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- Where do you live ? City, State and Country
- Pittsburgh
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- Pittsburgh
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- COMPOSITIONS OF MANIPULATED SOUND
R. WEIS began his creative career in 1982 after moving from Pittsburgh, PA to New York City. His earliest expressions took the form of poetry and monologues that were heard at venues such as The Poetry Project, La Mama Experimental Theatre, and on WBAI FM Pacifica Radio. At that time, Weis also began experiments with manipulation of pre-recorded sounds on cassette tape, and began assembling sound collages to be presented with his creative writing. Eventually, his focus shifted away from writing, and moved enthusiastically toward the idea of composing with manipulated sound. He began working on a sampler in 1990 and embraced the discipline of composing exclusively with samples of original sounds. A series of collaborations began, and resulted in sound scores for film, visual art, and dance. These collaborations were presented at many of New York City’s downtown venues, including Performance Space 122, Danspace Project, and the gallery Art et Industrie. His cd “Mystery of the Egg” was completed in 1994 and was heard on experimental radio programs in the U.S. and Europe. That same year, he collaborated with photographer Arthur Tress and composed the sound score for the museum installation “Requiem for a Paperweight”. “Requiem” was originally presented at University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach. It has since traveled to The Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery in NYC, to German museums including The Ludwig Forum – Stadt Aachen, and in slide-show form at the 1994 CMJ Music Marathon in NYC. The sound score for “Requiem” was also heard as part of Arthur Tress’ retrospective “Fantastic Voyage, Photographs 1956-2000” at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
After 16 years in NYC’s East Village, Weis moved to the California desert. For three years, he worked on a composition called “noitatu MovE oveR” which is a meditation on the structures of the universe. The 29-minute composition is organized like the DNA double helix, and is made from only 6 original samples: 4 to represent the 4 base components of DNA; 1 to represent whole numbers; and 1 to represent prime numbers. After such a long immersion in this cosmic project, Weis was delighted to accept an invitation from The Savannah College of Art & Design to compose the light-hearted “Dog Choir” for the museum exhibit “Pour l’Amour des Chiens” at the Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, 2003.
He returned to Pittsburgh in 2006. In 2008 he completed "Victoriana," a 1-hour composition based on sounds made by his 19th Century house. "Victoriana" premiered in 2009 at The Mattress Factory Art Museum's "Gestures 12" exhibit. In 2010, "Victoriana" was presented at Pittsburgh Technology Council's DATA Event where it won the Gateway to the Arts Award.
Weis' newest project is "Excitable Audible," a CD of 14 songs of manipulated sound. The songs were created from samples of commonplace, everyday sounds including trash hitting the trash can, plastic lids spinning, kitchen dishes rattling, and the dog's ball bouncing, among others. "Excitable Audible" was released in September 2011 and is now available from CD Baby and will soon be available from its Digital Distribution Partners including iTunes.
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- http://www.rweis.com
- Describe your media/materials you work with
- other, music sound art
- If "other" - what media do you work with?
- compositions of manipulated sound
R. Weis's Blog
MANIPULATED SOUND
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Here's "Spinning Steel" from R. Weis' CD "Excitable Audible" with an exploration of a sculpture by Atticus Adams. Two artists working with commonplace materials: Weis samples and composes with the sound of steel kitchen bowls and Adams sculpts metal screen.
R. Weis & Excitable Audible Featured in Spain: English Translation from Prodiemus Magazine Special Issue 2011
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 5:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
English Translation from Prodiemus Magazine (Spain)
Special Issue 2011 “SOUNDSCAPES” -- Pages 27 through 36
http://issuu.com/revista.prodiemus/docs/revista2011
A WORLD OF SOUNDS
By Marta Orts Alis
PhD of Philosophy and Education Sciences, Teaching Degree in Piano and Music…
Continue R. WEIS MAKES MUSIC FROM EVERYDAY SOUNDS ON NEW CD "EXCITABLE AUDIBLE"
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:00pm 4 Comments 2 Likes
“Pay attention to the sounds around you,” says internationally-known composer of manipulated sound R. Weis who releases “Excitable Audible,” his new CD of 14 songs created exclusively from original samples of commonplace sounds including trash hitting the trash can, plastic…
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