CHRISTOF MIGONE
Record Release
2012
Biography
Christof Migone is an artist, curator and writer. His work and research delve into language, voice, bodies, performance, intimacy, complicity, endurance. He co-edited the book and CD Writing Aloud: The Sonics of Language (Los Angeles: Errant Bodies Press, 2001) and has written for such publications as Aural Cultures, S:ON, Experimental Sound & Radio, Musicworks, Radio Rethink, Semiotext(e), Angelaki, Esse, Inter, and Performance Research. He obtained an MFA from NSCAD in 1996 and a PhD from the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 2007. He has released seven solo audio CDs on various labels (Avatar, ND, Alien 8, Locust, Oral). He has also curated a number of events: Touch that Dial (1990), Radio Contortions (1991), Rappel (1994), Double Site (1998), stuttermouthface (2002), Disquiet (2005), START (2007), STOP.(2008), and Should I Stay or Should I Go (Nuit Blanche 2010 – Zone C), as well as eleven others for the Blackwood Gallery. He has performed at the Beyond Music Sound Festival (Los Angeles), kaaistudios (Brussels), Resonance FM (London), Nouvelles Scènes (Dijon), On the Air (Innsbruck), Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), Experimental Intermedia (NYC), Méduse (Québec), Images Festival (Toronto), Send+Receive (Winnipeg), Kill Your Timid Notion (Dundee), Victoriaville Festival, Oboro, Casa del Popolo, Théâtre La Chapelle, etc. His installations have been exhibited at the Banff Centre, Rotterdam Film Festival, Gallery 101, Art Lab, eyelevelgallery, Forest City Gallery, Studio 5 Beekman, Mercer Union, CCS Bard, Optica. He has collaborated with Lynda Gaudreau, Martin Tétreault, Tammy Forsythe, Alexandre St-Onge, Michel F. Côté, Gregory Whitehead, Set Fire To Flames, and Fly Pan Am. A monograph on his work, Christof Migone – Sound Voice Perform, was published in 2005. In 2006, the Galerie de l’UQAM in Montreal presented a mid-career survey of his work accompanied by a catalogue and DVD entitled Christof Migone – Trou. He currently lives in Toronto and is a Lecturer in the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Director/Curator of the Blackwood Gallery.
About the work
The raw material to make vinyl records comes in vinyl pellets, lentil-sized bits of petroleum product (PVC to be exact) that are easily transportable before they get melted and stamped with grooves of sound. For Record Release, the pellets were loaded onto a scale until reaching 180 grams, which is the weight of audiophile vinyl (as opposed to 120 grams, which is the standard weight of records). This work involves distributing the pellets one by one. Each transaction will be documented and paired with a photograph of the pellets arranged in the form of a 12" record, correspondingly diminished by one. The record will be released when the last pellet is sold, gifted or placed in a public space. Until then, it is simply in the process of being released. An individual can receive only one pellet as a free gift. Others must be purchased for one dollar each. Those interested in receiving one as a gift or in purchasing others by mail may contact me by email for details. Please include your mailing address and the number of pellets required.
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