Soundscapes | BIENNALE MONTREAL 2009

SOUNDSCAPES is an open source music initiative curated by Claudio Marzano and Scott Clyke as part of La Biennale de Montréal 2009.

The goal of this 3-step project is to generate an indefinite number of musical compositions from common source material.

Step 1. Canadian pianist, composer and arranger David Ryshpan composed a soundtrack for Rick Leong's painting entitled Dancing Serpent in Dawn's Quiet (2006), a recent addition to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' Permanent Collection.

Step 2. Musicians, DJs and producers across Canada and the world are invited to remix/reinterpret the original score.

Step 3. A selection of the collected remixes will be featured on a limited-edition recording, which will also include the original source material to encourage the production of other reinterpretations.

SOUNDSCAPES will be presented at the Parisian Laundry Gallery from May 1 to 31, 2009, as well as during an evening of live performances on May 23.

All material created and produced for the SOUNDSCAPES project is released under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 2.5 license.

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