SOUND ARTIST & PERFORMER :: work | interfaces & objects | sounds | statement | contact
The images above are part of a project that explored two simultaneous methods of documenting via audio recording and the photographic process. Each exposure provided the length of the audio recording. Within those spaces several movements were performed. The project was presented as an installation. Each image was made with an 8x10 view camera, hand processed, and contact printed on photographic paper. The recordings were made with the microphones that are shown in the photograph. The exposures were timed between five minutes to three hours. Click on the image to show a different photograph.
Nathan Butler performs with various electronic systems that respond to both the vigorous movements of his body and the situation of the live performance. He lives and works in Chicago. He holds an MFA in Sound from the School of the Art Institute. Nathan has enjoyed the company of many exciting artists who have been gracious enough to share their works with him. He is thereby indebted to respond.
Nathan is also a Co-Curator of the International Performance, Sound and Language Festival, OPENPORT. The festival included 12 nights of live performance at Links Hall, Symposium at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Tyne Dogger Artists' Talk at the Chicago Cultural Center and 4 Visiting Artist Lectures at the Flaxman Library. Click to Visit the OPENPORT Website.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
Heat Sink
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 12 X 12 New Artist Series
September 2007
My Body Lies Over the Grave
Experimental Sound Studios Residency
work in progress performance: 2007
completed performance: TBD- 2008