6/29/09

Superaquello, Logo beat se unen oficialmente a AtrumOrbis

Superaquello y Logo beat ya son oficialmente parte de la familia de AtrumOrbis inc.

Pronto estara a la venta lo nuevo de:
Icaro Azul
Superaquello

6/10/09

FGA's The Program : 2001-2009

a video show about judgement where the viewer controls the clicker
@ Hyde Park Art Center / Artists Run Chicago
Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Artists:
Gerald Davis, Kirsten Stoltman, Juana Valdes, Siebren Versteeg, Mike Wolf, Sasha Earle, Joseph Hardesty, CAR/David Robbins, Zac Lowing, Jay Heikes, Maria Alos, Lori Daniels, Jennifer Rochlin, Rosemarie Fiore, Carlos Ruiz Ruiz, Rebekah Levine, Vince Dermody, Max Hiller, Michael Dvorkin, Jennifer Schmidt, Adam Scott, Stefano Pasquini, Irena Tieri, Ipek Duben.

List of TV shows and other stuff:
Man Ray's Le Retour a la Raison; The Suicide of Primo Levi; AC/DC VH1 Behinf the Scenes; Korn; Triumph the Comic Dog in Connan O’Brien; Chicago Comic Book Review; 1900 House; Max Hiller talks about communism and Rock ‘n Roll; Charlton Heston speaks for the NRA; Howard Stern vs Sinead O’ Connor; Gerald jumps off a cliff; The McLaughlin Group; SNL's Find the black people in the Nicks game; 20/20

History:
The Program is a portable video exhibition modeled after television's well-known format. Artist videos are interspersed with regular shows, advertisements, and news. Nothing is related and context is replaced and replaceable at the click of a remote control.

In 2001 VHS was still the popular and affordable way to watch movies, save data and present video art. It also seemed like the logical solution to the money troubled artist -run curatorial machine FGA (a.k.a FUCKING GOOD ART). Our main goal was to organize a domesticated portable video show--one we could send people in the mail. We wanted an art exhibition that could compete against late night television, cable and Football Sunday.

In the end, it took four months to edit the five-hour video program. FGA presented the first prototype of The Program on Saturday March 31, 2001, in my two-bedroom apartment located on 1707 West Division Avenue. It was the perfect location: In the first floor we had Pizza Metro, next door to the Goldstar Bar and we were only one block away from the blue line. We expected only 20 visitors that night, mostly the artist in the show. The ones that showed up got a remote control, popcorn, coffee, beer, and a detailed menu with an essay by Marc Fischer. Some even got free copies of The Program. We made 25 to give away free of charge that night, a different number than the unexpected quantity of visitors that night. I counted close to three hundred-not bad for an apartment show.

From 2001-2004 The Program was screened in: Cueva Gallery, Milan; Art Chicago 02; Waiting Room Gallery, Minneapolis; ONI Gallery, Boston; Bronx River Art Center, NY; Museo de las Americas, Puerto Rico. Close to four hundred copies were distributed freely in three years. All the copies were home-made, with four raggedy VHS machines. People were also encouraged to make their own copies, edit alternate versions and to share them with others.

An officially blessed alternate version of The Program was edited by artist Stefano Pasquini in 2002 (exhibited at Sesto Senso Gallery in Bologna). New York based curator Rebekah Rutkoff also made a couple of adulterated versions she later presented in New York and at TBA Exhibition Space, in Chicago.

Today:
The Program makes its final debut as part of "Artist Run Chicago" at the Hyde Park Art Center. Make sure to go there and change the channel at will.

Also available at HPAC is VAULT:
A selection of ephemera, digital files, video, sound work and objects ( from past FGA collaborators and exhibitions) that will be available, permanently, for public browsing starting next Saturday.

