Presto Samo

Review in Modern Painters

2012-01-25T16:23:00.000-08:00

in the February 2012 issue of Modern Painters Magazine

print

2012-01-20T12:15:00.000-08:00

Untitled, 2012

Silk-screen print on 90 lb cotton paper

10"x10" (pictured here cropped to 7.5"x9")

edition of 4

$85

(printed in conjunction with LAKE ODESSA, a sound installation / mix CD exhibition at CAM Raleigh, January 2012)

cole@colepierce.com

Cole Pierce at Hinge Gallery

2012-01-15T14:56:00.000-08:00

Cole Pierce, 2011

Word Layer
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
36"x36"

At Hinge Gallery

Cole Pierce, 2011

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #12

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

65"x65"

Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford at Hinge Gallery

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #10 & #12

at Hinge Gallery

NUMBERS.FM

2012-01-13T07:50:00.000-08:00

My 1.11.12 NUMBERS.FM show is now available to stream or download.

Enjoy!

oh yeah, here is the playlist.

NUMBERS.FM Playlist 01.11.12

2012-01-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

NUMBERS FM 01.11.12

Boss Conrad Freiburg
Ode Monty Adkins
SOPA hearings
Echo (featuring Adam Trainer vocals) Matt Rösner
Tropical Depression aric naue
AlexHaley interlude - Tyler Carter and Cole Pierce
Oh You Beautiful Girl! - Bud (Home Recording)
Auctioneering - Unknown Artist
armenian song Anja lechner and vassilis tsabropoulos (gurdjieff/ de Hartmann)
My Melancholy Baby - Gene Austin
Solitude Duke Ellington
Processione Sul Mare Toni Esposito
Archipelago Daedelus & Teebs
It's Soon Be Done Otis Wright
Bike Spokes edit Cole Pierce
a1 pangkur Master Musicians of Java
Chapter 02 Scissors And Sellotape
Baseball Analogy TheSolarSystemandBeyond Cole Pierce
Scissors Kuedo
Take My Hand Soosh
Departure from Your Hat Vocal Mix triple jim
A Devil Lay Here Zomby
Welcome to Rainbow Springs Skipper Lockett
1. Chameleon Blush Girl After Shower
Ethan’s Earth and Pluto explanation
Continuity M. Ostermeier
jewel thief Cole Pierce
Fragile Hope Balam Acab
BLISSTERS HOLY OTHER
All I need Clams Casino
Buried Alive (Kendrick Lamar) Drake
Illusory Body Geotic
Blue Marlin Steve Hauschildt
Morning Criminal Ricardo Donoso
Underground Party Janko Nilovic
Lava BNJMN
Dawn Of Presensitive Car Litesalive
Columns Father
Rain recording Cole Pierce
Prelude for Juan Christina Vantzou

Born Digital | CAM Raleigh

2012-01-11T10:23:00.000-08:00

LAKE ODESSA (2012) audio multiple, silk-screen print on 90lb cotton paper,

handmade cases, found paper inserts, edition of 100. Print originally designed with Mixel by Cole Pierce, based on collages by Able Parris and Paul Soulellis.

I'm pleased to announce that I have a mix CD and sound installation included in this show at CAM Raleigh, and I will be DJ'ing the opening reception. In conjunction with the Born Digital exhibition, my music mix will be released on Headphone Commute's Podcast series on January 28th.

Born Digital on view January 28 through April 30, 2012
Showcasing a growing body of contemporary art that is visitor dependent and without the use of specific interfaces like keyboards or touch screens—aspects of this exhibition are movement-driven, empowering visitors to exercise their creativity and act on their curiosity. Born Digital features the work of 12 national and international pioneers of digital and new media art. Most of the featured artworks in the exhibition employ computer vision technologies, more commonly known as interactive video. The combined use of digital video cameras and custom computer software allows each artwork to “see,” and respond to, bodies, colors and/or motion in the space of the museum. Don’t miss this museum premiere!

Born Digital contributors include: Advanced Media Lab, Jacob Ciocci, R. Luke DuBois, Channel TWo, Brent Green, Ajay Kurian, LoVid, Cole Pierce, Dennis Rosenfeld, Daniel Rozin, Scenocosme, and Karolina Sobecka

Join us for an opening preview celebration
Sweets, savories, and drinks
Friday, January 27, 2012

Members Opening 7–9 p.m.
RSVP at members@camraleigh.org

Wear your rocket-high heels or fastest track shoes
Live DJ — Born Digital Exhibiting artist Cole Pierce

NUMBERS.FM Playlist 12.14.11

2011-12-14T18:13:00.000-08:00

Playlist for my NUMBERS.FM set (12.14.11 8:07 to 10:09 pm)

4 String Quartet No. 15 in E-Flat Minor Op. 144 (1974) IV- Nocturne (Adagio) Dmitri Shostakovich
Orson Welles - War of the Worlds
Rob Ellis - Music For the Home #8
Shousetsu - Radicalfashion
Das Buch der Klange (Part 1) - Hans Otte
Goats to Clear Brush - Cole Pierce
A quiet Morning arriving to the Valley - Opitope
interbellum - Elegi
Smyrneiko Minore - Marika Papagika
Harmonium Improvisation - George I. Gurdjieff
Proper Punctuation - Cole Pierce
Super Interlude Pt. 1 - Christina Vantzou
stop look listen : 68 : august 27, 2011 : dechans - Amy Martin
Igloo - Karen O & the Kids
Nue - Nils Frahm
Hike - Cinchel, T.Carter & Cole Pierce
Valla Torg Kraut - Mokira
Can’t - Northerner
Map - Mountains
Cardboard Cups - Piotr Kurek
Ijspret - Machinefabriek
Faithful Friend - The Humble Bee
On Waiting - Greg Haines & Wouter van Veldhoven
Variation 2 - Molly Berg + Stephen Vitiello
Field - Autistici
Untitled Found Cassette, Audio Diary - Cole Pierce
Chimaerica - Johann Johannsson
Powoli - Jacaszek
Budeie Med Sigd - Svarte Greiner
IV. A final shaking - de Waart, Edo
Section III - Chris Schlarb
Nixon Interlude - T.Carter
You Can Have What I Take - Klumpes Ahmad
Ammunition 3 - Seaworthy
The Red River - Micah Blue Smaldone
Think - Do Make Say Think
Number 33 - Jan & Lorraine

