WET SOUNDS 3rd UK TOUR
Coming up Jan - Mar 2011
Calls for proposals now open for sound work for the 2011 gallery
Commissions of up to £600 available for proposals for live sound work and performance art for the tour.
More details on this here
NORTH NORWAY TOUR | 18th Oct - 21st Oct 2009 |
The last leg of the Scandinavian Tour spanning Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Sunday 18 Oct 09 :: TRONDHEIM :: Pirbadet
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery and live performances, 3pm - 7pm
AUDUN ERIKSEN and ARNFINN KILLINGTVEIT present
SNORKEL. With help of small propellers and light sensors attached to free diver´s arms and legs, data will be registrered and transfered through isolated cabels to micro controllers and computers. These signals are used to control the sound processing and composition structures inside of Pure Data (PD). The processed signals are then being played through underwater speakers.
The divers tasks are both visual physical actions and active musical participation. They will be singing/ shouting under water and playing on simple acoustic underwater instruments as well as being hooked to PD via sensors.
In association with Matchmaking and Trondheim
Electronic Arts Centre
Thanks to Espen Gangvik, Annika Wiström and Trine Arntzen.
Tuesday 20th Oct 09 :: SVOLVÆR :: Svømmehall
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery and live performances, 5pm - 8pm
Friday 23 Oct 09 :: TROMSØ :: Alfheim Svømmehall
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery and live performances
in association with Insomnia Festival and Tromsø Kunstforening
Thanks to Anette Tunheim Jakobsen, Charlotte Bendksen, Anne-Berit Pedersen, Svein Ingvoll Pedersen, Stein Erik Hansen, Kåre Grundvåg, Indianna Wicklund
The Scandinavian Tour is kindly supported by
Nordic Culture Fund, Arts Council Norway and The British Council .
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STOCKHOLM
25th Sept 09 :: Centralbadet ::
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Wet Dreams' a surreal underwater soiree
A co-production between Wet Sounds, La Horrox and The Hoochy Koochy Club. Performances in various areas of this gorgeous 1904 pool in Stockholm.
> Press coverage <
Gorgeous 1904 pool La Horrox and Pierre's performance The Wallenberg
Spax live set on two soundsystems at once Some of the people behind Wet Dreams
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Wet Sounds Stockholm
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COPENHAGEN ^ top
Monday 21st Sept 09 : Dgi Byen
Wet Sounds installs at Dgi Byen. An interesting looking pool and spa. Presenting a bespoke 30min piece by PETER ALBRECHTSEN, sound designer for Lars Von Trier's 'Antichrist'. The mix was included in the radio show Soundsoup on resonance 104.4fm London and can be heard here: www.newtoy.org/soundsoup
Joel Cahen live mix at Dgi Byen
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SOUTH NORWAY TOUR
Saturday 12 Sept 09 :: STAVANGER :: Stavanger Svømmehall,
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery and live performances 3pm - 6pm
PÅL ASLE PETTERSEN, ANDERS GJERDE, KURT BOLIANATZ
In association with NuMusic festival and Ny Musikk Stavanger
Thanks to Martyn Reed and Nils Henrik Asheim
> Press coverage <
more photos from the tour here
Pål Asle Pettersen Live Anders Gjerde live
Tuesday 15 Sept 09 :: BERGEN :: Sentralbadet
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery and live performances 7pm - 10pm
ESPEN SOMMER EIDE (ALOG), MAGNAR ÅM , MAIA URSTAD
In association with Lydgalleriet and Supported by Bergen Kommune
Thanks to Jørgen Larsson, Bjørn Mortensen, Jarle Borlaug, Rune Titlestad and Tine Rude
Sentralbadet in Bergen Magnar Åm live to in-water window installation
Thursday 18 Sept 09 :: OSLO :: Tøyenbadet
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery and live performances 6pm - 9pm
JANA WINDEREN, MAIA URSTAD
In association with Ultima and Oslo Kulturnatt and Notam
Thanks to Lars Petter Hagen, Asbjørn Flø, Jøran Rudi, Jan Frederik Zander and Thora Dolven Balke.
> Press coverage <
Jana Winderen, Maia Urstad, Joel Cahen and La Horrox
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FINLAND
The first leg of the scandinavian tour kicks off at Helsinki Festival on the 21st Aug 2009 at the Olympic pool. The day begins with alternating sessions of sound art gallery and Aquadelica sessions and ends with a unique performance by surrealist musicians Kemialliset Ystavat and an underwater dance performance by Jutta Aalto
Friday 21st Aug 09 :: HELSINKI :: Olympic Pool
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery
Session 1: 16.30-18:00 | Session 2: 18:00- 19:30 | Session 3: 19:30-21:00
Live session: 21:00-22:00 KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT, scuba performance by JUTTA AALTO
More photos from the Finnish tour here
An audience on a gorgeous day Jutta Aalto Scuba performance
Monday 24th Aug 09 :: KOTKA :: Uimala Katariina :: 13:00 - 17:00
Aquadelica session by SPAX, sound art gallery
Dj La Horrox at Kotka pool
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WET SOUNDS SECOND UK TOUR 2009 ^ top
27th June - 22nd July 2009.
Curated by Joel Cahen
UK Tour 2009:
27th June: Camberwell Baths, London. As part of Camberwell Arts Festival.
