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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:23:58 +0100
From: Chris Byrne <chris-AT-cryptic.demon.co.uk>
Subject: NonAmbient


New Media Scotland and The Changing Room present:

NonAmbient  -  a new audio work by Alistair Gentry

30 September to 18 November 2000, The Changing Room, Stirling


"Artists like Alistair Gentry are producing the only true insights into and
reflections of our messed-up, noise-fuelled life" - Time Out

NonAmbient is an infinite, self-generating sound work about motorised,
mechanical, electrical and electronic voices we build and create for
ourselves.

Alistair Gentry has been artist in residence in Stirling over the last few
months. Through digital processing, many hours of recordings made in and
around Stirling have been extracted, magnified and looped electronically.
There are nearly one million permutations of the sounds that have been
discovered through this process and generative software navigates its way
through all of them.

The constantly changing stream of sound in the gallery may at times suggest
stories or questions. Why is there jazz in the radiators? How many faxes,
phone calls and text messages are passing through you right now?

The gallery also has an area where visitors can sit, listen to the work, or
tune out for as long as they wish. They may also browse Alistair Gentry's
websites and read his books.

For the enjoyment of other visitors to the gallery, the artist requests
that all mobile phones are switched ON and that you talk about something
interesting.

A New Media Scotland Commission in partnership with Stirling Council.

For further details contact:

New Media Scotland                      The Changing Room
P.O. Box 25065                          35 The Arcade
Glasgow	G1 5YP                          Stirling FK8 1AX

Tel: +44 141 564 3010                   Tel/Fax: +44 1786 479361
Fax: +44 141 564 3011

info-AT-mediascot.org			changingroom-AT-changingroom.sol.co.uk
http://www.mediascot.org



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