NUMBERS.FM Playlist 12.6.11

2011-12-07T18:34:00.000-08:00

Download mp3

Dan Gunn on Bad at Sports

sweet-spring -AllMyHeroesDiedinPrison

Être - Nicolas Jaar

Micro Forest Updraft - M. Ostermeier

roll real smooth - FAA Educational Film

Shadow Waltz - New Mayfair Dance Orchestra

SomethingSweet,SomethingTender(edit) Eric Dolphy

A relationship with the sublime - The Caretaker

Stardust Warblers-Unknown

Tall Children-solo - Conrad Freiburg

Who Is Mr Grobe? (edit) Duncan Ward

Termeil - Lake Seaworthy & Matt Rosner

Empire - Nicola Ratti

Master Wilcox Gay Recordio

foundasquee - Cole Pierce

Alien - Observer Grouper

Between Bridges - Ezekiel Honig

Musical Language (edit) - Radiolab

Skating Azure - Fourcolor

thank you - Odd Nosdam

The Most Beautiful Name - High Places

Silberstreif - Michael Rother

Attention Please - Boris

Capture This [Ii] - Byetone

ionoscan - Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto

John Cage and Morton Feldman (edit)

Lonely Owl - Gold Panda

tu machina - Javelin

California Sunrise - Dirty Gold

Chesterhill Ohio - Cole Pierce

Night Falls While The Day Breaks - Peter Finger

Blue Room - Chet Baker

Body And Soul. - Coleman Hawkins

Piano Pieces for Children, No. 2- Toru Takemitsu

Obedience - Ralph Syverson

Self Compassion - Shigeto

Soul Controller - Jeremiah Jae

Sory Bamba - L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti

Mapfumo - Daphni

Pirate's Caboose - Recovering the Whydah

Tumtum - Boom Bip

Repacked by Ezekiel Honig - Stephen Vitiello + Machinefabriek

NUMBERS.FM

2011-12-07T07:09:00.000-08:00

Tonight I start my weekly radio show on NUMBERS.FM! Wednesdays 8:07 pm - 10:09 pm.

Jewel Thief, Mix CD, 2011

2011-12-03T13:32:00.003-08:00

Jewel Thief, Mix CD, 2011, originally uploaded by colepierce.

Jewel Thief, Mix CD, 2011

2011-12-03T13:32:00.001-08:00

Jewel Thief, Mix CD, 2011, originally uploaded by colepierce.

Video screening at d1sc0nN3ct in Cairo

2011-12-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

My video "Disorientation" will be screening at Townhouse Gallery in Cairo on December 3rd.

More Info

Sixty Inches From the Center Review

2011-11-22T10:15:00.000-08:00

Having just opened in June, the bright lights and white walls of Hinge Gallery were welcoming against the coming cold on the night of November 5^th. A lovely space in an ideal location among the bustle of Chicago and Damen, Hinge Gallery opened its doors for a dual artist exhibit featuring recent paintings by Cole Pierce and prints by Rusty Shackleford.

The works that greet you as you walk through the door of Hinge are two paintings by Pierce, titled “Triangle is the Strongest Shape #10” and “Triangle is the Strongest Shape #11”. The paintings are dizzying patterns made of triangles, as geometric grids that deviate in some sections. This gestures to the rigid grid interrupted by the hand-made process of art-making.

Pierce and Shackleford have known each other for a time, having been a part of an artists’ collective in years past. Although stylistically their artworks seem on opposite ends of the spectrum, the works juxtaposed made for an engaging exhibit.

When I spoke to Pierce about these works, he told me that his intention was to keep the triangle patterns as straight and as perfect as possible but as he created these works, it become about idiosyncrasies in the shape – letting imperfections happen. The paintings started as black and white paintings, but Pierce added a new perspective with color as the series went on. The paintings displayed at Hinge have gradients of color, with the patterned triangles fading from light cream to white in one painting and blue to darkest blue in the other.

Shackleford’s pieces in the exhibit are prints that utilize the relationship of gesture and found images, with the series titled Sweet Bones and Clean Secrets. Shackleford told me his process included dumpster diving for inspiration, using found objects to emote a nostalgic vibe. Tiny photographs of nature landscapes were painted, drawn, and marked upon, then blown up to become plexi-glassed prints.

Shackelford spoke of his processes and intention as concerning directed ambiguity- pushing an image into flat space and speaking to the relationship of what framing is about. The result was on full display in the works at Hinge, with pieces of nature prints paired with broken glass, cinderblocks, and neon paints. The consistency of color influences comes from within the prints, as Shackleford emphasized the importance of the presentation by painting the walls so as to create a full installation.

I was lucky enough to have to opportunity to speak to both artists during the opening, and them being friends made the discussion all the more enjoyable. They each were very different in their approach to art and speaking about their art, but the variance between the artworks held balance within the Hinge Gallery.

- Amanda Mead

Sixty Inches From the Center

Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford at Hinge Gallery this Saturday

2011-10-31T19:43:00.001-07:00

November 5th, 2011

Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford Exhibition

Hinge Gallery

1955 w. Chicago Ave, Chicago IL, 60622

Opening Saturday, November 5th, at 6PM

On view through Wednesday, January 4th

colepierce.com

kendrickshackleford.com/

hingegallery.com

Wester Projects booth at Progressive Art Fair Santa Fe

2011-10-01T18:20:00.001-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by roxhop.

Nice installation, there is my painting on the left.

Cinchel - Ritual Habitat - Videos

2011-09-14T15:28:00.000-07:00

Cinchel has a new EP released on Feedback Loop and has reedited some of my earlier videos to use as visual scores for two of the tracks.

track3-fire.fly.flash.flood. from cinchel on Vimeo.

track2-inherit therin (the mistakes) from cinchel on Vimeo.

Cinchel and I had previously collaborated on Disorientation, a video that was installed at Hinge Gallery this past summer.

WORD

2011-08-28T07:32:00.000-07:00

Download - http://www.mediafire.com/file/wn6lowgvm4pnwej/Word.zip

WORD by Colepierce on Mixcloud

Field Mic - short documentary

2011-08-15T05:56:00.000-07:00

Field Mic (Documentary, 2011, 3 min) from Ani Pandit on Vimeo.

Here is a short documentary of my history as an artist that connects the dots between my early collage work to my recent paintings and interest in field recordings and sound art.

Produced by Ani Pandit.

Featuring works by Scott Ashley at Hinge Gallery, fieldmic.com, collages, paintings and field recordings by Cole Pierce.

The Archeospiritist Study and Consortion Initiative, Illinois.

2011-08-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

YOU ARE INVITED to join us for the second installment of ASCII.
The Archeospiritist Study and Consortion Initiative, Illinois.
A group exposition & offering of audio multiples.

