Soundwave ((4)) Festival: Phantom Power June 13, 2010

The Bay Area Sound Ecology (BASE) realizes “Phantom Power,” a free site‐specific concert superimposing potential and vanished soundscapes over the existing sonicscape at Yerba Beuna Gardens, in the heart of downtown San Francisco. The Gardens is host to myriad contemporary sonic identifiers, to others, the gardens represents other soundscapes which were lost to history, which never came to be, or which may yet come to pass. BASE co-chairs Aaron Ximm and Jeremiah Moore curates a selection of artists that envisions the concert as a transient “intervention,” reminding listeners that familiar soundscape of the places we inhabit, like sound itself, is ephemeral and contingent. Composers will present short works that introduce a subtle layer of sound to the existing environment, evoking how the site sounded years ago, or how it might someday sound. Yerba Beuna Gardens has many layers of history to explore, and for its unique situation amid the cultural institutions and life of the city. For more info, please visit our web site below! Send RSVP to rsvp@me-di-ate.net

Official Website: http://www.projectsoundwave.com