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West Coast Radians
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West Coast Radians

Sep 14, 2017

WEST COAST RADIANS @westcoastradians     WEST COAST RADIANS Info.pdf a great logo by Max Magnanensi     For a few years I have been experimenting with and building various sets of yellow cedar, red cedar, sitka spruce and maple flat audio-panels to create both instruments and audio diffusors that might engage in a more embodied form of listening and sound thinking. The LINKS...

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noisescapes
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noisescapes

Aug 25, 2024

solo • duo • solo   UNVO 2 with KD2   UNVO 2 with RGB LED & mini solar panels   UNVO 2 con mani     UNVO 2, touchboard & sitka resonators   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Giorgio Magnanensi (@giominz) UNVOLIGHTS   noise garden 01   noise garden 02   騒 (noise garden 04)   assemblage  ...

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Soundgarden 2022
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Soundgarden 2022

Jul 25, 2022

One last beautiful day in the forest with some beautiful sounds, caviidae, othoptera, sinewaves, pinknoise and with some friends playing together. A wonderful ending, hoping to be back in the forest very soon. Trees within trees, resonating trees… a really wonderful time breathing in and resounding within. We need to remember – every single moment – how this kind of beautiful lives really are...

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HRM and Maple resonator
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  This is a room recording directly to the camera mics. So, we are missing the omnidirectionality and a bit of transparency in the air that would smooth the Maple’s shimmering resonance. Though there is no way to capture the sound as in presence. As always, depending on the sound, you might need some simple eq. and a subwoofer, to cover the 110 Hz...

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bells
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bells

Jan 7, 2021

exploring movement and sound with resonators …sonic alchemy transformimg wood into metal : )  ...

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sitka clouds 1, 2 & 3 (…and plywood)
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3 short improvisations using touch on a sitka spruce cloud with piezo to trigger various kinds of audioprocessing in a max msp patch.     …and here below using a plywood board   …”dream machine” driven by plywood   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Giorgio Magnanensi (@giominz)   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Giorgio...

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musique concrète
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musique concrète

Sep 11, 2020

playing a sitka spruce cloud equipped with a piezo and triggering various audio processes in a max msp patch.            ...

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At The Edge of Wildnerness
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September 4 – October 4, 2020 Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Soundwalk with Hildegard Westerkamp: Friday, September 4 at 2pm Skills for Solitude with Giorgio Magnanensi: Sunday, September 27 at 11am At the Edge of Wilderness is a Sound-Slide Installation about Ghosttowns in British Columbia. The installation explores a strange moment of excitement and magic, discovery and adventure, the moment when...

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risonanze
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risonanze

Jun 10, 2020

• ELECTRONICS: Blippoo Box – Wavetek Pulse/Function Generator – Stylophone Gen X-1 – Oscilloscope • WOOD, METAL & STONE RESONATORS – Stereo Red Cedar Board – Stereo Sabian Cymbal – Stereo Steel Drum – Slate/Piezo      ...

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After Life Studios short improv
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A short improv in between sets of ITISYSM’s recording on July 24, 2019 (Roland RS-202 Strings, Blippoo Box, Max Msp, Sitka Spruce stereo resonator)   G AFTERLIFE Short Improv(2) [Download]  ...

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quiet city set
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quiet city set

Oct 8, 2019

Thank you Constantine!! And QUIET CITY And thank youy Jaewoo Lee for the great room recording Quiet City g [Download] four red cedar resonators, blippoo, dod delay and oscilloscope    ...

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MAGIK Aug 2019
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MAGIK Aug 2019

Jul 27, 2019

Heading to Powell River on Aug 11 to work with MAGIK and 8 cedar panels at The Art Centre ~ Powell River Public Art Gallery           The Art Centre, Powell River The Art Centre, Powell River The Art Centre, Powell River...

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sitka
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sitka

Jul 21, 2019

  I finally started working on the beautiful sitka spruce reclaimed from the mill last winter. I look forward to playing with a new set of these beautiful resonators sometime this fall and enjoying the bright resonances of this wood with my MAGIK friends and more. Here some random images:   8 large sitka spruce resonators 8 small sitka spruce resonators  ...