ASCII 2
Thursday, August 4 -- one night only!
8:30pm - 10:30pm
954 N. Calfornia Ave.
(above the Rootstock Bar)
Chicago

Participating:*
EC Brown, Chelsea Culp, Ben Foch, Chris Hefner, George Larson, Bruce Neal, Catie Olson, Cole Pierce, Chris Uphues

These participants have been invited to adhere to the following ASCII specifications:
An edition of artifacts shall be created, to be distributed freely, or perhaps available for barter.
Editions must involve recorded audio.
Editions must bear your insignia.
Attire shall always be elegant.
Additional rules and specifications are available here:
http://www.archeospiritist.com

The attached images are prompts for this singular event, as well as the following video:

Field Mic Talk at IFP Producers Series

2011-05-11T13:28:00.000-07:00

Able and I are honored to participate in an IFP salon/discussion series next week. We will be talking about Field Mic, our approach of curating content online, and sharing some our favorite finds. Please join us.

A comprehensive four-part workshop, the Producers’ Series addresses the challenges of producing a feature film. This intensive workshop is led by experienced producers and industry professionals, and combines classroom style instruction, panel discussions, case studies and screenings.

PRODUCERS SERIES EVENT: WED MAY 18TH, 7PM

LOCATION: The Nightingale, 1084 North Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

DATE: Wednesday, May 18th

TIME: 7PM

PRICE: $10 non-members, $5 members

The IFP is pleased to launch a new salon/discussion series for media makers in the Chicagoland and Midwestern region: MEET YOUR DIGITAL PARTNERS. The goal is to bring together people from a broad array of fields related to media making, to exchange ideas and talk about developing visual and aural stories in a variety of cross-platform arenas.

With the convergence of technology, there is a lot of talk of making work that can be relevant across a multitude of platforms. Yet media makers may not know where to meet potential collaborators outside their usual circle. Stay relevant and make new connections by attending this open forum, whether you’re a game developer, filmmaker, social media producer, advertiser, audio artist, or cross-platform media maker.

Round #1 of this experiment features the following media artists:

Ian Pottmeyer graduated college prepared to be an opera singer. From there he became acomposer, then a composer of video game soundtracks. Now he creates the games themselves at Studio Cypher, a game design studio based in Bloomington, Indiana. As part of the three-man team, he takes on numerous design roles, from game to graphic to web to audio. Ian’s games are often marked by his desire to help players be as personally creative as possible. On May 18th, he’ll be giving a crash course in game design to help ensure that everyone who comes across your experience feels like they can participate and have fun.

Ben Groenevelt makes fast, robust websites for non-profits, artists, musicians as well as smallbusinesses and larger corporations. His tool of choice is Drupal, an open-source contentmanagement systems (CMS) used to build sites like the whitehouse.gov and grammy.com. He also, along with other open source devotees, spends his time giving back to Drupal’s open source community. He will be presenting, “What is this Drupal Thing?” giving a brief overview of what Drupal is and some of the powerful tools it provides to build dynamic, content rich web sites.

Cole Pierce is a Chicago based artist who makes paintings, video installations and audiomultiples. He earned his MFA in Art Theory & Practice from Northwestern in 2007 and has exhibited work at Antenna Gallery, Old Gold, Vega Estates, and is curating a group show at the Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival for the third consecutive year. He co-authors Field Mic, a sound art and music blog, and contributes music mixes to Headphone Commute’s podcast series. He is currently a videographer and educator at the Chicago Teachers’ Center of NEIU.

Jon Satrom is a new-media artist, educator, designer, and organizer. He performs realtime audio and video, celebrates obsolescence, and cultivates glitches. Satrom operates a production company called studiothread http://studiothread.com and teaches in the Department of Film Video New Media Animation at the School of the Art Institute. He will discuss “Strategies for Shattering Through Glowing Rectangles.” Riffing on Gene Youngblood’s Expanded Cinema (1970), Satrom will discuss new-media art’s potential to sculpt stories, transcend technologies, and remix our relationship(s) with cinema.

Able Parris is a designer, art director, and illustrator. He learned graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design before opening his own niche design studio in Providence, RI. His collage art has shown nationally, and has been published internationally. He co-authors Field Mic, a sound art and music blog, and contributes to We Love Typography, the beloved typography site that’s like an FFFFound for type-related content. Currently, he spends his days at McKinney in Durham, NC practicing design and art direction in the context of advertising.

The Archeospiritists

2011-05-05T15:04:00.000-07:00

Word, Cole Pierce Mix 2011

Block Print on Paper handmade envelopes,

and found paper cd sleeves

Edition of 73

ASCII, April 28th, 2011

Backroom, California Clipper

The Archeospiritist Study and Consortion Initiative, Illinois.

2011-04-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

You are invited to join us for the first installment of ASCII.

The Archeospiritist Study and Consortion Initiative, Illinois.

A group exposition & offering of audio multiples.

Thursday, April 28 – one night only!
8pm – 10:30pm

Back room of the California Clipper
1002 N. California (at Augusta)
Chicago

Participating:
Jon Bollo, EC Brown, Chris Hefner, Bruce Neal, David More, Caroline Picard, Cole Pierce, Rob Ray, Julia Rooney, Kendrick Shackleford, Paul Shortt, Edra Soto, Ralph Syverson, Bill Talsma

These participants have been invited to adhere to the following specifications:

• Multiples will be created, to be given freely or available for non-monetary barter.
• Multiples must involve recorded audio.
• No direct digital transfers can occur during the timeframe of the event itself.
• Attire shall always be elegant.

Furthermore, participants may opt to apply themselves to the “Brute Nail's Cruel Etiquette” specs:

• 23 songs.
• The first word of each will be added together to form a description of its themes (a poem, a
• paragraph, a haiku and a sentence etc. - punctuation can be added afterwards at the creator's
discretion)
• All adherents must wear a blue flower (real or homemade) on the night of the event.
• Packaging should include a blue flower (marker, sticker, printed, etc).

The attached images are the prompt for this singular event.

http://www.archeospiritist.com

Go Lightly Print

2011-04-19T18:42:00.000-07:00

Block Print on Paper

Edition of 80

Go Lightly Print

2011-04-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

Cole Pierce, 2011

Go Lightly CD Case

Block Print on Fiberboard, 6"x6"

edition of 80

Go Lightly Mix

2011-04-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Another Huge photo of the cd I sent Ian. Listen here.

Go Lightly Mix

2011-04-19T18:23:00.000-07:00

Huge photo of the cd i sent Ian.

Go Lightly Mix

2011-04-15T16:01:00.000-07:00

Go Lightly by Colepierce on Mixcloud

Word Layer

2011-04-15T15:10:00.000-07:00

Cole Pierce, 2011 Word Layer 2

Acrylic, Oil, Spray Paint on Canvas

36"x36"

Word Layer

2011-04-15T15:05:00.000-07:00

Cole Pierce, 2011 Word Layer

Acrylic, Oil, Latex, Spraypaint on Canvas

72"x 60"

text painting in process - Cole Pierce

2011-01-28T12:40:00.001-08:00

text painting in process - Cole Pierce, originally uploaded by colepierce.

oil and spray paint on canvas
36"x36"

Vote for Zombies and Vampires!

