http://www.peoplelikeus.org/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:39:54 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UbuWeb in conjunction with PennSound, and also WFMU. PLU has been released on labels such as Illegal Art, Tigerbeat6, Soleilmoon, Sonic Arts Network, Touch and For Us Records (Rough Trade), both solo, and also collaborating with Matmos, Ergo Phizmiz, Wobbly and Christian Marclay. Vicki had her first solo London show "The Doors of Perspection" at Vitrine Gallery in Bermondsey Square in July-September 2011. A new People Like Us CD "Welcome Abroad" was released in May 2011 on Illegal Art. The new live a/v set "The Magical Misery Tour" commissioned by Sound and Music, premiered at The Sound Of Fear at London's Southbank Centre in September 2011. In Winter 2011/12 Vicki curated and programmed Radio Boredcast, a 744 hour radio station for AV Festival 12. Currently she is archiving this for a new radio stream hosted by WFMU. Press Quotes: "... a freeform, unfolding imaginary landscape that is liberally peppered with slapstick." - Phil England, The Wire "Bennett has continued to impress us with her technical ability and her wonderful sense of the ridiculous." - Olli Siebelt, BBC "... beautiful, compelling, funny, crazy stuff. I listen to [People Like Us] while sitting at my drawing board." - Matt Groening "... it is that delirious adventure to tune in Disney cartoons while we administered a strong dose of amphetamines, LSD, and any other lysergic cocktail." - J. Carlos Vellamueva, Rolling Stone (Mexico) "... after prolonged exposure to the alchemical work of Vicki Bennett, we see and hear our own everyday world as one big joke which is already cut to pieces. You'll laugh, you'll cry." - Drew Daniel, Matmos "... warped-out easy easy-listening goddess and sample abuser extraordinaire." - Ben Willmott, NME "Bennett has taken Eisenstein's montage collisions and refashioned them as bumper cars at a seaside carnival." - Jim Supanick, Film Society of Lincoln Center]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/biography.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/biography.html biography Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:39:54 +0000 The Magical Misery Tour and do an artist talk in Madrid at CaixaForum. The concert will by on 17 May 2012 and the talk will be on 18 May 2012. The talk will preceed a concert by Philip Jeck. http://www.agendacentrosobrasociallacaixa.es/es/caixaforum-madrid/2012-mayo-agosto-caixaforum-madrid/ciclo-de-musica-electronica ]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/the_magical_misery_tour_in_madrid.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/the_magical_misery_tour_in_madrid.html events timeline Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:57:54 +0000 People Like Us at Belfast Film Festival Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast Thursday 7th June 2012, 8pm Admission £7 People Like Us will perform The Magical Misery Tour at Belfast Film Festival on 7 June 2012. http://belfastfilmfestival.ticketsolve.com/shows/873481576/events]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/the_magical_misery_tour_at_belfast_film_festival.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/the_magical_misery_tour_at_belfast_film_festival.html events timeline Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:26:28 +0000 Since 1991 British artist Vicki Bennett has been an influential figure in the field of audio visual collage, through her innovative sampling and appropriating of found footage and archives. Using collage as her main form of expression, she creates audio recordings, A/V performances, films and radio shows that communicate a humorous, dark and often surreal view on life. These collages mix, manipulate and rework original sources from both the experimental and popular worlds of music, film and radio. People Like Us believe in open access to archives for creative use. In 2006 she was the first artist to be given unrestricted access to the entire BBC Archive. People Like Us have previously shown work at Tate Modern, The Barbican, Sydney Opera House, Pompidou Centre, Maxxi in Rome and Sonar, and performed radio sessions for John Peel and Mixing It. The ongoing sound art radio show 'DO or DIY' on WFMU has had over a million "listen again" downloads. since 2003. The People Like Us back catalogue is available for free download hosted by UbuWeb. http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/artist_statement_for_people_like_us.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/artist_statement_for_people_like_us.html biography Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:39:27 +0000 SOUNDS LIKE SILENCE Cage - 4'33'' - Silence 1912 - 1952 to 2012 08/25/2012 - 01/06/2013 Exhibition | Dortmunder U Two works by Vicki Bennett will be included in the exhibition "Sounds Like Silence" at HMKV. Sounds like Silence (Cage – 4'33'' – Silence / 1912 – 1952 – 2012) On the occasion of John Cage's 100th anniversary and the 60th anniversary of the premiere of his famous "silent piece" HMKV shows 35 contemporary references to 4'33'' from the fields of art and music as well as works that deal with general questions of e.g. perception of silence or sound ecology. The exhibition runs in parallel to Documenta 13 in Kassel. http://www.hmkv.de/programm/programmpunkte/2012/Ausstellungen/2012_Sounds_like_Silence.php ]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/sounds_like_silence_at_hmkv.