Artist and objects included in the archives:
Jorge Castro's CLON (limited edition CD); Photocopy Me (edition unknown); FGA fucking good art fanzine,
original Kinko made edition #6, ( reviews by Lori Waxman, Shane Selzer, Leah Finch, Nato Thompson, Michael Bulka); 19 full color postcards "GOTOPUERTORICOUSA" by W&N, edition of 1,000, (distributed at THE DAMS in Photo Miami and THE DAMS 2 at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón); "MYOB" stencil by Felix Agosto; Obsolete Shit issue 7, june 2008 by Stefano Pasquini; soundtrack from exhibition "What Future" at Circa Art Fair '08; "Repuesto Blog" zine ( with Terence Hannum, Matt Hanner, Jennifer Schmidt); "Crash Your Own" by LM Rodriguez; Andy Hall and Mindy Rose Schwartz "2 Sides" (released on Academy Records 1999) Poster with audio cassette and keychain; "Filler" (Michael Colligan, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Andy Hall, Matthew Hanner, Steve Lacy) Whitewalls #44, released on Academy Records 2002, (Double grooved clear vinyl record and insert); FGA #3, Sept 29 (reviews by Michael Bulka, Anthony Elms, Julia Marsh, Leah Finch); Poster for Studio Vetusta; Original postcard invite for the Stray Show ; Original art work for “Refurbished” soundtrack by Gardy Perez for exhibition "More Confortable and Better at Dogmatic"; Essay "Springtime in Minnesota" by Kasarian Dane (made for MAGAZINE at The Stray Show); FGA’s Top Ten over MCA’s 12x 12; and a selection of video works by Ozzie Forbes, Carmen Olmo, Lillian Nieves and Arnaldo Roman; selection of xerox flyers by Gean Moreno.

more info:
http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2009/05/artists_run_chicago.php

6/5/09

SONORA

SONORA started out as a small record shop in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which specialized in various types of underground music, local and from the rest of the world. It also served as think tank, hang out and space for conversation and debate. The shop closed for good in may 2005, but Sonora continues as a record label. Initially, we put out a double CD by Cornucopia, after that we decided to continue putting out extremely limited edition releases, concentrating on mostly unknown or overlooked latin american noise (and beyond) artists. As of 2009, we've put out well over 25 releases.

This page will be updated often. Our website sonoradisc.com is undergoing changes which will take some time to implement, so please follow us here!

WHAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW:

CORNUCOPIA Balance of Power 3" CDR
Ruido Horrible description: "Finally, we are proud to present this long delayed 3"cdr by Puerto Rican noise/drone legend, Cornucopia. "Balance of Power" is a poisonous track brimming with heavy industrial sounds, an adequate soundtrack to a nuclear winter. Concrete and intimidating, this piece finds Cornucopia right at the epicentre of their new, fierce sound constructions.
The disc comes in a printed envelope, and each cover was hand-painted by Sergio Sánchez. Limited to 63 copies."
I have a limited amount of copies available for $7.00 USA, $10.00 WORLD - Price includes postage. Paypal to jorrge@gmail.com

AHD Todo Astro Acuático CDR
New recordings from young Puertorican noise machine AHD. Less harsh than “Hara Kiri” but still brutal. Full color cover and each CDR is uniquely painted. First 20 copies include a mini-poster! Limited to 40 hand numbered copies
SAMPLE
Poster edition: $10.00 PPD WORLD
Regular edition $7.00 PPD WORLD

YITUEY Live @ Sono CDR
Cornucopia’s Claudio Chea flying solo. Calm but powerful ambient sounds from his solo project. Full color cover and each CDR is uniquely painted.
Limited to 40 copies
SAMPLE
$7.00 PPD WORLD

BONESFIELD Prototipos Irradiantes CDR
Spastic harsh noise from Spain! Heavy on the loops and well composed. If you liked the ABESTA release on Sonora you need this one! Full color cover with artwork by Alonso Urbanos. Each CDR is uniquely painted. Limited to 40 hand numbered copies
SAMPLE
$7.00 PPD WORLD