2011-01-07T11:35:00.000-08:00

The folks over at Headphone Commute just informed me Zombies and Vampires, the mix I put together last year and was part of HC's podcast series, is in the running for Best HC Mix of 2010! It has been played 580 times on mixcloud.

Vote for Zombies and Vampires! Best mix of 2010.

Cole Pierce – Zombies And Vampires by Headphone Commute on Mixcloud

New Work

2010-12-09T14:35:00.000-08:00

These are really new, not sure how I feel about them yet but that could be a good sign. I needed a process that was quick and fluid after working on those triangle paintings. I definitely want to try this on a larger scale. The text - Rest Note, Sleep Jump, and Balance Check have been stuck in my head for a while. I did a series of paintings using images of rest notes in 2007. Balance Check is a name of a mixed cd, which came to me as I was watching an olympic gymnast doing a balance beam routine a few years ago. And I've been fascinated with the sleep jump when I heard it mentioned in a Radiolab episode. Not having a real plan in place, I decided to make templates and started looking around for the right font. After consulting Able Parris (who loves typography) I decided to run with blaktur, because I thought it might be funny to make some dry conceptual paintings in the style of a rock poster. Then that idea seemed silly and I ended up mashing everything together, using thin coats of spray paint and the text templates in several layers. These layers were on top old painting experiments, so there is a lot of subtle texture not to mention the remnants of a floppy disc.

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (sunset series)

2010-12-09T14:34:00.001-08:00

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (sunset series), originally uploaded by colepierce.

Triangle is the Strongest Shape 1 (sunset series)

Cole Pierce, 2010
Acrylic, Oil and Spray paint on Canvas
65"x65"

"This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency."

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #4

2010-12-09T14:30:00.001-08:00

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #4, originally uploaded by colepierce.

I may have posted this before but I just cleaned up some details that were bothering me and took a better photo.

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #4

Cole Pierce, 2010
40"x40"
Acrylic on Canvas

"This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency."

Sutro Tower Triangle Waves

2010-12-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

Sutro Tower Triangle Waves (2010)
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
4"x6"

Recently I was commissioned to make a painting according to these parameters: sized 4"x 6", the image of Sutro Tower in San Fransisco, and in the style of my triangle grid paintings. The new owner of this piece now has a collection of four renditions of Sutro Tower by different artists, each of similar size. I hope this cool project continues to grow.

Zillions

2010-11-03T11:55:00.000-07:00

Zillions, Cole Pierce 2010
Oil on Canvas, 40"x40"

4EVA, Cole Pierce 2010

2010-11-03T06:35:00.001-07:00

4EVA, Cole Pierce 2010, originally uploaded by colepierce.

Oil and Spray Paint on Canvas
40"x40"

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Setting Sun) 1

2010-10-26T17:08:00.001-07:00

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Setting Sun) 1, originally uploaded by colepierce.

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Setting Sun) 1

Cole Pierce, 2010
Oil, Spray Paint and Acrylic on Canvas
65"x65"

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Setting Sun) 1, Cole Pierce 2010

2010-10-26T17:07:00.001-07:00

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Setting Sun) 1, Cole Pierce 2010, originally uploaded by colepierce.

Studio

2010-10-26T17:06:00.001-07:00

Studio, originally uploaded by colepierce.

GLI.TC/H at Transistor, Oct 1st

2010-09-25T12:42:00.000-07:00

I have a video screening during GLI.TC/H, please come to Transistor (5045 N. Clark St) on Friday Oct 1st.
The program is from 8 - 9PM, followed by performances from 9 - 11:30PM. Here is the schedule.

Video Program
8 PM, Friday Oct 1
TRANSISTOR
5045 N. Clark St.
Chicago IL

GLI.TC/H is an international gathering of noise & new media practitioners in Chicago from September 29 thru October 03, 2010!

GLI.TC/H features: realtime audio & video performances with artists who misuse and abuse hardware and software; run-time video screenings of corrupt data, decayed media, and destroyed files; workshops and skill-share-sessions highlighting the wrong way to use and build tools; a gallery show examining glitches as processes, systems, and objects; all in the context of ongoing dialogues that have been fostered by experimentation, research, and play. GLI.TC/H is a physical and virtual assembly which stands testament to the energy surrounding these conversations.

Projects take the form of: artware, videos, games, films, tapes, code, interventions, prints, plugins, screen-captures, systems, websites, installations, texts, tools, lectures, essays, code, articles, & hypermedia.

GLI.TC/H-BUMPER from theodore darst on Vimeo.

GLI.TC/H Bumper - 2010.09.29 - 2010.10.03

2010-09-21T08:35:00.000-07:00

This is a 30 second bumper I made for GLI.TC/H, where a video of mine will be screening.
GLI.TC/H is an international gathering of noise & new media practitioners in Chicago from September 29 thru October 03, 2010.

Triangle is the Strongest Shape

2010-09-16T07:31:00.000-07:00

Cole Pierce
The Triangle is the Strongest Shape, 4, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 40” x 40”
This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Danny Think Tank at Milwaukee Ave Art Festival

Cole Pierce
The Triangle is the Strongest Shape, series
This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Installation View, Danny Think Tank at Milwaukee Ave Art Festival

In the studio

2010-09-16T07:27:00.000-07:00

In process - Gradients over triangle grid series
65"x65"

Post perspectivam

2010-07-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

Finally, what of Alberti's window in this "postperspectival age"? Let me briefly allude to the recent technology of "digital image processing" that has almost entirely replaced conventional photography in astronomical observatories, expecially for the recording the most distant galaxies and quasars. This ability is the result of a remarkable postage-stamp-sized silicon chip known as teh CCD, or "charged-coupled device," which can be attached to a telescope to make it into a camera, and which acts like a photographic plate. Rather than being coated with light-sensitive emulsion, its surface is composed of millions of tin electronic "pixels" arranged in a rectangular grid.
Have we here the ultimate heir to Alberti's window? Just as the Renaissance artist transferred his earthly subject, square by square as seen through the gridded veil, onto his smaller-scaled picture surface, so the CCD collects cosmic light through the telescope, pixel by pixel, and then converts each photon impulse into a digitized electronic signal and sends it to a television monitor. Celestial bodies are perceived and revealed against the deep-sky background by the luminosity fluctuations and changes in brightness recorded by the individual pixel across the CCD grid. These digitized encodings can then be translated into computerized colors. Since the actual hues of the celestial subject remain invisible, however the image processor (as the CCD artist is now professionally called), even though equipped with spectrum sensors and chromatic filters, must still make decisions based on aesthetic preference just as do modern artists - or one might even say like medieval artists trying to comprehend the ineffable colors of the heavenly empryean.

