Celebrate the Summer Solstice @ the opening reception for our Sound Art installation!

We have some special surprises in store for the opening of our sound art installation @ CAC Gallery.
Join us this Tuesday night from 6pm -8pm for our opening reception.  Listen to our art, experience the space we've transformed, see what surprises we have in store and enjoy some light refreshment.

"BREATHE: Cambridge" will be open from 6.21.11 thru 8.13.11

N.E.R.D Out!

This past Wednesday, June 15, the artists from BREATHE:Cambridge as well as other Cambridge youth artists working in digital media gathered to present their projects at Microsoft's N.E.R.D (New England Research & Development) Center.  Each of our participants presented on one aspect of our project as the image of the flyer for our show @ CAC Gallery was projected behind us.  Our group closed out our portion of the presentation by inviting the audience to join us in our ritual, the sound creation cypher.  As Dora opened the floor up to the audience the room transformed into a living, breathing piece of sound art.  It was pretty surreal how much we could do as a group with no technology at all, ironically in the HQ of one of the world's largest technology companies.  The event proceeded with sharing at various tables where we presented a short film about BREATHE:Cambridge, our soundcloud pages with our sound art, and our blog.  The audience was asked to add their voice to the next phase of the project as well as their opinions on where we can go from here.  Mercedes Wallace closed out our presentation with the question, "What will you do to carry this project into the future?"

Thanks to Katherine Docimo from Citizen Schools for all of her hard work putting together this event.  Also thanks to Microsoft and Cambridge Youth Programs.

Meet Morning Star aka Rawr.Wulf!

"Morning Star is an artist with tremendous talent and vision who often draws on the spirit animals for inspiration.  She is extremely aware, tuned in to emerging ideas and has a keen eye for detail that will continue to help her refine a style that is truly unique as time goes on." - Mars Jupiter

Find Morning Star's sounds at her page http://soundcloud.com/rawrwulf

You can also hear Morning Star's work as part of the BREATHE: Cambridge artist collective in our multimedia installation featuring sound art, poetry, painting and interactive self-expression. On display this summer @ CAC Gallery, City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us on 6.21.11 from 6 - 8pm for our reception @ CAC Gallery!

Meet Susmit! (that rhymes!)

Being myself is my favorite thing to do.  My name is Susmit. I am an artist. I am not the perfect artist, but not being perfect is perfection to me. Detecting new discoveries and experimenting with new ideas is my life. This also gives my art its life. I wander around and play with my art, and that’s when unexpected things happen. I am playful and learn by playing. This gives me my sense of humor. I am eager to be excited by new and mysterious ideas. I ponder these ideas and buy my inspiration from them. Technology and art are my friends. The three of us roam around in the realm of imagination to make new creations. I’ve always loved listening to music, and have wanted to create it. However, I’ve never played any instruments or sang professionally. Breathe is my medium to get to that goal of mine and actually make my own original work.

Find Mercedes' sounds at his page http://soundcloud.com/spudasaini

You can also hear Susmit's work as part of the BREATHE: Cambridge artist collective in our multimedia installation featuring sound art, poetry, painting and interactive self-expression. On display this summer @ CAC Gallery, City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us on 6.21.11 from 6 - 8pm for our reception @ CAC Gallery!

Meet Mercedes Wallace, editor-in-chief of this blog!

When I was little my dad had a song for everything. His music surrounded my every day. I would hear him sing along to songs from when I woke up in the morning to when I went to sleep at night. Now, music is like my best friend because it has always been there for me. For every mood of mine there is a song. And for every song there is a lyric that describes my life. My background has brought me to a job working with sound. It has helped me to make audio that inspires other as more than a person. I want people to relate to my work, like how music relates to my life. When one listens to my audio I want them to go outside of their body and block out everything to focus on their mind, as if they were a monster. I want people to feel like a beautiful monster, like me.
-Mercedes Wallace

Find Mercedes' sounds at her page http://soundcloud.com/mercedes-wallace

You can also hear Mercedes' work as part of the BREATHE: Cambridge artist collective in our multimedia installation featuring sound art, poetry, painting and interactive self-expression. On display this summer @ CAC Gallery, City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us on 6.21.11 from 6 - 8pm for our reception @ CAC Gallery!

UNBK aka UnbrokenDan aka Wilgens Metelus!

One of the most important things about art to me is the process, but I won’t be satisfied until someone hears my work and tells me how it sounds to them.  I enjoy working in a group like when we creat a circle and do our sound cypher ritual.  Listening to music while I am working,  when I am in a bad mood,  or when I am sad creates more space in my head.  I find a paper and pencil to write and draw something about me at these times.   Art is something I really like, mostly drawing and creating things I never thought I could create. Right now my art is working on my breathe sound  poem.  I enjoy being  outside most of all because that’s where art is that’s where I get ideas to express art from mother nature.   

(((Wilgens received Cambridge's Teen Leadership Award 2011 this past weekend and will be continuing to record voices and sounds for the future of the BREATHE project on his trip to El Salvador this summer, along with his good friend and fellow BREATHE artist Cliff Boucicaut)))

Find Wilgens' sounds at his page http://soundcloud.com/unbrokendan93

You can also hear Wilgens' work as part of the BREATHE: Cambridge artist collective in our multimedia installation featuring sound art, poetry, painting and interactive self-expression. On display this summer @ CAC Gallery, City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us on 6.21.11 from 6 - 8pm for our reception @ CAC Gallery!

Meet Brandi!

My name is Brandi Santiago. I love to sing. It’s one of my favorite things to do, but when I hear myself I don’t feel like it’s me singing. I feel awkward, but when I listen to one of my pieces I am proud to know that I have dedicated my hard work into the piece that came out amazing. I am confident in my work. I have no ifs, ands, or buts when it comes to deciding what I want in my piece. As the creator I don’t repeat my stuff but I do build on my successes. I might start on something soft then come out loud, you will never expect. I tend to keep things straight and realistic. Not all of my pieces will have the perfect type of style that everyone likes that’s why I like mixing up the beat. I don’t consider myself an artist, I think of myself more as a person. To me an artist more than a human they are larger than life, but I know that one day I will be an artist.


Find Brandi's sounds at her page http://soundcloud.com/brandi1245

You can also hear Brandi's work as part of the BREATHE: Cambridge artist collective in our multimedia installation featuring sound art, poetry, painting and interactive self-expression. On display this summer @ CAC Gallery, City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us on 6.21.11 from 6 - 8pm for our reception @ CAC Gallery!