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Seattle Sound Artist Yann Novak
Performs His Old North End Soundscape
Friday, August 10th, 2007, 7PM
Kasini House, 64 North Street, Burlington, VT

Yann Novak’s work explores the relationship between an environment and the recalled emotional impact of the environment. He records ambient noise of an environment and alters it. His compositions are both documentations and translations of his experience. While at Kasini House, Novak will explore the auditory landscape of Burlington's Old North End. At the end of his residency, Novak will present a live composition of these altered recordings, conveying the emotional impact this historic neighborhood has on him as a subtle and textured soundscape. Novak will perform his Old North End soundscape at Kasini House on Friday, August 10th at 7PM. This original composition will then travel back to Seattle, Washington where it will be performed as part of the 2007 Decibel Festival, September 20th, at The Henry Art Gallery. Novak’s Kasini House performance is free and open to the pubic. Seattle sound artist Yann Novak will be artist-in-residence at Kasini House from August 4th to 14th. MORE>>>

August 3rd, 2007 5PM to 8PM Throughout Burlington
Nine openings, a poetry reading, live music, guided tours, a BBQ, and over three dozen art exhibitions in four neighborhoods across the city are shaping up to make August’s First Friday Art Walk one of the liveliest to date. Pick up a copy of Art Map Burlington, First Friday Art Walk’s official publication, and the guide to art in Burlington to see a list of participating venues. CLICK HERE...TO VISIT THE WEBSITE.

August 2007: “Since Duchamp, the artist no longer contents himself with putting forward a worldview, he seeks to create his own world, he is very precisely the rival of God. I am God in my basement,” so explains Vincent, the artist in Michel Houellebecq’s book, The Possibility of an Island. Strangely, on this point, this twenty-first century French nihilist seems to be in agreement with one of the greatest humanists of the twentiety century: Pope John Paul II. “None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands,” wrote the Pope in a 1999 letter to artists. The divinity of artists is not something I am sure about, but it is something I will ponder while I check out the work of Randy Gaetano at Pursuit Gallery; new figurative painting of Peter Isles at E1 Studio Collective; and Martha Hull’s food portraits at City Market.

	Grab Your Copy of Art Map Burlington & Get Walking! CLICK HERE....to see a list of places where you can pick up your copy of Art Map Burlington, First Friday Art Walk’s official publication, and your guide to art in Burlington to see a list of participating venues. On the cover: Building Series by Brian Zeigler. Got questions? Call 802-264-4839 or send email to info@artmapburlington.com.

OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS ON FIRST FRIDAY Robert M. Fisher, Marina Epstein and Benjamin Davis at Artpath Gallery Iris Stein at Burlington City Arts Print and Clay Studio Katey Brunini and Louise Arnold at Grannis Gallery “Som Rendez-Vous," an installation by Quim, Eulàlia Rovira Solanas and Wylie Sofia Garcia at Green Door Studio Paint By Numbers at Pine Street Art Works Randy Gaetano at Pursuit Gallery Rev. Diane Sullivan at Red Square Joshua Neilson at Tribeca Aiden Doane at VCAM Space.	Rev. Diane Sullivan at Red Square Guided Tours Burlington City Arts offers walking tours led by staff and volunteers who are knowledgeable about each space and can answer questions about the exhibitions. Tours leave from the Firehouse Gallery every half hour, starting at 5:30PM and ending at 7PM. Tours last about an hour and visit exhibitions within walking distance of downtown.

Also During First Friday After the Walk Live Music by Moses Atwood at Green Door Studios Stop by Green Door Studios and check out the installation by Quim, Eulàlia Rovira Solanas and Wylie Sofia Garcia and soak up the live music by Moses Atwood that goes until midnight. 20 Howard Street (Alley Way); (802) 316-1124; www.greendoorstudio.net

Poetry Reading: Po a Tree at FLYNNDOG The poetry people at the Tuesday (Parima) and Wednesday (Dobra Tea Room) readings are coming to FLYNNDOG for August. Josh also thinks that you are all coming too--as though you're all Konrad Lorenz and he is the baby duck. 6-9PM, FLYNNDOG, 208 Flynn Avenue, (802) 363-4746, www.flynndog.net	BBQ and Live Music at Speaking Volumes BBQ and live music including The Beautiful Ride, L. Dora, and others. On the walls: work by local artists, including prints by Erin Evans. 5-8PM, Speaking Volumes, 377 Pine Street (next to Myer’s Bagels), (802) 540-0107

NEXT WEEK Performance & Reception Seattle Sound Artist Yann Novak Performs His Old North End Soundscape Friday, August 10th, 2007, 7PM Kasini House, 64 North Street, Burlington, VT Yann Novak’s work explores the relationship between an environment and the recalled emotional impact of the environment. He records ambient noise of an environment and alters it. His compositions are both documentations and translations of his experience. While at Kasini House, Novak will explore the auditory landscape of Burlington's Old North End. At the end of his residency, Novak will present a live composition of these altered recordings, conveying the emotional impact this historic neighborhood has on him as a subtle and textured soundscape. Novak will perform his Old North End soundscape at Kasini House on Friday, August 10th at 7PM. This original composition will then travel back to Seattle, Washington where it will be performed as part of the 2007 Decibel Festival, September 20th, at The Henry Art Gallery. Novak’s Kasini House performance is free and open to the pubic. Seattle sound artist Yann Novak will be artist-in-residence at Kasini House from August 4th to 14th. MORE>>>