The Mirror, the Window and the Telescope, How Renaissance Linear Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universe, by Samuel Y. Edgerton (pp 171-172)

Vombies and Vampires on Headphone Commute

2010-07-20T12:57:00.000-07:00

Headphone Commute is featuring my latest mix CD on their podcast this week. I love this description they give it.

After his previous appearance on Headphone Commute with an excellent modern classical mix, Later, Cole Pierce returns with a grab-bag of soothing summer tunes that cut through the heat, your ears, and your heart. Just like the last time, this mix is actually in two parts: Zombies and Vampires, presented here in one piece for your enjoyment. Expect the unexpected, smolder and rejoice!

Cole Pierce – Zombies And Vampires by Headphone Commute on Mixcloud

Field Mic Named 'Best Amateur Music Blog' by Chicago Reader

2010-07-20T12:34:00.000-07:00

The music blog that I co-author was just named 'Best Amateur Music Blog' by the Chicago Reader. If you haven't spent time with Field Mic, please do.
Chicago-based monolith Pitchfork has a profound influence on the gravitational field of the indie-rock universe, not to mention its own festival. But what about the little guys, who don’t pay attention to release cycles and aren’t driving the zeitgeist—the folks who don’t share the blogosphere’s obsession with being the first to cover the next new thing? Instead of slathering adjectives all over Best Coast seven-inches, Field Mic collects what it calls “sound from the field.” That means several posts a day that range from performances of music by little-known contemporary composers to video of oddball circuit-bent instruments and elaborate mechanical ensembles that play themselves, along with the occasional dude-and-guitar clip or actual music video. The blog is ecumenical in its tastes, though it leans a little toward the electroacoustic and ambient—and there are absolutely no reposts of clubby remixes of popular indie bands. Founded in April and curated by three far-flung editors—Chicago audiovisual artist Cole Pierce, Brooklyn-based New York Times blog specialist Jeremy Zilar (who also runs Silence Matters), and North Carolina collage artist and designer Able Parris—Field Mic doesn’t offer deep analysis, usually just a sentence or two of enthusiastic explanation. It’s heavy on reader submissions, and every page is charged with the thrill of someone with a brilliant new discovery he’s aching to pass along to the wider world.

—Jessica Hopper

DANNY THINK TANK

2010-07-20T11:57:00.000-07:00

This weekend Danny Think Tank goes public, in the form of a group art show in a borrowed apartment. DTT is the name that my friends from grad school and I have given to the studio critiques we do 2 or 3 times a year. We were given the opportunity to exhibit work during the Milwaukee Ave Art Fest, a neighborhood festival in Logan Square (Chicago) complete with outdoor concerts and visual art exhibitions in businesses and empty storefronts. Thanks to Felix and Victor, we get to use a huge 3 bedroom apartment that is currently vacant. It came with a pink/purple bedroom and 2 taxidermied lions. We use the purple room brilliantly, but we just could not find a place for the lions. The MAAF website states me as the curator, but really I'm the project manager. The Danny Think Tank curated this show as a group. We'll be there Friday, Saturday and Sunday so if you're in the area please stop by. Its right above Disco City.

Press Release:
Danny Think Tank will feature recent work of 11 Chicago based artists, showcasing a survey of contemporary practices. The ongoing dialogue within Danny Think Tank will guide the curatorial decisions as the group responds to the unique location. The exhibition will take place in a vacant loft/apartment, exhibiting a collection of paintings, photography, collage, sculpture and video.

Milwaukee Ave Art Fest July 23-25

2628 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor (apartment above Disco City)
Chicago, IL
Friday - Opening 6-10pm
Sat & Sun noon-11pm

Curt Bozif
Derek Chan
Ryan Fenchel
Dan Gunn
Roxane Hopper
Lisa Majer
Stephen Nyktas
Cole Pierce
Julie Rudder
Kendrick Shackleford
Craig Yu

Zombies and Vampires

2010-06-26T10:50:00.000-07:00

Zombies & Vampires by Colepierce on Mixcloud

Hi Friends,

I've got your summer jams right here.
Download a zip from sendspace if you wish.

Danny Think Tank at Milwaukee Ave Art Fest

2010-06-25T14:02:00.000-07:00

I'll be exhibiting some new work in a few weeks. Stop by, say hello.

Danny Think Tank
2628 2nd floor N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL

Fri 4pm-11pm | Sat & Sun noon-11pm
Along 1.5 miles of Milwaukee Avenue
(between Kimball and California)

Zombies and Vampires

2010-06-08T12:40:00.000-07:00

lino print on cdr

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Blue Gradient)

2010-06-05T19:39:00.001-07:00

Staring at the sun is easier at dusk.
Triangle is the Strongest Shape, Blue Gradient
Cole Pierce 2010
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Silk Screen Ink on canvas
52"x40"

Zombies & Vampires

2010-06-05T19:35:00.001-07:00

Zombies + Vampires
Cole Pierce Mix, 2010

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #5

2010-06-05T19:32:00.001-07:00

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #5
Cole Pierce 2010
Acrylic on Canvas
40"x 40"

Lights

2010-05-10T10:46:00.000-07:00

NEXT Fair picks

2010-04-30T16:20:00.000-07:00

Lets go find some zombies

2010-04-25T06:54:00.000-07:00

Disorientation

2010-04-07T12:30:00.000-07:00

Video - Cole Pierce

Audio - Cinchel

Disorientation is manipulated found footage, which was originally an instructional film produced by the FAA concerning pilot's vertigo. Pierce found this film dubbed to VHS, and decided to use this given content to explore the idea of disorientation by way of experimental abstraction. He distorted the video through a process of applying sticky tape to the VHS tape, which removed random bits of information. After digitizing this distorted video, Pierce isolated one clip that especially blurred the line between recognizable image and abstraction. When this clip was slowed down and paired with Cinchel's ambient guitar, the pace of the distortions creates a gentle hypnotic meditation offered an alternate take on the idea of disorientation.

Disquiet review of "Too Late Distracted"

2010-03-30T06:37:00.000-07:00

SKITTERY SOUNDSCAPE MP3

Cole Pierce refers to his track “Too Late Distracted” as a “textured electronic soundscape exploring a structure in flux,” and he goes a step further by employing the word “skittery” to qualify the effort.

The work in question is reportedly derived from a collaboration withTyler Carter, who like Pierce houses his music at the great community site soundcloud.com. Pierce is at soundcloud.com/colepierce, Carter at soundcloud.com/tyler-carter, and the two of them apparently can make beautiful jittery ambience (or skittery soundscapes) together.

