While in residence at The Watermill Center, Annie Gosfield will also compose and research “Signal Jamming and Random Interference” for string quartet with electronics, to be performed by The Jack Quartet at Roulette in New York City on December 7. The concert-length piece will be inspired by the sounds, processes, and perceptions of jammed radio signals. This work will be a continuation of research the artist did during a 2012 fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin, where she obtained rare recordings of jammed radio signals from Italy, Germany, The Soviet Union, and the U.S.
About Annie Gosfield
Annie Gosfield (New York, NY) combines notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sounds in her work, writing music for others and playing in her own group. Her music is often inspired by the inherent beauty of non-musical sounds, such as machines, destroyed pianos, warped 78 rpm records and detuned radios. Hailed as “a star of the downtown scene” by The New Yorker magazine, her varied work methods have taken her on a path through international festivals, concert halls, universities, art spaces, and clubs.
Annie Gosfield (sampler) and Roger Kleier (electric guitar) will be performing “Captured Signals and Radio Ephemera.” The piece couples recordings of original broadcasts of jammed radio signals from World War II with acoustic and electric sounds that mirror the odd timbres and unique processes of this often surreal wartime radio interference. The work in progress draws largely on improvisation, composition and extended techniques.
Photo by Josh Gosfield
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