Transmission Artist
DAMIAN CATERA
See also: Skyline
Damian Catera is an electro-acoustic composer/guitarist, sound installation creator and media artist. Catera's work reflects interests in sound-based composition/ improvisation, transmission, and socio-political critique. Recently he's been performing improvised "deCompositions" for live electronics, radio, and guitar. Catera's "deCompositional" process consists of an expanded instrument system, which samples and probabilistically processes live sound with algorithms, which he wrote in the MAX/ MSP programming environment. The end product is a constantly evolving, machine-improvised soundscape that is distinct in each implementation. Catera's sound installations reflect his interest in site-specific sound manipulation and surveillance, which he achieves with software also written in the MAX/ MSP programming environment.
Catera has performed improvised solo guitar/ radio/ computer-based pieces abroad and in the U.S. including New York venues the Knitting Factory, the Kitchen, and The Cooler among many others. He has also performed in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Slovakia. In March of 2000 he performed in the "La Primavera en Habana" festival in Cuba. During the spring of 1999, Catera toured the United States with Japanese sound artist and Zeni Geva guitarist K.K. Null.
LINKS
Works
- Crossed Circuits (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2005
- Tune(In))) The Kitchen (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2005
- Radio 4x4 at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk, Poland (Radio 4x4) May 24, 2005
- Microradio Sound Walk: Warsaw (Microradio Sound Walk) May 21, 2005
- Scape 2 (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2004
- Radio 4x4, Walker Art Center (Radio 4x4) Oct. 30, 2004
- deComposition Tune (In))) Thurston (Radio/Sound Work) April 22, 2004
- Radio deComposition (Artist Multiple) Damian Catera, 2004
- Noiseotica Queens Action (Radio/Sound Work) March 1, 2003
- Tune (In))) Catalogue (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2003
- Radio Action I (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2003
- Audio Dispatch 01 (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2001
Exhibitions & Events
- Cinema On Air, June 21, 2008: 8:15 p.m. (Curated by Sarah Margaret Halpern)
- Home Field Advantage-Experiemental Jazz Series, May 23, 2008: 8:15 p.m.
- Noise! 2008, May 8, 2008: 10 p.m. – May 11, 2008: 1 a.m.
- False Rosetta release show, Dec. 14, 2007: 8 p.m. (Curated by Radio Ruido)
- This Is That, Sept. 18, 2007 – Dec. 3, 2007
- Damian Catera for Tremor_4, Nov. 9, 2007: 10 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.
- The Great Unknown, June 23, 2007: 6 p.m. – July 31, 2007: 7 p.m.
- Damian Catera @ Hogar Collection Gallery, June 9, 2007: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- MusicFest For the Homeless, Jan. 31, 2007: 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Judy Dunaway CD Release Party, Dec. 1, 2006: 8 p.m.
- Habitats, Nov. 9, 2006 – Nov. 12, 2006
- The Whole is the Sum of Its Parts, Sept. 8, 2006: 6 p.m. – Oct. 23, 2006
- deCompositions for Radio, Sept. 15, 2006: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- Radio Festival, Aug. 5, 2006: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Noise!, May 11, 2006: 10 p.m. – May 14, 2006: midnight
- free103point9 @ Observatori Festival, May 5, 2006 – May 7, 2006
- Into the Air, April 29, 2006: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- Damian Catera: Unauthorized Access, April 7, 2006: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
- ScopeOnAir, March 10, 2006 – March 13, 2006
- free103point9 @ Spark, Feb. 22, 2006: 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- DeCompositional Duets, Dec. 17, 2005: 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- On The Air, Nov. 2, 2005 – Nov. 5, 2005
- Skyline CD release show, Oct. 31, 2005: 8 p.m.
- AIRtime Live, Aug. 1, 2005: 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Crossed Circuits, April 23, 2005 – June 6, 2005
- Airborne, April 9, 2005 – June 4, 2005
- Radio 4x4: Gdansk, May 24, 2005
- Microradio Sound Walk: Warsaw, May 21, 2005
- Tune(In))) Brooklyn, March 12, 2005: 8 p.m. – March 13, 2005: 1 a.m.
- August Sound Coalition benefit with Colin Potter, Damian Catera,, Dec. 22, 2004
- Damian Catera deCompositional Duets with Ben Owen, Tianna Kenned, Dec. 11, 2004
- Radio 4x4: Walker Art Center, Oct. 30, 2004
- Microradio Sound Walk: Spectropolis, Oct. 1, 2004 – Oct. 3, 2004
- Tune(In))) Santa Fe, July 17, 2004
- Scape 2, April 24, 2004: 8 p.m. – May 22, 2004: 11 p.m.
- Tune(In))) The Kitchen, April 22, 2004: 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Radio, Radio, May 17, 2003: 8 p.m. – May 18, 2003: 2 a.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Tune(In))), March 1, 2003: 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Radio Action I release, Jan. 12, 2003: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- Radio Action I, Jan. 8, 2003: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- A Night of International Noise, June 1, 2001: 8 p.m. – June 2, 2001: 2 a.m.
ARCHIVE
Audio and video files are best viewed in Firefox or Safari, visitors using IE will experience lengthy download times.
Audio
- Damian Catera for Tremor 4, Nov. 9, 2007. 110907_"Strategies Against Communication: The Semiotics of The Headless Dachshund" from Catera's Jersey City studio. Poet GE Schwartz and performance artist Abbey Brace were special guest vocalists. (audio/mpeg, 26.6 MB)
- Radio 4x4: Gdansk, May 24, 2005. at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland (audio/mpeg, 5.1 MB)
- Radio 4x4: Walker Art Center, Oct. 30, 2004. part of Radio, Access, Democracy conference (audio/mpeg, 56.9 MB)
- deComposition Tune (In))) Thurston , April 22, 2004. (audio/mpeg, 11.9 MB)
- Skyline_Noiseotica Queens Action, March 1, 2003. Skyline performance at first free103point9 Tune(In))), also a track on Tune(In))) CD. (audio/mpeg, 5.8 MB)
Press, Programs, & Ephemera
- "Audio arts collective with Acra ties makes aural magic," Daily Freeman, April 28, 2006 by Peter Aaron (application/pdf, 1.8 MB)
- "Five Concerts All at Once, And It's Quiet," The New York Times, April 24, 2004 by Jon Pareles (application/pdf, 1.4 MB)
Image
- Radio deComposition CD cover, Jan. 1, 2004. Damian Catera (image/jpeg, 45.7 KB)
- Private Sectors (AD024) Cover Skyline (image/jpeg, 13.2 KB)