Too late distracted by colepierce

Like many solid efforts in abstraction, the piece includes its own decoder ring. While it eventually expands into a spacious if serrated sound field, it opens with the sort of all-rough-edges effect that Pierce’s chosen adjective, “skittery,” suggests. The introduction’s distinction from the majority of the track is plainly evident in the waveform that appears in the SoundCloud player (see above); it’s the short, bottle-brush tail that wags the music’s dog.

That initial segment is all stop’n’start glitch noise, and it sets down the textural equivalent of a downbeat before Pierce ventures into more quasi-ethereal realms. While the work does achieve a certain level of cloudy haze, it’s still marked throughout by the stuttered, broken-glass vibe of its opening salvo.

Original track at soundcloud.com/colepierce. More on Pierce atcolepierce.com. He was previously featured on this site in mid-October of last year (disquiet.com).

By Marc Weidenbaum

Original Post

Later featured on Headphone Commute Podcast

2010-03-28T11:41:00.000-07:00

Later, the mix cd I sent out earlier this year is featured on Headphone Commute this week. Check out the post here, which gave me a good excuse to write about the mix.

Last summer I found four tracks that embodied everything I love about ambient music. I listened to this short 17 minute set repeatedly; Machinefabriek’s guitar over a field recording of ice skaters on a frozen pond, The Humble Bee’s pleasant tones and Greg Haines’ minimal orchestra that shifts to drones, eventually breaking to pieces before transitioning to the casual, incidental tones layered over the sounds of a coffee shop created by Molly Berg + Stephen Vitiello. This set of glitchy ambient music served as the impetus for the track selection and frame of the overall structure. The basic ingredients for the whole mix can be found in the subtleties mentioned in this short set in the middle of Later; which is a genre study in music emphasizing modern classical harmonies and a balance between experimental production techniques. That said, I believe a good mix is one of thoughtful variety and the rest of the tracks transition through multiple genres that can all be described as ambient. Regardless of the instruments used, the pace is gentle, repetitive, even tempered and anticlimactic. Post-rock, modern classical, sublime electronic, field recordings, and spoken word pieces are patched together to provide interesting comparisons and juxtapositions. Nils Frahm plays piano and Mokira plays electronics, yet both are inspired by a Phillip Glass type of sublime meditation. These two tracks are connected by an equally meditative interlude which is a field recording of someone talking to himself during a night hike, calmly identifying his surroundings and admiring the amount of visible stars.

New Work

2010-03-28T09:07:00.000-07:00

The Triangle is the Strongest Shape (2010)
Acrylic on Canvas, 40"x 40"

Work in Progress (2010)
Acrylic on Canvas, 60"x 72"

Fishing, 2010

2010-03-26T16:52:00.000-07:00

Fishing, 2010
Video - Cole Pierce
Audio - Kendrick Shackleford and Cole Pierce

Fishing was created from footage captured with an underwater video camera attached to fishing line and controlled by a fishing pole in the middle of Lake Hayward, WI. Governed by chance, the video drifts back and forth between chaos and order. The murky green monochrome and shifting pattern of bubbles is a sublime landscape that occasionally gets interrupted by the reality of a school of fish swimming by. The soundtrack is equally alienating, which is an ambient glitch filled soundscape of processed guitar, ethereal textures and a flux of structures created by Cole Pierce with help from Kendrick Shackleford and Tyler Carter.

Audio

2010-03-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Too late distracted by colepierce

textured soundscape, structure in flux, based on a collaboration with Tyler Carter. 2010

2=4=8 by colepierce

Guitar by Kendrick Shackleford, electronic manipulation by Cole Pierce. 2010

Cheers by colepierce

Manipulated music box samples, NYE field recording. 2010

I am currently editing a video installation, comprised of footage of an underwater video camera tied to the end of a fishing pole. These tracks will be part of the soundtrack.

Video Stills, Fishing 2010

2010-02-27T13:15:00.000-08:00

Photos make great birthday gifts

2010-02-26T09:33:00.000-08:00

Whats Michael as Ivan the Terrible III
from Roxane

photo.jpg
from Aric

Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop (1841) pp 180-182

2010-02-24T08:53:00.000-08:00

Chapter the Sixteenth.

The sun was setting when they reached the wickest-gate at which the path began, and, as the rain falls upon the just and unjust alike, it shed its warm tint even upon the resting places of the dead, and bade them be of good hope for its rising on the morrow. The church was old and grey, with ivy clinging to the walls, and round the porch. Shunning the tombs, it crept about the mounds, beneath which slept poor humble men, twining for them the first wreaths they had ever won, but wreaths less liable to wither and far more lasting in their kind, than some which were graven deep in stone and marble, and told in pompous terms of virtues meekly hidden for many a year, and only revealed at last to executors and mourning legatees.

The clergyman's hourse, stumbling with a dull blunt sound among the graves, was cropping the grass; at once deriving orthodox consolation from the dead parishioners, and enforcing las Sunday's text that this was what all flesh came to; a lean ass who had sought to expound it also, wihtout being qualified and ordained, was pricking his ears in an empty pound hard by, and looking with hungry eyes upon his priestly neighbour.

The old man and the child quitted the gravel path, and strayed among the tombs; for there the ground was soft, and easy to their tired feet. As they passed behind the church, they heard voices near at hand, and presently came on those who had spoken.

They were two men who were seated in easy attitudes upon the grass, and so busily engaged as to be at first unconscious of intruders. It was not difficult to divine that they were of a class of itinerant showman - exhibitors of the freaks of Punch - for, perched cross-legged upon a tombstone behind them, was the figure of that hero himself, his nose and chin as hooked and his face as beaming as usual. Perhaps his imperturbable character was never more strikingly developed, for he preserved his usual equable smile notwithstanding that his body was dangling in a most uncomfortable position, all loose and limp and shapeless, while his long peaked cap, unequally balanced against his exceedingly slight legs, threatened every instant to bring him toppling down.

In part scattereed upon the ground at the feet of the two men, and in part jumbled together in a long flat box, were the other persons of the Drama. The hero's wife and one child, the hobby-horse, the doctor, the foreign gentleman who not being familiar with the language is unable in the representation to express his ideas otherwise than by the utterance of the word 'Shallabalah' three distinct times, the radical neighbour who will by no means admit that a tin bell is an organ, the executioner, and the Devil, were all here. Their owners had evidently come to that spot to make some needful repairs in the stage arrangements, for one of them was engaged in binding together a small gallows with thread, while the other was intent upon fixing a new black wig, with the aid of a small hammer and some tacks, upon the head of the radical neighbour, who had been beaten bald.

They raised their eyes when the old man and his young companion were close upon them, and pausing in their work, returned their looks of curiosity. One of them, the actual exhibitor no doubt, was a little merry-faced man with a twinkling eye and a red nose, who seemed to have unconsciously imbibed something of his hero's character. The other - that was he who took the money - had rather a careful and cautious look, which was perhaps inseparable from his occupation also.

