F L O O D Presents
SoundWalk2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2005 (Please Forward)
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kamran Assadi (562) 858-9846
Frauke Von Der Horst (562) 437-1550
Shea M Gauer (562) 499-6736
Scott A Peterson (562) 305-2697

PUBLIC CONTACT: Shea M Gauer at Open (562) 499-OPEN

Visit www.soundwalk.org to learn more about SoundWalk2005 Email: info@soundwalk.org

LONG BEACH, CA- On August 20th, 2005, the Long Beach artist group, FLOOD presents SoundWalk2005, the second annual SoundWalk event with 60 contributing artists from Southern California, Germany, Italy, UK, and New Zealand. The art follows the concept of a one-night audible/visual experience of sound installations in a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the East Village Arts District in Downtown Long Beach. Furthermore, performances will be scheduled throughout the month of August for sound artists with exhibited work in this year’s event. The artwork includes a wide variety of combinations with visual and audible components. There will be sculptures, environments, installations, and performances. It is the variety of work that makes the event memorable for all who visit.

Independent from our organized events, some of the local galleries will also feature sound related art in August.

WHAT: Sound Art Event "SoundWalk2005", a one-night event of sound installations by over 50 local and international sound artists. Select works will be on exhibit from August 13th thru September 7th.

WHERE: Throughout the area encompassed by Broadway, Atlantic Avenue, Ocean Boulevard, and Elm Street in the East Village Arts District of Downtown Long Beach. The art is exhibited in a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces.

WHEN: Saturday, August 20th, 2005 from 5 - 10 pm
Opening Reception, 5-6pm at Koo's, 540 E. Broadway
Closing Reception, 10pm at Basement Lounge, 149 Linden Ave. (B-100)

ADMISSION: Free

PARKING: Metered parking is available on the street, Free parking is available in the SST parking lot at the SW corner of 4th Street and Linden Ave.

SoundWalk2005
SoundWalk is an annual art event produced by the Long Beach artist group, FLOOD as a variation on the "ArtWalk" events that happen every 2nd Saturday in the Arts District. Last years inaugural program, SoundWalk2004 with 30 participating artists, was enthusiastically embraced by artists and viewers alike. Close to a thousand visitors had joined us for the evening. Many of the visitors had no prior encounter with sound art as sound installations and their responses to the event were overwhelmingly excited. This year, we offer another environmental experience with new and returning artists participating in the alteration of this familiar urban space. The outdoor sound installations add a layer to and perform in concert with the sounds of the city, thus altering and intermingling with the ambience of their locations. Unlikely combinations of the ordinary and the extraordinary become chance encounters for the attending public. Galleries and stores within the Arts District will accommodate a variety of indoor installations in uncommon intersections of art and commerce. The evening of sound installations will not only be an exciting moment of transformed perception, but a chance to rethink our sensory engagement with the spaces in which we function.
Installations at Koo’s, Open, Utopia, and Seams will be on display from August 13 thru September 7. Once again, we wish to surprise, puzzle, enchant, and excite those who intentionally or unintentionally participate in SoundWalk2005.
This event is free to the public and is being sponsored in part by the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA), The Arts Council for Long Beach, The East Village Association (EVA), Koo’s, Logistik Media, and The City of Long Beach. A CD compilation of work by participating sound artists will be available for sale during and after the event. More information about FLOOD and the artists is available upon request.
-About FLOOD-
The artist group, FLOOD has been working on installation projects for the last three years. FLOOD is interested in testing the limits of artistic expression through collaboration and experimentation within a variety of artistic genres. Current members of FLOOD are Kamran Assadi, Frauke von der Horst, Shea M Gauer and Scott A Peterson.
SoundWalk2005 Participants:
Adam Willetts (New Zealand) / Albert Ortega / Andrea M Dominguez / Andrew W Choate / Ava Mendoza (Oakland) / Bob Bellerue / Bobby June / Carlo Giordani (Italy) / Carrie Yury / D. Jean Hester / David Kendall / Doug Hart (New York) / Eric Kabisch / EverLovely LightningHeart / FLOOD / Gary Raymond / Glenn Bach / Gregg ‘Egg’ Emmel / Harry Um / Helga Fassonaki (New Zealand) / hop-frog / j.frede / Jed Smith / Joe Negro / Joe Winter / John Kannenberg (Chicago) / kadet / Lucy H.G. / Madelyn Byrne, Michael Mufson & Molly Faulkner / Marcos Fernandez (San Diego) / Mark X Farina / Mark M Mclaren (United Kingdom) / Mark Soden / Melissa Longenecker / mem1 / Michele Jaquis / Mike Brown / Mitchell Brown / MLuM / Nicole C. Russell / Nina Waisman / Patricio Wolovich / Redux / Robert Adam Malin / Ron & Mackenzie Saunders / Sabine Pinkapank (Germany) / Sander Roscoe Wolff / Scott A Peterson / Scott Vance / Shea M Gauer / Shiteasters / smgsap / Steve Roden / Sumako / Surrealestate / Susie Leonard / Tim Coster (New Zealand) / William Leavitt & Spencer Savage / xtine / Zear
www.soundwalk.org