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Anna Cerretani
Location: New Orleans
Practice: Artist, curator, vintage clothing and design.
Airlift Project: Pulic Practice
The Music Box: Resonant Memory
Project: Resonant Memory, a musical house exhibition and performance
Location: Atlanta, Georgia - The Georgia Institute of Technology and Goat Farm Arts Center
Date: January - December 2014
Project Description:
Resonant Memory is the culmination of Airlift's partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The partnership began with a multi-disciplinary course in Musical Architecture that brought together the graduate students from Architecture, New Music Technology, Human and Computer Interaction, and Industrial Design in Spring 2014.
In the fall of the same year Airlift brought local Atlanta artists George Long and Justin Rabideau into collaboration with a committed group of Georgia Tech students including architecture students Takuto Osawa, John Stenzel and Tyler Smith, Industrial design student Mauricio Uruena on our design team. Recent graduates Andy Pruett and Ziwen Fan were on the music technology team along with Atlanta geniuses Myron Lo and Hiron Roy. Together they realized some of the spring's muscial architecture prototypes into a fully-fledged musical house. Also joining the partnership was Goat Farm Arts Center, who hosted the build of the project and the debut of Resonant Memory at their annual art induced Halloween extravaganza. The house then moved to the Georgia Tech campus for student interactions and on campus concerts. Ben Coleman acted as musical director, working with our tech team to create samples, and as conductor of the intitial concerts at Goat Farm and Tech.
Resonant Memory uniquely combines acoustic sounds with digital technology to create loops, play samples and generally burst froth with noise from its doors, windows, and kiosk-like wings. As a musical instrument it can host one person or 10 people as players. It was wonderful to see the commitment of so many people bringing this house to life. George Long was a team leader, working with the design, music and technology collaborators to realize a fantastic new edition to our musical architecture project. Built to be transportable, Resonant Memory will return to New Orleans to become an inhabitant of 2015's Roving Village Residencies.
Lead Artists
Musical Director
George Long
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Practice: conceptual visual artist spanning drawing, sculpture and furniture design. Also a hero to all mankind and the sweetest man ever.
Airlift Project: Music Box: Roving Village
Website: http://www.marciawoodgallery.com/artist/long/long_intro.html
Tekrema Center for Art and Culture
Location: New Orleans
Practice: Founded by Greer Mendy, the Tekrema Center is the maintenance, development and perseverance of African and African Diaspora art and culture.
Airlift Project: Space Rites
Website: http://tekremacenter.wordpress.com/
Creative Alliance of New Orleans
Location: New Orleans
Practice: to provide training, education, and information for creative artists, cultural producers, and the community; to protect our cultural legacy; and to promote the revitalization of the city as a cultural and economic center.
Airlift Project: Space Rites
Website: http://cano-la.org/
Reverend Charles Duplessis
Location: New Orleans, Lower 9th Ward
Pracitice: Senior Pastor, Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church. Community Activist. Experimental Soul.
Airlift Project: Space Rites // Musical Architecture advisor
Website: http://mountnebobiblebcno.com/
Abiding Temple Ministries
Location: 2501, Urquhart st., New Orleans, 70117
Practice: Non-denmoinational christian church serving the 8th ward of New Orleans. Pastors Marc and Angie Smith make this chruch and amazing place to find refuge and friendship.
Airlift Project: Public Practice
Josh Brasted
Location: New Orleans
Practice: Photographer specializing in concert and event photography. His work has been featured in the NY Times, Guardian, National Geographic, Spin magazine and many more.
Airlift Project: Public Practice
Website: http://www.joshbrasted.com/
Paulus Boler
Location: New Orleans
Practice: Record Producer
Airlift Project: Public Practice
Website: http://geniuslevelmusic.wordpress.com/paulus-boler/