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/sounds_like_silence_at_hmkv.html events timeline Sat, 12 May 2012 11:05:12 +0000 www.wfmu.org/peoplelikeus Subscribe to the Podcast of DO or DIY by clicking here - it will prompt your iTunes program to open, where you will receive the podcasts. People Like Us' radio show DO or DIY is now also a separate 24 HOUR DO or DIY Stream on WFMU! Yes indeed - DO or DIY is available all day, every day. 24 hours of All Things Avant Retard. You can listen to the stream through iTunes, by clicking here - it will download a file that you can then click on to play the stream. DO or DIY biog DO or DIY is a freeform sound art radio show broadcast weekly by Vicki Bennett (project name People Like Us) on WFMU. The philosophy behind the show is simple. That within the realms of avant-garde and experimental sound art the goalposts defining "accessible" and "inaccessible" are constantly moving. As the radar rises and dips, fragments and shards of underground creations unearth, and popular culture and artist resonate, shifting shapes accordingly with one another in reflections of changing spotlights. The avant-garde and popular culture rely on each other's energy. People Like Us collage both "hard to listen" works and popular listening matter, showing that in fact, beyond the restrictions of genre, genre IS the restriction and it is possible to like many kinds of art and music. The key is finding the door - DO or DIY leads the way into new and unusual realms of listening and hope to show the way in. Each show consists of collages made of sound works from the 20th and 21st century, often layered and looped many times over, resulting in an album type effect on each show. The pun "All Things Avant-Retard", a rhyme with "All Things Avant-Garde" literally means All Things Forward-Backwards. Essentially by using sonic extremes and apparent opposites we find some sort of central point or balanced perspective on music and sound. Suggested Listening: DO or DIY fill in for Ken. New Free WFMU iPhone/iPod Touch app! Also, if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch we are also pleased to announce that you can listen to not only the regular WFMU stream on the move at a glorious 128k, but also all of our special streams, recent DJ show archives and DJ podcasts including all of DO or DIY! You can download the much improved updated free WFMU app right here. ABOUT WFMU WFMU are very influential to NYC area record buyers, particularly ones who search for music out of the ordinary. The station was listed as #1 station in the USA by Rolling Stone critics for 4 consecutive years, was voted #1 station at 1999's Gavin Convention, subject of a New York Times magazine feature, and has gotten accolades from the WIRE, John Peel, Matt Groening & other luminaries. The format covers anything from home cassettes, noise, old country, rockabilly, electroacoustic, experimental, electronic, metal, out-jazz, krautrock, schlock, hip-hop, collage, garage, and pop from all decades. They've hosted Senegalese rappers, Japanese black metal bands, Tuvan psychedelic rock groups, Brit folk legends, indie rock darlings, and played about 2000 other genres they can't even begin to list. "WFMU is known as an oasis in the airwave desert. While most stations practice one-dimensional 'narrow-casting', WFMU embraces everything in the wonderful world of sound." - SPIN "WFMU is the best freeform radio station in America." - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS "Fantastic website, great archives. It is truly eclectic programming, unlike other stations, which claim to be eclectic." - MATT GROENING, SIMPSONS CREATOR "There's nothing better late at night in this town than climbing into the car and turning on and tuning into WFMU cracklin' across the river with whatever weird shit they're playin' tonight." - LEE RANALDO, SONIC YOUTH "Romping through the history of recorded sound, WFMU's disc jockeys often come up with unbelievable artifacts, revelatory juxtapositions and songs you thought you'd never hear again." - NEW YORK TIMES "This is one full-on Limey who believes believes believes that when it comes to transformation through sound, we should support WFMU for their percipient ur-cultural bravado. It's the 21st century and WFMU is here to celebrate our coming of age!" - JULIAN COPE, MUSICIAN/AUTHOR/HISTORIAN ]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/do_or_diy_with_people_like_us_on_wfmu.