VRIL Nu CDR
Harsh electronics from the frigid coast of northern Spain. Complex compositions of multi-layered drone/noise. Full color cover with artwork by Alonso Urbanos. Each CDR is uniquely painted. Limited to 40 copies SAMPLE
$7.00 PPD WORLD

CONURE Resonance CDR
An intense heat wave of synthesized earth shakers from the Bay Area’s Mark Wilson. Full color cover and each CDR is uniquely painted. Limited to 40 hand numbered copies SAMPLE
$7.00 PPD WORLD


CONTACT
jorrge at gmail dot com (this is also the paypal address)


COMING SOON
We will give another spin to our last "batch" of releases, which we didn't have much time to promote/push back when they came out (disks by AHD, CONURE, YITUEY, BONESFIELD, VRIL). Additionally, we will have a new release by harsh noise monolith 5EBUTS from Chile! No, you don't know him either! So be on the lookout for that very soon.


SONORA DISCOGRAPHY
available - out of print - coming soon

RA-00 CORNUCOPIA .c. works 2XCD
RA-01 CLON ar.1550 CDR
RA-02 ASTRO + CORNUCOPIA drop out bones/shock therapy CDR
RA-03 CORNUCOPIA death of the sun CDR
RA-04 VIOLET CLON attack of… CDR
RA-05 CASTRO + MARHAUG glory on the summit CDR
RA-06 JORGE CASTRO pastoral CDR
RA-07 E° + CORNUCOPIA + GOLDEN SERENADES live in la plata CDR
RA-08 ARMENIA + CORNUCOPIA un infierno total CDR
RA-09 ARMENIA + CORNUCOPIA + G. ALPHA + OPC sang noir CDR
RA-10 AHD hara kiri CDR
RA-11 RAVEN STRAIN + AHD thin fevers CDR
RA-12 YITUEY live @ sono CDR
RA-13 EYE the dresden codex CDR
RA-14 I/C/O/C parasitic concubine EP CDR
RA-15 JORGE CASTRO el mar DVDR-A
RA-16 ABESTA tosco CDR
RA-17 CLON + GALARRETA indigencia tecnológica CDR
RA-18 JORGE CASTRO TBA CDR
RA-19 5EBUTS estados alterados CDR
RA-20 COURTIS + PABLO RECHE TBA CDR
RA-21 BONESFIELD prototipos irradiantes CDR
RA-22 SCUM&BONES TBA CDR
RA-23 CONURE resonance CDR
RA-24 TBA
RA-25 VRIL nu CDR
RA-26 CORNUCOPIA star trails CDR
RA-27 CORNUCOPIA black operations CDR
RA-28 RAVEN STRAIN + CORNUCOPIA TBA Split and collab recordings
RA-29 TBA
RA-30 CHUCK GNOIDER roto TBA
RA-31 JORGE CASTRO diluvio CDR
RA-32 CORNUCOPIA + JOSHUA NORTON CABAL emanations CDR
RA-33 AHD todo astro acuático CDR






5/20/09

Balance Of Power

Comunicado de Ruido Horrible en México:

"RUIDO HORRIBLE UPDATE 05 19 09

rh004 CORNUCOPIA - BALANCE OF POWER 3"cdr

Literally after years in the making, BALANCE OF POWER finally comes to life in an edition of 60 copies. This release sees CORNUCOPIA in their deepest, heaviest mood, producing a piece of dark industrial sounds that border on noise. Dense and toxic atmospheric sounds. Each cover was painted individually and is therefore unique. It includes insert and disc sleeve."

Más info: ruidohorrible at yahoo.com
http://horriblenoize.blogspot.com

Pronto tendré copias de esto en la Web de SONORA...
http://www.sonoradisc.com

5/15/09

"Es tiempo de cambiar" (en serio)

Si, cambiar...

Regresemos al subterráneo. Donde no hay protocolos e instituciones culturales que metan la mano.

DIY

Pronto: San Juan Noise Fest V (seis años a pulmón)