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MAGIK
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MAGIK

Jul 5, 2019

MAGIK is a new Vancouver-based project that brings together Giorgio Magnanensi’s resonant woods with two of Vancouver’s most respected musicians, Marina Hasselberg cello, Kenton Loewen drums and Ucluelet based video artists Nicolas Teichrob. MAGIK plays within a multi-layered, live electro acoustic surround sound-space among flat audio panels of hand cut West Coast Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce and Pacific Maple. The panels serve both as...

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MAGIK
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MAGIK

Jun 14, 2018

Marina Hasselberg, cello • Giorgio Magnanensi • cedar resonators, Kenton Loewen, drums & metals Nicolas Teichrob spun spectra video       https://giorgiomagnanensi.com/wp-content/uploads/WCR-@-China-Cloud.mp4...

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TDU MH
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TDU MH

Apr 7, 2018

TDU MH – il fuoco e l’artificio (2018) for cello, 16 cedar and maple flat panel resonators and live electronics WEST COAST RADIANS, March 10, 2018     TDU MH has been written with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and it is dedicated to Marina Hasselberg. This work is both a statement and a poetic exploration. The statement displays sound...

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WCR Installation
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WCR Installation

Jan 14, 2018

MARCH 4-10, 2018 WEST COAST RADIANS     DOWNLOAD and FOLD your brochure             Saturday night @ CIRS  ...

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LOoW exhibition
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LOoW exhibition

Jan 8, 2018

  Coming soon! sound crystals / -H A new installation/project part of Leaning Out of Windows  January 25- February 8,  2018 at the ECUAD new building.         Thank you to RANDY LEE CUTLER + INGRID KOENIG for inviting me to be part of this exciting research project, and to Art Olin for his elucidations and fascinating work at TRIUMF        ...

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il guadagnini
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il guadagnini

May 29, 2017

  scultura sonora (maple) il Guadagnini [Download]   August 2-20, 2017 • 50 Canadian Things • Sunshine Coast Art Council – Sechelt, BC This piece is dedicated to the memory of French Canadian violinist Jacques Israelievitch and it is inspired by “Violin”, one of the 50 short stories written by Jane Urquhart in her book A Number of Things. Maple is a wonderful and brightly resonating...

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sound crystals / -H
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sound crystals / -H

Apr 14, 2017

  I have been working on this new installation/project as part of Leaning Out of Windows and finally I finished all the maple resonators and finalized the audio material. It will be presented January 25- February 8,  2018 at the ECUAD new building. Leaning Out of Windows (LOoW) is a four-year SSHRCC funded interdisciplinary art and science project, involving four phases between 2016 to 2020. It involves co-designing, curating,...

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soundgarden/2
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soundgarden/2

Jun 30, 2016

  Roberts Creek, July 22-23   SOUNDGARDEN 2 info       sonification of #9761: 9761 loop [Download]     here some images from last year’s soundgarden   and some comments “Quite simply, the soundgarden was magical. Giorgio and Nic animated a familiar moon-kissed forest stream nook into a hallucinatory theatre of perception. Carefully choreographed, immersive, interactive, contemplative, and generous, the work playfully encouraged us to unexpected...

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big joy
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big joy

Nov 25, 2015

Playing a set at Big Joy • Remington Gallery • Saturday, December 5th with 4 cedar flat audio panels Big Joy is a music festival that in it’s third year will be showcasing current experimental acts from Vancouver and abroad. Hoping to present a broad spectrum of what Vancouver’s eclectic music scene has to offer, Big Joy encompasses everything from drone and harsh noise, through...

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The Story of Cedar
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The Story of Cedar

Sep 29, 2015

  ART and the six senses of Cedar Curated Art Exhibition OCTOBER 16-25 SEASIDE CENTRE, 5790 TEREDO ST. SECHELT This experiential art exhibition will feature ‘multi-dimensional’ visual and sensory perceptions of how a select group of coast-based artists interpret the subject of CEDAR. Influenced by different cultural backgrounds and the senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, and spirit, visual artists, sculptors, fibre-artists, writers, musicians, and...

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ambience
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ambience

Sep 20, 2015

an Ambient Sound Event  with: Elisa Ferrari • voice, books, zither and singing bowls Andrew Bate & John Brennan • resonant percussions Giorgio Magnanensi • sinewaves and cedar flat audiopanels The Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek – October 10, 2015 • 8PM   Some info about and images of the Cedar Flat Audiopanels: CEDAR PANELS...

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