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Tristan Perich "Microtonal Wall" in "Microtonal Array" at InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada (Apr 13 to May 19, 2012)
Tristan Perich: "Machine Drawings" in "(Un) folding Patterns" at Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY (May 20 to Jul 22, 2012)
May 20
Opening for "(Un) Folding Patterns" (with work by Tristan Perich, Stephen Schaum, Susan Weinthaler, Michael Grey, Stephen Talasnik, Bernar Venet, Thomas Ruff, Kysa Johnson, Justin Stewart, Jane Philbrick, Joe Diebes, Vargas Suarez Universal, and more, Queens, NY

May 28
Alessandro Valiante performs Tristan Perich's "Observations" (with other works by David Lang, Steve Reich, John Cage, and Vinko Globokar), Montreal, Canada

May 31
Mantra Composer Portrait: Tristan Perich, Brooklyn, NY

Jun 14
Philip Glass: Music With Friends featuring Tristan Perich, an Aurora Foundation and Issue Project Room benefit, Brooklyn, NY

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percussion quartet and string quartet with gated amplification (2011) (download)
commissioned by So Percussion and Calder Quartet
guitar quartet and 4-channel 1-bit electronics (2010) (download)
Commissioned by Dither Quartet.
harpsichord and 4-channel 1-bit electronics (2009) (download)
three toy pianos and three-channel 1-bit tones (2009) (download)
nine strings, nine-part 1-bit music (2008) (download)
three violas, three-part 1-bit music (2008) (download)
two sets of crotales, three-channel 1-bit music (2008) (download)
clarinet, acoustic guitar, cello, double bass, marimba,
piano, 5-channel 1-bit electronics (2008) (download)
commissioned by Bang on a Can's People's Commissioning Fund
two bass clarinets, two baritone saxophones, 4-channel 1-bit electronics (2007) (download)
string quartet, 4-channel 1-bit electronics (2007) (download)
10 violins, 10-channel 1-bit electronics (2007) (download)
three violins (2006) (download)
three soprano voices, piano (2004) (download)
piano, bass clarinet (2003) (download)
piano duet (2002) (download)

Interval Studies is a formal look at musical intervals as a dense continuum of microtonal pitch, expressed en masse as discrete 1-bit frequencies distributed across hundreds of individual speakers.

 

The Machine Drawings—pen on paper or wall drawings executed by a custom-built machine—use randomness and order as raw materials within a composition. Inspired by physics and math, the machine drawings are a combination of the delicacy of real drawings and the rigid, structured system of mechanics and code.

 

1-Bit Video involve low resolution black-and-white images synthesized by microchips and display on cathode ray televisions. On and off pulses of electricity are sent from the microchips to cathode ray televisions, directly controlling the electron gun inside, making the digital physical.

 

Tristan Perich's (New York) work is inspired by the aesthetic simplicity of math, physics and code.

The WIRE Magazine describes his compositions as "an austere meeting of electronic and organic." 1-Bit Music, his 2004 release, was the first album ever released as a microchip, programmed to synthesize his electronic composition live. His latest circuit album, 1-Bit Symphony (Cantaloupe, 2010) has received critical acclaim, called "sublime" (New York Press), and the Wall Street Journal said "its oscillations have an intense, hypnotic force and a surprising emotional depth." His award winning work coupling 1-bit electronics with traditional forms in both music (Active Field, Observations) and visual art (Machine Drawings, Microtonal Wall) has been presented around the world, from Sonar and Ars Electronica to the Whitney Museum and bitforms gallery.

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Tristan Perich on Cantaloupe Music

1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself. The album is available from Cantaloupe Music ($29), or as a limited art edition ($150).

 

Wielding soldering irons over a ramshackle overhead projector, Tristan Perich, Kunal Gupta and Katie Shima wire up live musical circuits. Punctuated silence occupies the first few minutes of their set while the initial circuit is wired up on an antique overhead projector. The resulting explosive sound is dense and grows as more microchips are added.

 

1-Bit Music probes the foundations of digital sound. An electronic circuit is assembled inside a CD case with a headphone jack on the side. The device plays back 40 minutes of low-fi 1-bit electronic music, the lowest possible digital representation of audio. The Cantaloupe Music release of 1-Bit Music is no longer available, except as a limited art edition ($100).

 

Tristan Perich "Microtonal Wall" in "Microtonal Array", InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, 9 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, Canada (April 13 to May 19, 2012)
Tristan Perich: "Machine Drawings" in "(Un) folding Patterns", Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45th Ave, Queens, NY (May 20 to July 22, 2012)
May 20
Opening for "(Un) Folding Patterns" (with work by Tristan Perich, Stephen Schaum, Susan Weinthaler, Michael Grey, Stephen Talasnik, Bernar Venet, Thomas Ruff, Kysa Johnson, Justin Stewart, Jane Philbrick, Joe Diebes, Vargas Suarez Universal, and more
2:00 PM, Free
Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45th Ave (map), Queens, NY

May 28
Alessandro Valiante performs Tristan Perich's "Observations" (with other works by David Lang, Steve Reich, John Cage, and Vinko Globokar)
1:00 PM, Free
McGill, Tanna Schulich Hall, 555 Sherbrooke West , Montreal, Canada

May 31
Mantra Composer Portrait: Tristan Perich
7:30 PM, $10
First Presbyterian Church , Brooklyn, NY

Jun 14
Philip Glass: Music With Friends featuring Tristan Perich, an Aurora Foundation and Issue Project Room benefit
8:00 PM, $35 - $85
110 Livingston Street , Brooklyn, NY

Jun 16
Darmstadt Workshop: Understanding Hardware Programming in Assembly with Tristan Perich
2:00 PM, Free, RSVP required
Issue Project Room, 110 Livingston Street (at Boerum Place) (map), Brooklyn, NY

Jun 25
Argeo Ascani premieres Tristan Perich's "Congruence"
7:00 PM, Price/Time TBA
Center for Performance Research, 361 Manhattan Avenue (map), Brooklyn, NY

Jun 30
Calder Quartet performs Tristan Perich's "Interface" at "Eclectics Currents" (with other works by Daniel Wohl, Andrew Norman and Maurice Ravel)
8:00 PM, $10
Blum and Poe Gallery, 2727 S. La Cienega Blvd , Los Angeles, CA

 

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