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1-Bit Music in "The Headphones Show", Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY (November 13 to January 9, 2009)
Machine Drawings in "Algorithmic Art", Greylock Arts, 93 Summer Street, Adams, MA (November 22 to January 10, 2009)
Jan 17
"Active Field" at the Chelsea Art Museum (with Bill Brittelle's Mohair Time Warp), New York

Feb 21
Tristan Perich compositions at the Stone, New York, NY

Mar 3
Premiere of new work for two violins, two-channel 1-bit music for dance by Johanna Kirk (at Dance Conversations), New York, NY

Mar 18
Premiere of new composition for three toy pianos and 1-bit music at MATA (with works by Angélica Negrón, Nathan Davis, Judy Dunaway, Daniel Wohl and Julia Wolfe, performed by Transit), Brooklyn, NY

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Between the Silences
nine strings, nine-part 1-bit music (2008) (download)
1/4 Revolution
three violas, three-part 1-bit music (2008) (download)
A/B/C/D
solo piccolo with single-channel 1-bit music (2008) (download)
Observations
two sets of crotales, three-channel 1-bit music (2008) (download)
All Possible Paths
clarinet, acoustic guitar, cello, double bass, marimba,
piano, 5-channel 1-bit electronics (2008) (download)
commissioned by Bang on a Can's People's Commissioning Fund
J'ai quand même une tête bizarre
clarinet, violin, cello (2007) (download)
Telescope
two bass clarinets, two baritone saxophones, 4-channel 1-bit electronics (2007) (download)
Interface
string quartet, 4-channel 1-bit electronics (2007) (download)
Active Field
10 violins, 10-channel 1-bit electronics (2007) (download)
Rotary
three violins (2006) (download)
Lit
three soprano voices, piano (2004) (download)
Perhaps
piano, bass clarinet (2003) (download)
Duet
piano duet (2002) (download)
Machine Drawings

The Machine Drawings—pen on paper or wall drawings executed by a custom-built machine—use randomness and order as raw materials within a composition. Inspired by physics and math, the machine drawings are a combination of the delicacy of real drawings and the rigid, structured system of mechanics and code.

 

In all of his creative activities, Perich is inspired by the aesthetics of math and physics, and works with simple forms and complex systems. The challenge of elegance provokes his compositions for solo instruments, small ensemble and orchestra. As a visual artist, he works primarily with machines to create pen-on-paper drawings that explore the limits of traditional drawing through randomness and order.

In 2004 he began work on 1-Bit Music, combining his music with primitive, hand-programmed electronics that investigate the foundations of digital sound. The Village Voice, BOMB Magazine, BPM Magazine, Res Magazine, Wired News, Cool Hunting and Spin Magazine covered the release, which has also been featured on television. Surface Magazine called the boxes "profound throwbacks to the traditional album, a response to the intangibility of iTunes and mp3s in the form hand-held artwork."

Perich's compositions have been performed by ensembles including Bang on a Can (2008 People's Commissioning Fund), counter)induction, Calder Quartet, New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Due East, Y Trio and Ensemble Pamplemousse at venues including the Whitney Museum, P.S.1 and Mass MoCA. His recent activities include electroacoustic pieces for 1-Bit Music with instrumental accompaniment. His experimental electronic music group, the Loud Objects, has performed in Germany, Japan, Italy (Screen Music 2), Norway (Piksel), England (Evolution) and the USA (including at the NIME festival). He has spoken twice at Dorkbot. Perich studied math, music and computer science at Columbia University after attending Philips Academy, Andover. More recently, he studied art, music and electronics at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.

E-mail: mail@tristanperich.com
MySpace: myspace.com/tristanperich
Flickr: flickr.com/tristanperich
Tristan Perich on Cantaloupe Music
Loud Objects

Wielding soldering irons over a ramshackle overhead projector, Tristan Perich, Kunal Gupta and Katie Shima wire up live musical circuits. Punctuated silence occupies the first few minutes of their set while the initial circuit is wired up on an antique overhead projector. The resulting explosive sound is dense and grows as more microchips are added.

 
1-Bit Music

1-Bit Music probes the foundations of digital sound. An electronic circuit is assembled inside a CD case with a headphone jack on the side. The device plays back 40 minutes of low-fi 1-bit electronic music, the lowest possible digital representation of audio. Available now from Cantaloupe Music for $25 or as a limited art edition for $100.

 

1-Bit Music in "The Headphones Show", Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY (November 13 to January 9, 2009)
Machine Drawings in "Algorithmic Art", Greylock Arts, 93 Summer Street, Adams, MA (November 22 to January 10, 2009)
Jan 17
"Active Field" at the Chelsea Art Museum (with Bill Brittelle's Mohair Time Warp)
7:30 PM, $10
Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd St (at 11th Ave) (map), New York

Feb 21
Tristan Perich compositions at the Stone
8:00 PM, $10
2nd Street and Avenue C (map), New York, NY

Mar 3
Premiere of new work for two violins, two-channel 1-bit music for dance by Johanna Kirk (at Dance Conversations)
7:00 PM, Free
The Flea, 41 White Street (Between Broadway and Church Street) (map), New York, NY

Mar 18
Premiere of new composition for three toy pianos and 1-bit music at MATA (with works by Angélica Negrón, Nathan Davis, Judy Dunaway, Daniel Wohl and Julia Wolfe, performed by Transit)
8:00 PM
Issue Project Room, 232 3rd Street (at 3rd Avenue) (map), Brooklyn, NY

Apr 5
Calder Quartet perform "Interface" (and works by Christine Southworth) at the Beeline Festival
4:00 PM
Broad Institute - 7 Cambridge Center , Boston, MA

Apr 17
Loud Objects with Ensemble Robot (and works by Paul Lansky, Jenny Olivia Johnson) at the Beeline Festival
8:00 PM
Broad Institute - 7 Cambridge Center , Boston, MA

 

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