The merry man was the first to greet the strangers with a nod; and followed the old man's eyes, he observed that perhaps that was the first time he had ever seen a Punch off the stage. (Punch, it may be remarked, seemed to be pointing with the tip of his cap to a most flourishing epitaph, and to be chuckling over it with all his heart.)

'Why do you come here to do this?' said the old man, sitting down beside them, and looking at the figurines with extreme delight.

'Why you see,' rejoined the little man, 'we're putting up for tonight at the public-house yonder, and it wouldn't do to let 'em see the present company undergoing repair.'

'No!' cried the old man, making signs to Nell to listen, 'why not, eh? why not?'

'Because it would destroy all the delusion, and take away all the interest, wouldn't it?' replied the little man.

New Work

2010-02-09T09:20:00.000-08:00

Cole Pierce, Triangle is the Strongest Shape, 2009 Acrylic on Canvas 40"x80"

Cole Pierce, Zillions, 2009 Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"

Cole Pierce, 4EVA, 2009, Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"

Cole Pierce, Untitled, 2009, Oil, Acrylic, Spray Paint on Canvas 24"x24"

Later, Mixed CD, Winter 2010

2010-02-03T10:28:00.000-08:00

Later by colepierce

Download a zip from sendspace

Weird Email

2010-01-26T08:19:00.000-08:00

Subject: Bobby Brown
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:16:05 +0000

Like a white dove flying blindly through an arctic blizzard, his body approached mine. Even from across the bar I could tell it was him from the horseshoe shape of his hips. I tried relaxing my clenched fists hoping not to give away my nervous excitement. There was no doubt that he was coming towards me. I looked up from the Mortal Kombat machine to meet his inviting brown eyes. His acne scars had faded substantially, but his tell-tale greased ponytail induced a wave of familiarity like none I had ever felt. I abandoned the joystick to reach out and shake his rugged, arthritic hand. Ignoring my gesture, his hand swooped around my back and pulled me close to his body. I stared cautiously into his eyes as I felt his hands reach down towards my buttocks. I felt relief and validation for my recent switch to cloth diapers. The crinkly, plastic feeling of the old diapers is now reserved for weddings, funerals, and Monday night football. His hands reached up to grip my shoulder blades as his neck extended forward to move his face up to mine. My upper lip began to tremble and snear in anticipation of his bristly, walrus-like moustache. His tongue swabbed his swollen, brown lips before they puckered and twitched just millimeters before me. I first felt the contact of the course whiskers just a half of a heartbeat before the warm rush of......uh............ uhhhhhhhhhh............ ..........uh..................................... .....just kidding dude.....I can bench like 250 lbs Seriously. and this one time, I beat up this male ballerina, seriously.

Anyway Tyler,
everybody's dying to know if you've made
any definitive plans for next year.

Cole? What about you buddy?

Anway,
Peace in Belgium dude.

2010-01-20T09:40:00.000-08:00

2010-01-20T09:28:00.000-08:00

I ripped this off of a vhs tape titled Disorientation

2010-01-19T13:25:00.000-08:00

I'm working on a video where part of the process involves sticking packing tape to VHS tape and peeling off portions of the audio/video information. This is several strips of the used packing tape all mashed together.

2010-01-08T12:45:00.000-08:00

Danny Think Tank

2009-12-06T18:43:00.000-08:00

Tis the season

2009-12-06T18:37:00.000-08:00

Midday Mixtape - Old News is Good News

2009-11-30T10:44:00.000-08:00

Recently, I made a mixtape for someone who has never heard one of my mixes. So I gathered my favorite sets along with a couple new ones and mashed in plenty of samples and homemade interludes. It is nearly perfect.

Midday Mixtape

Side A

Hamlet perfomed by an ESL class

Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore

Interlude - Mountains

Busking - Aloe Blacc

Slow Jam - Fridge

Roast Fish and Cornbread - Lee Perry

Punk Rock (live) - Mogwai

Zauber - Ellen Allien

Bird In Hand - Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters

Night and Fog - Claude Vasori

Lifespan/M(usic) I(nside) - Terry Riley

Sons of Pioneers - Japan

Auntie's Lock/Infinitum -Flying Lotus

Ursulan Uni - Paavoharju

Haiiro - Twerk

Melody Day (Four Tet Remix) - Caribou

Elegant Elephant – Broadcast

Fuzzy Interlude – T.Carter

The Fallen Love – Pleq

Bookends Theme – Simon & Garfunkel

Kaino Industries – Bibio

Are you tracking me? – William S. Burroughs

Side B

Music Box - Cole Pierce

Discover Tokyo - Shuta Hasunuma

Oddults - Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz

Mist on the Window - Ken Ikeda

Cliffs – Karen O and the Kids

Shumba - Alejandro Franov

Townsville - The Necks

Nixon Interlude - T.Carter

Pikachu Backhand - Sack & Blumm

Not Hearing a Word - Plaid

Everyday You Give - Marcie Sampson

Sleepwalk - Jonathan Richman

Triple T Blues - Cal Tjader

Destination Blue - Samon Kawamura

Haley Interlude (Cole Pierce Mix) – T.Carter

Kitchen Sink (Clark Remix) - Amon Tobin

Sideshow – Blue Magic

If I ruled the world interlude (C.Pierce mix) – T.Carter

Sugarette (Wax Stag remix) - Bibio

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. . . with particular attention to intersection.

Sarajevo, 2006

2009-11-24T18:05:00.000-08:00

Thank You Danny Nightmare

Photos by Craig Yu, Roxane Hopper, and Cole Pierce

grandma's

2009-11-14T07:15:00.000-08:00

Willful - Mick Muttley

2009-11-01T06:38:00.000-08:00

Featuring an exclusive mix for Presto Samo, made by Mick Muttley of SubVersion.

"Wilful" is the culmination of open-mindedness, organisation and overdubbing. The principle was conceived from a gap in tastes. Rock The Dub's Khal once said that he found it difficult to get into ambient music. All the while his love of hip-hop remains steadfast.

"Wilful" is an attempt to merge the two into one cohesive hybrid. The "unmixed" version is the backing track, the final outcome a unique showcase of the talents of Busdriver and Mr. ShaoDow. These are Muttley's two favourite rappers. Therefore "Wilful" is both a call for accumulative appreciation, and an extension of Muttley's current mix archetypes.

Master tempo buttons enable pitch-shifting the ambiences underneath the rhymes and beats. ShaoDow and Busdriver are interviewed to dovetail with a supplmentary feature on SubVersion. Voice recordings are implemented to aid the flow of the audio file. The subjects covered extend the scope of the text copy. Together in wilfulness the objective becomes complete.

