Convergence - new audiovisual experiences online and offline.
Convergence the soundtoys exhibition is being shown at the ICA in
London in the new media centre from june 5 th to 13th july.
There is also an artists talk on thursday June 13 th at 7.30 pm.
upstairs in the ICA in london.

The talk will feature:
stanza … squidsoup …..rechord……adam hoyle….. jey
malaiperuman … julian baker ……ade ward……..toxi………
pelado……..

info@soundtoys.net
www.soundtoys.net




current exhibition…


Press release.

About the exhibition which runs to july 13 2002.

www.soundtoys.net

The exhibition showcases artists who use new musical interfaces and
explore new media for creative purposes. The exhibition reflects the
current fascination with creatives from all disciplines focusing on
new media and software for audio visual expression. Many artists
are developing their own programs, pushing beyond the boundaries
of the standard new media technologies, and standard interfaces.
Featured work includes Leafcutter John, and Pelado, both writing
their own applications in max and msp, used for manipulating sound.
Soundtoys also features Julian Baker and Ixi, both exploring
director software to make highly inventive stand-alone applications
and music tools. Another common area of exploration is with
sound controlled interfaces using the Antione Schmitt's FFT extra,
for example artists like Toxi, Area 3 and Atty's Multi-amaze.
Meanwhile the likes of Schmit and Bakteria are building autonomous
generative machines. Also installed on one of the machines is Golin
Levin's beautiful interactive Flong piece, written in Java and only
available as a stand alone. And working in the same sphere we have
artists like Peter Luining, Rechord and Stanza, all with a
fascination for interactive 'painting'. Stanza is also exhibiting
his new subvergence work, and the project 'inner city'. Other
premieres include Iriealist's new audio visual work and
Squidsoup's Alt Zero 4. And it wouldn't be fair to leave out some
of the audio visual artists who are currently working with 3-D
worlds like Christina Mc Phee. Soundtoys would also like to
acknowledge online contributions by Andy Wilson, Jim Andrews and Jay
Malaiperuman and the other hunfred artists exhibiting who have
allowed for this project to develop.

About Convergence.

The merging of the audio and the visual is increasingly becoming a
central issue in the development of interactive media. Web artists
are fusing the arts, incorporating a wide range of approaches to the
medium of the Internet and audio visual practice. Artists are
producing new audio visual experiences, and this includes art, games,
generative music and interactive environments. Advances in computer
and online technologies have provided a whole new way of artistic
expression and experience which incorporates opportunities for
non-linear experience and interactivity as well as this convergence.
Artists are attracted to a sense of connection and convergence which
is one of several qualities inherent to the Internet as a medium for
creative expression; sound,visual effect, time, movement and
interaction all provide new parameters for the development of
contemporary art. Artists have always been influenced by technology.
The convergence of hardware and software has enabled many types of
creatives to meet or converge. We are now seeing the emergence of a
new art form. As this newness unfolds a history will unfold with it.
At the moment there is a blurring of the boundaries as many
approaches are adopted, and this is confused further because of the
constantly changing and developing nature of technologies which also
allows for the artwork themselves to change. We are starting to see a
much bigger emphasis on works that generate and evolve. Formal
relationship to art will change as the artists relationship to the
process changes. Online, we have net.art - artists that are
specifically addressing the uses and abuses of the Internet as a
medium for creative expression. Within this context artists are
exploring many technologies including shockwave, flash, vrml and
java. And offline we see more application driven interface
experiments using technologies such as max, super collider, and
exploiting multi user systems, generative audio, and graphics
displays. This exhibition addresses the blurring of these boundaries
and presents artists working at the edge of software development and
arts practise and the new musical interface. The exhibition offers
insights into the diverse and creative nature of the web which is
available to today's artists. These works could been seen as a new
art form, or as a contribution to the new music and electronica.

About Soundtoys


Soundtoys.net, provides spaces for artists at the fore of the
audiovisual field, giving focus to their developing art forms. The
aim to help link up other artists, and to showcase artwork and
artists working in new media. Future plans for soundtoys include
cd roms, a book, specially commissioned works, themed shows and
presenting exhibitions in festivals and galleries worldwide.
Soundtoys.net is exhibiting exciting new works by a growing
community of audio visual artists. Soundtoys.net also provide a
forum for discourse around new technologies. The site looks at
the serious issues around interactive arts, audio visual
synthesis, generative art, and a history of interactivity.
Increasingly a divergent group of artists are exploring,
researching and playing within the parameters of soundtoys.
Designers, fine artists, and musicians are all expanding
their own work within the online audio visual domain. The
diversity of the internet is reflected in soundtoys site,
and the fact that artists are exploring so many technologies
means many technologies are explored including shockwave,
flash, vrml, java. Increasing numbers of artists are exploring,
researching and playing within the parameters of the medium:
Designers, painters, film makers, installation artists, writers,
photographers, printmakers, musicians, each bringing to the online
audio visual domain their own intent, their skill set, their
history. So many threads are interweaving here to make this rich
ever-evolving tapestry. The soundtoys site also features a journal
section which provides a forum for debate around the creative use of
new technologies on the internet, past, present and future.

Soundtoys.net features contributions from these artists…..

area3 . ian andrews . jim andrews . amy alexandra . rain ashford .
bakteria. detlef bursiek. andrew bucksbarg . julian baker. boredom
research .beth carey . gregoire clique. steven clark. jonah brucker
cohen. corby and baily . trip dixon . carla diana . eric deis .
duodecimo . flx. martin franklin . andy forbes . ana galkina. michiel
van der haagen . andy huntington . leafcutter john . brian judy .
andy greenwood. ixi . iriealists . mickel knaven. john klima. shirin
kouladjie . simon lalli . labau . golin levin . christina mcphee .
hidekazu minami . jey malaiperuman. wade marynowsky. richard mullarky
. jason nelson . glorious ninth . photon. emilie pitoiset . alan
peacock . tina la porta . pelado. perestroika. peter luining .
benjamin louis . rikard lundstedt . rechord. adam rogers.
semiconductor. sascha. jonathan snyder . antoine schmitt . greg sidel
. barry smylie . yoshi sodeoka . soda . squidsoup . stanza . submeta
. michael szpakowski. brad todd. toxi . tomoo. peter traub . michael
trommer . paul webb . ade ward. andy wilson. john woodward . jeff
wookey . chris yewell .



A showcase of artists who use new musical interfaces and explore the
audiovisual.

More info online at
www.soundtoys.net
info@soundtoys.net