3. Survival Kit publication launch
Thur 6 Nov, 6-8 pm @ Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art
Short presentations by Survival Kit workshop participants at the launch of the Survival Kit publication! Also a concert by Kim Cascone.
The event takes place at the panorama window on the 5th floor of Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art.
KIM CASCONE
www.anechoicmedia.com
Formally trained in electronic music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and the New School in New York City. Founded Silent Records in 1986. Worked on David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" and "Wild at Heart" as Assistant Music Editor. Sound Designer & Composer for Thomas Dolby's company Headspace. Worked/performed with Merzbow, Keith Rowe, Oval, Scanner, Ikue Mori, and David Toop among others.
Since 1980, Kim has released numerous albums of electronic music for Silent, Mille Plateaux/Ritornell, Sub Rosa, C74, anechoic and 12k to name a few. Cascone has performed/lectured at the Lovebytes Festival (UK), Micro 2 Mutek (Montreal), Tate Modern (London), Observatori Festival (Spain), Stanford University (US), U.C. Santa Barbara and Sonic Circuits Festival (Washington DC). Cascone is one of the co-founders of the Microsound list (www.microsound.org) and has written for Computer Music Journal (MIT Press), Artbyte Magazine and Parachute Journal. He currently resides in San Francisco, California with his wife Kathleen and son Cage.