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Maryanne Amacher Archive
Maryanne Amacher. Photo by Martin Supper
American composer Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009) is known for her groundbreaking acoustic art designed to produce inner ear music. At the University of Pennsylvania she studied with composers Constant Vauclain, George Rochberg, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. She began developing her so-called otoacoustic-based or ‘ear tone’ music with the help of Marvin Minsky’s Triadex Muse synthesizer during her time as a fellow at MIT’s Center for Advance Visual Studies (CAVS) from 1972 to 1976. Amacher pioneered what she called ‘long distance music’, or telematic, site-related works that would later crystallise into her renowned City Links series. She collaborated with, among others, John Cage, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Charles Atlas and the Kronos Quartet. Maryanne Amacher performed at the 2003 edition of Sonic Acts.
Opening Sonic Acts at Stedelijk
The opening night of the Sonic Acts Academy will be celebrated at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Witness energetic acoustic and electronic live music, alternated with freshly restored sounds and images from pioneering artists. Also installations by Dick Raaijmakers, Terry Riley and La Monte Young.
Selections from Maryanne Amacher’s Tone and Interval Studies (1976–78)
While a Fellow at MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009) undertook a rigorous experimental investigation of otoacoustic emissions and psycho- acoustic dimensions of human tone perception using Marvin Minsky’s Triadex Muse synthesizer.
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Installations: Dick Raaijmakers, Terry Riley, La Monte Young & Marianne Amacher Archive
Friday 26 February
10:00 - 19:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Saturday 27 February
10:00 - 18:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Sunday 28 February
10:00 - 18:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Sonic Acts also selected related works from the Stedelijk Museum’s collection to be shown throughout the Academy weekend, by among others Dick Raaijmakers (Ideophone III, 1971), Terry Riley (Poppy No Goods All Night Flight, The First Ascent, 1967), La Monte Young (Drift Study, excerpt, 1968) and Selections from Maryanne Amacher’s Tone and Interval Studies (1976–78).
Joris Strijbos: IsoScope
Fri 26 Feb
18:00 - 23:00
Museumplein
IsoScope is a kinetic audiovisual outdoor installation, a sensorial experience in which the audience wanders through rotating lights and an ever-changing sonic cloud. This new work by Dutch artist Joris Strijbos consists of multiple robotic wind objects interacting with each other and with their surroundings.
Dick Raaijmakers: Ideophone III (1971)
Friday 26 February
10:00 - 22:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Sat 27 Feb - Sun 28 Feb
10:00 - 18:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
In the early 1970s Dick Raaijmakers (1930–2013) developed three separate loudspeaker installations, Ideophone I, II and III. Ideophones are defined as words that evoke certain sensations, e.g., smell, colour, shape, sound, action, or movement. Raaijmakers’ Ideophones each possess a unique voice, but are self-destructive; the speakers activate themselves through feedback loops in order to ‘speak’.
La Monte Young: Drift Study (1968)
Friday 26 February
10:00 - 22:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Sat 27 Feb - Sun 28 Feb
10:00 - 18:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Frequency and amplitude ratios tuned by La Monte Young on a Moog synthesizer utilising its sine wave oscillators, mixer and low-pass filter.
Terry Riley: Poppy No Goods All Night Flight (The First Ascent) (1967)
Friday 26 February
10:00 - 22:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Sat 27 Feb - Sun 28 Feb
10:00 - 18:00
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
This composition synthesizes many of the techniques and ideas popular among experimental composers during the late 1960s. Riley incorporates Coltrane- inspired saxophone as well as the effects of time-lag accumulators and tape loops. These experiments had considerable impact on the world of popular music.