01. Boards Of Canada - Into The Rainbow Vein (from the album "The Campfire Headphase" - Warp)
02. Bibio - I'm Rewinding It... (from the album "Fi" - Mush Records)
03. ICR - Before Noon (insert) (from the album "Daytrip" - Covert Operations)
04. Aquadorsa - Daylight Fading Into Evening Silence (from the album "Cloudlands" - Glacial Movements)
05. Alva Noto - Xerrox Soma (from the album "Xerrox Vol.2" - Raster-Noton)
06. Koen Holtkamp - Walker (from the album "Field Rituals" - Type)
07. Klute - No Return (from the album "No-One's Listening Anymore" - Commercial Suicide)
08. Christopher Bissonnette - Jour Et Nuit (from the album "In Between Words" - Kranky)
09. Belong - Beeside (from the album "Colorloss Record" - St.Ives Records)
10. Murcof - Cosmos 1 (from the album "Cosmos" - Leaf)
11. Quosp - Beechwood (from the album "Soundscapes 1" - U-Cover)
12. Lopus - Luoto (from the album "Glow" - Counter Intelligence Digital)
13. Jasper TX & Anduin - Everything Disappears In A Tunnel Of Light (from the album "The Bending Of Light" - SMTG)
14. David Tagg - Picked In Air (from the album "Wind Blown Guitar" - Second Sun Recordings)
15. Rapoon - Thin Light (from the album "Time Frost" - Glacial Movements)
16. Tim Hecker - Blood Rainbow (from the album "Harmony In Ultraviolet" - Kranky)
17. Philip Dickau - Whyte Avenue (from the album "This City, And You" - CD-R)
18. Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Streets Of Paris (from the album "Perfume: Story Of A Murderer" - EMI)
19. Lamenter - Northern Pacific (from the album "Sleeping Me" - Phantom Channel)
20. Machinefabriek - Lief (from the album "Weeler" - Lampse)
21. Deaf Center - Thread (from the album "Pale Ravine" - Type)

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Mick regularly collaborates on mixtapes and curates mix exchange projects. Find my contribution to this crosspost on SubVersion.

Halloween

2009-10-31T17:57:00.000-07:00

Halloween

2009-10-31T14:07:00.000-07:00

2009-10-29T11:33:00.000-07:00

2009-10-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

disorientation, excerpt

2009-10-03T06:00:00.000-07:00

sneak preview
s/t disorientation (excerpt) Cole Pierce
music by Cinchel

Piano Clockworks

2009-09-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

Piano Clockworks by colepierce

Last year I self released Piano Clockworks, an album of gritty ambient music that was also a sound installation at Old Gold. Here is the title track.

Check out the rest of the show on my website.

2009-09-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

2009-09-17T13:18:00.000-07:00

Nice Forecast

2009-09-10T08:25:00.000-07:00

Danny Think Tank

2009-09-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Video Installation Detail

2009-08-27T19:38:00.001-07:00

Cole Pierce Light Installation, originally uploaded by Laura M Gray.

Photo by Laura M Gray, 2009

New Mix! Summer Bin

2009-08-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

Part 1
Summer Bin Pt 1 by colepierce

Part 2
Summer Bin Pt 2 by colepierce

Part 3
Summer Bin Pt 3 by colepierce

(my summer jams)

Philip's Antenna

2009-08-25T09:12:00.000-07:00

Hike, Interrupted

2009-08-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

Hike by colepierce

Field recording of Tyler wearing a wireless lav mic walking into the woods talking to himself, away from the receiver and then returning to signal range. Recorded in the mountains somewhere in Oregon, August 2008.

Tape Epiphany at Antena Gallery

2009-08-08T18:24:00.000-07:00

August 7- September 5, 2009

ANTENA
1765 S. Laflin St.
Chicago IL 60608
www.antenapilsen.com
antenapilsen (at) gmail.com
(773) 257-3534
Hours: by appointment only

Cole Pierce, Tape Epiphany 2009
VHS Tape and Nails, 14'x12'
Antena Gallery
Chicago IL

Tape Epiphany at Antena Gallery

2009-08-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

Tape Epiphany (2007) Block Museum of Art

Friends and Colleagues,
While most of Chicago is going to be standing in sweaty shoulder to shoulder solidarity for Lallapalooza, Antena Gallery and I will be hosting a quiet revolution of our own for those that are truly down. I have painstakingly installed "Tape Epiphany" (2007) in Antena Gallery's Project Wall Space and to prove it, the opening reception is Friday August 7th from 6pm - 10pm. I look forward to seeing you there.

August 7- September 5, 2009

ANTENA
1765 S. Laflin St.
Chicago IL 60608
www.antenapilsen.com
antenapilsen@gmail.com
(773) 257-3534
Hours: by appointment only

facebook invite

Tight Quarters Fashion

2009-08-06T09:20:00.001-07:00

Lines - Some Noise Correction, originally uploaded by Laura M Gray.

Photo by Laura M Gray

Per Second

2009-08-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

2 Channel Video and Sound Installation by Cole Pierce

6 Channel Interactive Sound Installation by Dustin Camilleri

Upcoming Show, Per Second Project

2009-07-17T11:36:00.001-07:00

Friends and colleagues,

This weekend we are exhibiting new work in a show titled Per Second taking place in a vacant storefront in Logan Square as part of the Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival. Cole Pierce presents a two channel video installation in collaboration with Dustin Camilleri, who created a six channel sound piece in response to one of the videos. Roxane Hopper presents a single channel video called Echo Amphitheater, and an installation composed of photographs and a neon wall sculpture.

Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, July 31st from 6 to 10pm.

Location:
2827 N Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL

When:
July 31st - 6 pm - 10 pm *Reception
August 1st - Noon - 10 pm
August 2nd - Noon - 8 pm

Check out the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival website for the schedule of events and view the map of participating galleries.

Facebook event invitation

Per Second Project at Milwaukee Ave Art Fest

2009-07-13T08:18:00.000-07:00

Per Second

2827 N. Milwaukee Ave

Chicago IL

August 31 - July 2

Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival

Cole Pierce

Roxane Hopper

Dustin Camilleri

Genre Study: Glitch Ambient

2009-07-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

Bin 3, Part 1 (17 min)

Ijspret 1 2:26 Machinefabriek
Faithful Friend 4:02 The Humble Bee
On Waiting 8:44 Greg Haines & Wouter van Veldhoven
Variation 2 5:09 Molly Berg + Stephen Vitiello

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This is what I refer to as crafty ambient music, because it is obvious that instrumental craftmanship is emphasized just as much as production techniques. Aligned more with glitch, this ambient music does not rely on spacial harmonics and extremely long tones but focuses on specific textures; balancing field recordings, post production noodling and instrumental works into a carefully composed harmony.