Freestyle SoundHack at PM Gallery, Toronto

Saturday, January 26, 2008, 1 – 5 pm

Jessica Thompson, Freestyle SoundKits. Image: pmgallery.com

Freestyle SoundKits are the latest of artist Jessica Thompson’s works. Thompson is a new media artist whose practice encompasses sound, performance and mobile technologies. Her projects enable audience members to create user-defined spaces and situations within urban environments. Freestyle SoundKits are wearable sound pieces that generate and broadcast electronic beats as users move through the urban environment.

Jessica Thompson, Freestyle SoundKits. Image: pmgallery.com

Freestyle SoundHack is a collaborative performance. During the performance, the artist will teach participants how to make their own Freestyle SoundKits, to distribute as they wish, using whatever sounds they choose.
Material fee: $20 (full kit), $10 (kit-amp)

This project is presented as part of Give It Up: New Work by Jessica Thompson, a series of three performance-based projects at p|m Gallery in Toronto.

Jessica Thompson, Soundbike. Image: pmgallery.com

For more info or to RSVP, please email info@pmgallery.ca.

Gallery website is HERE.

Jessica Thompson, walking machine, 2003. Image: pmgallery.com