4th July: The London Fields Lido in Hackney, London. Part of Create09.
5th July: St. Lukes Pool, Brighton
6th July: Stechford Cascades, Birmingham
7th July: Chorlton Baths, Manchester
9th July: Heeley Pool, Sheffield. As part of the pools centenary events.
10th July: Bramley Baths, Leeds. As part of West Leeds Festival.
11th July: Picton Pool, Liverpool
12th July: Batley Baths, Batley.
13th July: Felling Pool, Gateshead
14th July: Carlisle Pools, Carlisle
15th July: Portobello Pool, Edinburgh
16th July: Nairn Leisure, Nairn
18th July: Bridge Arts Centre, Glasgow
20th July: Splott Pool, Cardiff. As part of Cardiff Festival.
22nd July: CLOSING EVENT at Clissold Pool, Hackney, London. It embarks on its second tour of the UK with a new gallery of sound art curated around the theme of Audio cinema :: narrative based sound compositions which immerse the listener in abstract sonic fictions.
Wet Sounds appears as part of the following festivals: Create09, Cardiff Festival, West Leeds Festival, Heeley Pool Centenary Events, and Camberwell Arts Festival.
LIVE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE TOUR
In Brighton Sun 5th July: Blue Orb Leeds Fri 10th July: Joe Gilmore Batley Sun12th July: Neil Campbell of Vibracathedral Orchestra and Astral Social Club
LIVE PERFORMANCES 22nd JULY
Live performances by Francisco Lopez & Stefano Tedesco, Leafcutter John & Tom Haines and Sonic Fiction. Using a separate overwater soundsystem and underwater soundsystem each being fed a different music mix It presents three distinct soundspaces, each of which may be differently experienced by members of the audience, as they move above and below the surface of the pool.
Wednesday 22nd July 09, 19.30 - 22.00 at Clissold Leisure, Clissold Road, London N16 9EX
FRANCISCO LOPEZ & STEFANO TEDESCO
Francisco played a processed and unprocessed recordings from the Amazon while Stefano played vibraphone and a brick.
LEAFCUTTER JOHN & TOM HAINES
Prepared a narrative piece using voice, guitar, laptop, and found objects played live in an inflatable pool.
SONIC FICTION
Written and Performed by J Milo Taylor, Anna Neil and Amir Shoat based on an idea by Anna Neil. Additional writing Clare Gasson. Sonic Fiction is proposed as a novel and new form of creative auditory expression. while drawing inspiration from electro-acoustic music and experimental radiophonics, text-sound composition and cinema, the work succeeds in defining its own territory as a exploratory extension of these pre-existing creative practices.A fragmented, yet strangely coherent sound world emerges populated by broken pianos, retro-futuristic industrial soundscapes, peculiar characters and a quest for absolution.
Felling Pool in Gateshead Closing Event live at Clissold Pool. Photo: RJ Fernandez 
Heeley Pool Sheffield Portobello Pool Edinburgh
Supporters of the 2009 tour:
Media partners: 
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OTHER INSTALLATIONS IN 2009 ^ top
2nd August 09
Wet Sounds returns to the outdoor pool at Standon Calling Festival with an outside pool soundsystem as well. A live 7hr wet mix by Spax submerged the brave swimmers and divers in Aquadelica from the aqueous nebulas of his deep space. www.standon-calling.com
25th April 09:
Wet Sounds as part of Sensoria Festival at the diving pool in Sheffield's Pond Forge Pool
Installed with Advanced Beauty - a collection of digital artworks curated by Universal Everything and musician Freeform. These videos are physical manifestations of sound, sculpted by volume, pitch or structure of the soundtrack and for the first time will be projected and broadcast underwater
Presented in association with Onedotzero.
21st March 09:
Wet Sounds as part of Brighton & Hove Aqua Festival at Prince Regent Swimming Pool.
20th February 09:
Wet Sounds as part of Discover Young Hackney at Clissold Pool. Session for 11 - 19yr
20th October 08:
Wet Sounds as part of Brighton and Hove White Night with attendance of over 1000.
Lizzy Carey live
2nd August 08
Wet Sounds at the outdoor pool at Standon Calling Festival. A live wet mix by Spax submerged the brave swimmers and divers in Aquadelica. Won the UK Festival Award for Best Innovative Act. www.standon-calling.com
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WET SOUNDS FIRST UK TOUR 2008 ^ top
6th July - 19th July 2009.
Curated by Joel Cahen
Supported by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and Hackney Council.
UK Tour 2008:
6 July - OPENING EVENT - London Fields Lido, Hackney
8 July - St Lukes Pool, Brighton
9 July - Bath University Pool, Bath
10 July - Moseley Road Baths – Birmingham
11 July - Everton Park, Liverpool
12 July - Levenshulme Pool – Manchester
13 July - Bramley Baths, Leeds
14 July - Carlisle Leisure, Carlisle
15 July - Leith Victoria, Edinburgh
16 July - Nairn Leisure, Nairn
19 July - CLOSING EVENT - London Fields Lido, Hackney
- featuring live performances by
NURSE WITH WOUND - ANDREW LILES - LA COUTEAU JAUNE
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~ UK TOUR 2009 ~
~ FINLAND TOUR// AUG 09 ~
~ SOUTH NORWAY TOUR// SEPT 09 ~
~ NORTH NORWAY TOUR// OCT 09 ~
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