Maia Urstad
Norway, b. in Kristiansand. Lives in Bergen.
Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB) 1981. At that time member of ska/new-wave group “Program 81”.
First sound art work: Where are the Monuments? with artist Sissel Lillebostad, 1987.
”Since 1987 I have developed ‘sound in art’ projects for installations, site-specific concerts, theatre and films. My recent projects use CD and cassette-radios for both sound transmission and as sculptural objects. The sound-textures for these projects are made from found/concrete sound sources, particularly radio broadcast signals. At present I am investigating sending multi-channel FM transmissions to multiple radios. My work derives from the challenge of integrating sound into specific locations”.
Selected recent exhibitions
2006: Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada, Version>06 - Parallel Cities, Chicago, The Idea of North, Halifax, Canada (and Norway 2005), Sonambiente, Berlin.
2005: Landmark - Bergen Kunsthall, Electrohype - Malmö Konsthall, Nuit Blanch, Paris.
2004: Borealis Festival, Bergen, Ultima Oslo Festival.
Cooperation
Maia Urstad commissions and produces sound-related art projects, exhibitions and seminars through her production company ”Maur Prosjekter”, and has collaborated with a wide range of artists and producers. She is also a member of Lydgalleriet Sound Gallery in Bergen.
maur@maia.no
Links:
http://www.maia.no
http://www.freq-out.org
http://www.lydkunst.no
http://www.bek.no/~motlyd
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