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/do_or_diy_with_people_like_us_on_wfmu.html do or diy avant garde avant-garde Beware The Blog collage FMA Free Music Archive mashup mp3 People Like Us PLU Vicki Bennett WFMU Thu, 10 May 2012 17:03:24 +0000 http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/the_magical_misery_tour_at_latitude_festival.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/the_magical_misery_tour_at_latitude_festival.html events timeline Thu, 10 May 2012 10:06:45 +0000 April 28, 2012 – June 2, 2012 Greene County Council on the Arts (GCCA) 398 Main Street Catskill, NY 12414 518-943-3400 Radio Boredcast, or to be more specific, Vicki's DO or DIY shows feature in the Transmittal exhibition at Greene County Council for the Arts Gallery, Catskill, USA. Curated/Organized by: Galen Joseph-Hunter Organized in partnership with Acra-based nonprofit arts organization free103point9, Transmittal, offers Greene County residents and visitors a window into Transmission Arts. Transmittal is curated by Galen Joseph-Hunter, free103point9’s Executive Director and author of Transmission Arts: Artists and Airwaves (PAJ Publications: 2011.) The exhibition features an international and local roster of artists and organizations whose work celebrates the interdisciplinary nature of Transmission Arts and is made manifest in video, sound, radio, installation, performance, and work-on-paper. http://wgxc.org/events/4937]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/radio_boredcast_selection_in_exhibition.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/radio_boredcast_selection_in_exhibition.html Wed, 02 May 2012 20:06:34 +0000 http://perfomap.vzope2.inqbus.de/perfomap.de/map3/kapitel4/ramos]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/mention_of_radio_boredcast_in_radio_web_macba_interview.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/mention_of_radio_boredcast_in_radio_web_macba_interview.html timeline Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:14:05 +0000 AV Festival 12, and had 20,000 listening hits over the month. Throughout the month we've been airing specially created shows and recordings as well as carefully selected programmes that reflect the AV Festival theme of As Slow As Possible. You who have listened know that we have really stretched the theme and have been surprised and hopefully delighted by what you have heard. We will now start to archive the month on WFMU's servers and make it available in streaming/on demand format. To keep up to date on this you should subscribe to our mailing list on the peoplelikeus.org front page.]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/thanks_for_listening_to_radio_boredcast.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/thanks_for_listening_to_radio_boredcast.html do or diy events timeline Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:05:24 +0000 http://www.svd.se/kultur/krock-i-7-millimeter-i-timmen_6948695.svd]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/swedish_newspaper_review_for_radio_boredcast.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/swedish_newspaper_review_for_radio_boredcast.html timeline Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:46:31 +0000 People Like Us Excerpts from Genre Collage: The Look [2009-2010] Excerpts from Genre Collage: The Sound of the End of Music [2009-2010] Excerpts from Genre Collage: Ingrid and Tobor [2009-2010] Excerpts from Genre Collage: DrivingFlyingRisingFalling [2009-2010] People Like Us - The Remote Controller [2003] People Like Us - We Edit Life [2002] People Like Us - Nothing [2005] People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz - Mull of Kintyre [2010] People Like Us - Music of Your Own [1999] Vicki Bennett - Trying Things Out [2007] People Like Us - Story Without End [2005] Vicki Bennett - Skew Gardens [2008] People Like Us - 2"00' The Movie [2011]]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/selection_of_people_like_us_movies_in_one_file.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/selection_of_people_like_us_movies_in_one_file.html biography timeline Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:09:05 +0000 http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/03/slow-radio/ ]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/radio_boredcast_interview_in_wired.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/radio_boredcast_interview_in_wired.html do or diy timeline Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:46:31 +0000 ]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/433_the_movie.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/433_the_movie.html timeline Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:55:08 +0000 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/mar/07/av-festival-as-slow-possible/print ]]> http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/av_festival_radio_boredcast_mentioned_in_the_guardian.html http://www.peoplelikeus.org/2012/av_festival_radio_boredcast_mentioned_in_the_guardian.html do or diy timeline Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:57:20 +0000