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The Sound of Failure 2008
Sound art festival
(Sydney, Australia)

Bookings: http://factorytheatre.com.au
Website: http://SoundOfFailure.com

Following on from the (ironic) success of last year's festival, Sound
of Failure 2008 brings together over forty local and international
sound artists in numerous venues to surprise, shock and entertain.
Many of these artists have attempted to transcend the small
rectangular screens and the latest Microsoft releases, opting instead
to look at unintended consequences of technology – when it misbehaves
or just gives up the ghost.

Internationally renowned torturers of electronic toys, Toydeath, will
unleash their circuit bent mayhem on the Factory Theatre along with 15
other acts (Book NOW: http://factorytheatre.com.au). Exhibition wise,
Chrissie Cotter gallery in Camperdown will host a diverse range of
audio, and audio-visual installations from over a dozen artists.

You can also find sound art hiding between the junk in Reverse
Garbage, and Wade Marynowski's solo exhibition, `Rococo Vortex', in
the aptly titled Don't Look Gallery, as well as a spellbinding
performance, `Question/Answer… Interruption' at the snazzy new UTS
performance space. Please see http://SoundOfFailure.com for a complete
list of venues and details.

Performers include: Toy Death, Ian Andrews (album launch!), Starella,
Est Et Non, Hiske with Psychic Date & VJ Jax, Greg Chantonsky (Can),
Tom Hall (Bris), Cleaning Lady (Vic), Samuel Bruce, Dianne's
Dollhouse, Glenn Remington, Catfingers, Jessica Tyrell & Chris Caines,
Lectre Macabre & Triangle, Peter Newman & Johnathon Hunter, DJ Olive,
Panoptique Electrical, and Shannon O'Neill.

Artists include: Norie Neumark & Maria Miranda, Jordana Maise Goot,
Subscape Annex (USA), Krzysztof Osinski, Cara-Ann Aimpson, Wade
Marynowsky, Monopero (Spain), Nick Wishart, Caroline Huf, Lisa
Roberts, Vienna Parreno, and 2203 Collective.

Main performance night:
Factory Theatre, Enmore
105 Victoria Rd, Enmore
August 30, 7pm
$20 (+booking fee)
Book NOW at: http://factorytheatre.com.au

Main exhibition opening:
Chrissie Cotter Gallery
Pidcock St, Camperdown
August 19, 6pm (FREE)

The Sound of Failure festival is supported by Marrickville Council,
the Centre for Media Arts Innovation (University of Technology,
Sydney), Reverse Garbage, the Factory Theatre and Don't Look Gallery.

This was posted on the soundasart Yahoo! groups listserv.