Martin Gotfrit.
Posted February 16, 2006 in Recent Arrivals |7658|
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Daoust, Dufort, Oswald, Parmerud… Head Sound Creartion Workshop, OrfordThe Orford Arts Centre (Québec) announces its new Sound Creation Workshop as part of the international Music Academy. Held from June 26 to July 8, 2006, this workshop is open to sound creators of all styles. The guests “masters” are John Oswald, Åke Parmerud, Yves Daoust, Alexandre Burton, Louis Dufort, and flutist Robert Aitken. There will be a public evening concert on July 6 (Piché, Oswald, Parmerud, Dufort), and a half-concert on July 7. Posted February 13, 2006 in What’s New |7656|
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Oswald’s Disklavier Works at the New Forms Festival, VancouverJohn Oswald will present a set of compositions for Disklavier (a robotized acoustic piano) at the Western Front in Vancouver (BC) on September 15, 2005. This Disklavier concert is part of the New Forms Festival. Other performing artists at the festival include Tomas Jirku, The Mole, and Deadbeat.
Posted September 7, 2005 in Live Events |7585|
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Canadians Wins at Ars Electronica![]() ![]() Many Canadian artists have received distinctions and special mentions in the “digital musics” category at the recent Prix Ars Electronica 2005 competition. John Oswald was awarded a distinction for his plunderphonics. Gilles Gobeil’s composition Ombres, espaces, silences… received a mention. Duo Skoltz_Kolgen also obtained a mention for their performance work Flüux :/ Terminal. Finally, the Artificiel trio were awarded a mention for the project condemned_bulbes. Posted May 25, 2005 in What’s New |7550|
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Oswald on Display at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
Composer John Oswald presents the photo-videographic installation instandstillnessence from April 7 to August 14, 2005 at the at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (Québec).
Posted April 7, 2005 in Live Events |7524|
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“Chronophotic” Show by Oswald![]() Composer John Oswald presents the photo-videographic installation instand•stillness from February 24 to April 24, 2005 at Matane’s Espace F gallery (Québec). The work is based on Oswald’s “chronophotic” technique, a cinema which aim is to convey an impression of animation to still images. This is the same technique Oswald used for his DVD-Video Arc d’apparition, released last year on the OHM / Avatar label. Posted February 24, 2005 in Live Events |7508|
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Fony: Oswald’s Grayfolded is Reissued
John Oswald and Fony label have reissued Grayfolded, a 2CD set of “plunderphonics” based on recordings of the Grateful Dead. Out of print since June 2000, this “10th anniversary” reissue in packed with exclusive information. Posted February 3, 2005 in Recent Arrivals |7498|
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Governor General’s Award for John Oswald![]() Composer John Oswald is one of the laureates of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. The awards recognize distinguished career achievements in the visual and media arts by Canadian artists. The jury underlined Oswald’s “exceptional and innovative work as sound artist, image alchemist, composer and media artist.” Considered “a master of deconstructionist sound and music”, Oswald is well known for his no holds barred approach to source materials. His Plunderphonics, deconstructed and reassembled pieces of pop songs, drew a lot of attention in the late 80’s and was recently re-issued as a 2CD box set. But his recent work, Aparanthesi, published on Montréal label empreintes DIGITALes, was praised as “a major milestone in acousmatics history” (Touching Extremes), “a fascinating and revelatory experience” (The Whole Note) and “a profound and surprisingly dramatic work” (The Globe and Mail). Posted March 4, 2004 in What’s New |7361|
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Musicworks’ 25th Anniversary InstallationDuring the Guelph Jazz Festival (Ontario), Musicworks magazine, committted to finding new forms of expression in the sound arts, presents a “25th anniversary audio art installation” featuring audio works from the last 25 years with composers Schafer, Dutton, Oswald, Westerkamp, Oliveros, Truax, Lecaine, and lanza.
Posted August 19, 2003 in Live Events |7283|
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Oswald + Turcotte + 3 Dolden in Stock!empreintes DIGITALes´s final sprint is over: 3 CDs by Paul Dolden, John Oswald’s Aparanthesi CD and Roxanne Turcotte’s second CD: Libellune are now available online! Posted July 9, 2003 in What’s New |7269|
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5 empreintes DIGITALes Sent to the Printer…5 new empreintes DIGITALes releases were set to the printer this morning: 3 CDs by Paul Dolden, the offical box of John Oswald’s Aparanthesi CD and Roxanne Turcotte’s second CD: Libellune! Posted June 25, 2003 in What’s New |7260|
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eD: Two First Solo CDs by Åke Parmerud and John Oswald![]()
empreintes DIGITALes continues to celebrate electroacoustic creativity by bringing to its audience two great CD premieres: Jeu d’ombres by Swedish composer Åke Parmerud, and Aparanthesi by Canadian composer John Oswald.
Posted March 22, 2003 in Recent Arrivals |7221|
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Oswald Fronts The WireJohn Oswald is the feature story of the 2002 April issue (#219) UK magazine The Wire: “The prince of plunderphonia recalls his battles with the majors for his artistic right to reclaim his sound environment from the noise pollution of pop by recycling it through his plunderphonics system.”
Posted June 17, 2002 in What’s New |7084|
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Transparent Tape Music Festival, BerkeleyThe Transparent Tape Music Festival will be held in Berkeley (USA) on January 11 and 12, 2002. In conjunction with the Transparent Theater and the ACME Observatory, The New San Francisco Tape Music Center will present a total of 17 works, diffused on a 16-loudspeaker system designed for this event. Compositions by Javier Álvarez, Yves Daoust, John Oswald, Hildegard Westerkamp, and Denis Smalley — released by empreintes DIGITALes — are amongst the programmed works.
Posted January 11, 2002 in Live Events |7001| electrocd.com John Oswald: headlines |
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