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Body & Electronics will feature a Berlin-based sound artist Benoit Maubrey and James Fei, a composer, programmer and performer from California. Maubrey will present the solo performance ELECTRONIC GUY which consists of "playing" his electroacoustic dinner jacket (with tails) along with build-in sampler, microphone, radio, guitar amp and solar cell. Fei will perform on analog electronics, exploring the electronic and acoustic feedback.
Come and join us for the performance in the Wynwood Art District during the monthly art walk!12 Nights of Electronic Music and Art IV: Body and electronicsFeaturing Benoit Maubrey and James FeiNovember 12, 2011 at 9PMO-Cinema.90 NW 29th StreetMiami, FL 33127info@12nights.orghttp://12nights.org/Season4/season4-10.htmlhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/12-Nights-of-Electronic-Music-and-Arts/118035631575962Benoit Maubrey (born in Washington DC 1952, since 1979 works and lives in Berlin and Brandenburg/Germany) is a sound artist/sculptor and founder and director of DIE AUDIO GRUPPE a Berlin-based art group that build and perform with electronic clothes. Basically these are electro-acoustic clothes and dresses (equipped with amplifiers and loudspeakers) that make sounds by interacting thematically and acoustically with their environment. He will present the solo performance ELECTRONIC GUY which consists of "playing" his electroacoustic dinner jacket (with tails) along with build-in sampler, microphone, radio, guitar amp and solar cell.
James Fei (b. Taipei, Taiwan) moved to the US in 1992 to study electrical engineering. He has since been active as a composer and performer on saxophones and live electronics. Works by Fei have been performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, MATA Micro Orchestra and Noord-Hollands Philharmonisch Orkest. Recordings can be found on Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan, CRI, Krabbesholm and Organized Sound. Compositions for Fei's own ensemble of four alto saxophones focus on physical processes of saliva, fatigue, reeds crippled by cuts and the threshold of audible sound production, while his sound installations and performance on live electronics often focus on electronic and acoustic feedback. Since 2006 Fei has taught at Mills College in Oakland, where he is Assistand Professor of Electronic Arts.
