July 30, 2010: 6 p.m. – Aug. 14, 2010

Devotion Gallery
54 Maujer Street
near the corner of Maujer and Lorimer Streets
Brooklyn, NY 11206
803-386-8330

Curated/Organized by: free103point9

Join us for an opening reception on Friday July 30, 2010 6 p.m.-10 p.m. to celebrate Brett Ian Balogh's Noospherium.

Brett Ian Balogh is an artist working at the intersection of objects, sounds and spaces. His current practice employs sound, radio and digital fabrication technologies to re-imagine traditional notions of space and our placement within. Noospherium will manifest as an array of radio receivers installed throughout an exhibition space as points of sound diffusion accompanied by a video projection. Audio samples will be taken from various portions of the radio spectrum and rebroadcast via low-power FM by a programmable wide-band transceiver developed by Balogh. A computer application written in Max/MSP will control the sampling and rebroadcast of the received signals as well as animate the audio across the array of receivers, endowing the resulting soundscape with motion within the space. The video projection will consist of computer-animated representations of broadcast coverage areas derived from data available from the FCC relevant to the geographic location of the venue. This project aims to unite the DIY spirit of both the radio and open-source communities by advancing a low-cost, user-friendly, programmable, and extensible transmission arts platform, which will be made available to others.

This exhibition is part of a series celebrating the 2009/2010 AIRtime Fellowship Recipients: Zach Poff (July 2-11), Sabine Gruffat & Bill Brown (July 16-25), and Brett Balogh (July 30-August 14.)

About AIRtime Fellowships: (www.free103point9.org/airtime)
AIRtime Fellowships provide assistance to artists creating new transmission works. AIRtime Fellowships are awarded to approximately three artists each year. Fellows present their work in conjunction with WGXC, in Greene and Columbia Counties, and our New York City-based programs. Fellows receive an honorarium, and technical and administrative support from free103point9 staff.

About free103point9 (www.free103point9.org)
free103point9 is a nonprofit arts organization focused on cultivating Transmission Arts. Work in this genre is informed by an intentional use of space—often the airwaves. Transmission Art manifests in participatory live art or time-based art including radio, video, light, installation, and performance. Based in upstate New York, free103point9’s major programs include the Transmission Art Archive, a definitive resource featuring artists, works, and exhibitions and events that define the genre and place it in a historical context; WGXC: Hands-on Radio, a creative community FM radio station serving Greene and Columbia counties; and the facilitation of a NYSCA Distribution Regrant for individual artists.

About Devotion Gallery (www.areyoudevoted.com)
Devotion is a new gallery in Williamsburg focusing on the presentation of art, science, design, and complexity to open up a dialogue about the evolution and connection between these disciplines. Devotion Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 1-6 p.m.

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