Bent Frequency at eyedrum: Forest in a City

Forest in a City is a sound installation and immersive performance using wooden speaker-objects and featuring live performances by members of Atlanta new music ensemble Bent Frequency. The event imagines a new urban soundscape, a heterogenous combination of works and audio artifacts by SEAMUS composers that reflect on the nature of ongoing development within cities like Atlanta ("the city in a forest"). The installation will appear as an indoor "forest" of 8 wooden panels used as speaker-objects spread around the performance space. These panels were made by a local Atlanta luthier using wood from an 800-year-old "Sinker Cyprus" log found preserved in a swamp on the Georgia coast. Similar to John Cage's Musicircus, multiple pieces (acoustic and electronic), will be played simultaneously in the gallery space. The event will take place at Eyedrum, one of Atlanta's oldest experimental arts presenters, currently located in a former industrial/railroad building near downtown Atlanta.

About Bent Frequency

Bent Frequency, ensemble in residence at Georgia State University, is a professional contemporary music ensemble based in Atlanta. Hailed as “one of the brightest new music ensembles on the scene today” by Gramophone magazine, Bent Frequency engages an eclectic mix of the most adventurous and impassioned players from the greater Atlanta area. Founded in 2003, Bent Frequency (BF) brings the avant-garde to life through adventurous and socially conscious programming, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and community engagement. One of BF’s primary goals is championing the work of historically underrepresented composers - music by women, composers of color, and LGBTQIA+. Its programming, educational outreach, and community events aim to be inclusive of the diverse and dynamic community they are a part of.

About Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is a non-profit national organization of composers, performers, and teachers of electro-acoustic music representing every part of the country and virtually every musical style. Founded in 1984, SEAMUS is committed to facilitating member interaction and the dissemination of their work through an annual national conference, juried recording projects, and the publication of Journal SEAMUS.