About

The Noiseborder Ensemble creates and performs multimedia works featuring a combination of acoustic and electronic instruments as well as live processing and mixing of sound and video. Based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, the group has presented more than twenty original multimedia pieces since its inception in 2008. Members include Sigi Torinus (video, visual design), Trevor [...]

People: Brent Lee, Megumi Masaki, Chris McNamara, Nicholas Papador, Trevor Pittman, Sigi Torinus, Nicolas Alexander de Cosson, Anthony Giglio, Riaz Mehmood, Martin Schiller, Owen Eric Wood,

News

Biennial of Havana (Cuba)

2012.05.11-06.11: Sigi Torinus presents browsing beauty at the 11th Biennial of Havana: Artistic Practice and Social Imaginary, Taller de Investigación, Experimentación y Residencia in Havana, Cuba.

art:screen Exhibition (Sweden)

2012.05.05-06.03: Owen Eric Wood’s video Made Up shows in a program of video art curated by art:screen for the Vetlanda Museum in Vetlanda, Sweden

Int’l Festival of the Image (Colombia)

2012.04.16-20: Owen Eric Wood’s experimental video Assemble I and II screens at the VII Monographic Show of Media Art of the XI Int’l Festival of the Image at the Teatro Fundadores Cultural and Convention Centre in Manizales, Colombia.

Interplay (Toronto, Canada)

2012.03.26: Sigi Torinus presents a video installation at Interplay – between creativity & information at York University in Toronto, Canada.

Hildegard Remix performed (Sacramento)

2012.03.25-6: Vox Musica performs Brent Lee’s and Chris McNamara’s Hildegard Remix in Sacramento, CA.

Anteriorities performed in Calgary

2012.03.23, 2012.03.25: Colleen Athparia performs Brent Lee’s Anteriorities for piano and fixed audio in Calgary, AB.

ANEMIC Festival (Czech Republic)

2012.04.16-20: Made Up, a video by Owen Eric Wood, screens at the ANEMIC Independent Film and New Media Art Festival hosted by the French Institute of Prague in Czech Republic.

PEEK

2012.03.17, 2012.04.28: The art works of Nicolas Alexander de Cosson and Owen Eric Wood are shown as part of the University of Windsor M.F.A. exhibition titled “PEEK” held at SB Contemporary in Windsor, Canada.

FILE RIO (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

2012.03.12, 2012.04.08: Owen Eric Wood’s video Return exhibits at Art Gallery Oi Futuro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Rio edition of the International Festival of Electronic Language (FILE).

Traverse Video (Toulouse, France)

2012.03.07-24: Owen Eric Wood’s videos Holobomo and Return screen among a program of videos distributed by Videographe selected for Traverse Video, Toulouse, France.

Women’s and Gender Studies Biennial

2012.02.27-03.09: “Beyond the Mask: Women, Men and Masculinities,” the Women’s and Gender Studies Biennial Juried Art Exhibition, is held. The exhibition includes Owen Eric Wood’s Made Up (video) and The Clothes Make the Man (both the performance and video versions). The exhibition is held in two locations: the Loranger Gallery in Detroit, U.S.A. and SoVA [...]

St. John Arts Festival (U.S. Virgin Islands)

2012.02.18: Sigi Torinus’ video Olofi screens at the St. John Arts Festival in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Braga at Windsor Canadian Music Festival

2012.02.11: The Noiseborder Ensemble with guest vocalist Jessica Pistor perform Brent Lee’s Braga as part of the Windsor Canadian Music Festival. The concert was recorded for future broadcast on CBC Radio 2.

Brent Lee’s Knob and Tube

2012.02.10: The Windsor Symphony Orchestra give the premiere performance of Brent Lee’s Knob and Tube for chamber orchestra with live electronics. The concert was part of the Windsor Canadian Music Festival, and was recorded for future broadcast on CBC Radio 2.

Paocalypse : Apocalypse (Detroit, U.S.A.)

2012.01.21-02.12: Owen Eric Wood’s experimental video Assemble I and II is part of the group exhibition Paocalypse : Apocalypse at The Detroit Contemporary in Detroit, U.S.A.

Camaguey Int’l Festival of Video Art (Cuba)

2011.11.25-29: Owen Eric Wood’s videos Parallel and Holobomo screen at the Camaguey International Festival of Video Art in Camaguey City, Cuba.

Cultura y Media (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

2011.11.24-26: Owen Eric Wood’s video Parallel screens at the event “Cultura y Media” at the San Martin Arts Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I hear your voice in the circling night

2011.11.12: The Noiseborder Ensemble presents I hear your voice in the circling night at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Berliner

2011.11.11: Kim Nelson’s film Berliner (with a musical score by Brent Lee) screens as part of the Windsor International Film Festival.

Return

2011.11.09: Owen Eric Wood’s video Return screens at the Capital Theatre in Windsor, Canada for the Windsor International Film Festival.

Les Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques

2011.11.04-13: Owen Eric Wood’s video Holobomo screens at the Festival Les Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques in Marseille, France.

Videocracy (Pecs, Hungary)

2011.11.03-06: Owen Eric Wood’s video The Clothes Make the Man screens at Videocracy in Pecs, Hungary.

HILMARfestivalen (Steinkjer, Norway)

2011:11: browsing beauty by Sigi Torinus and Andrea Sunder-Plassmann exhibits at HILMARfestivalen in Steinkjer, Norway.

Western Canadian Music Awards

2011.10.23: The Ensemble Resonance perform Brent Lee’s Braga at the Western Canadian Music Awards in Whitehorse, YK. Their CD Electrospectives (which includes Braga) was nominated in the best classical recording category.

Moving Image Film Festival (Toronto, ON)

2011.10.15: Kim Nelson’s film Metazombie (with soundtrack by Brent Lee) screens at the Moving Image Film Festival in Toronto. ON. The premiere screening of the film took place at Docufest Atlanta in September, 2011.

Parallel wins Third Prize

2011.10.13-16: Owen Eric Wood’s video Parallel wins Third Prize at the International Festival of Video Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina.