Sara Gold

Sara Gold with Giorgio Magnanensi at Metaxenakis
Sara Gold with Giorgio Magnanensi at Metaxenakis

Sara Gold weaves experimental hardware techno and cinematic soundscape drenched new media together to create a unique, multidisciplinary approach to sound and sight.

Past engagements

2023

Turquoise Hexagon Sun - festival curator and coordinator

We are not above this - PPRZ - ep release

Sfu Woodwards absolute unit - collaborative live performance

Toast fake jazz - solo live performance

Batsonic - actuve passive festival

Gcems - Vancouver liaison

Mac cres - coordinator, jury, admin, artist outreach

Pender island - solo live performance

2022

Obskur Records - isosafrole - EP release

PPRZ Records - EP Release

PPRZ Records - Toile - Single Release

Vancouver New Music - Letting go - Live Collaborative Performance - The Annex Theater

Vancouver New Music - Metaxenakis - Live Solo Performance - The Annex Theater

Mixtophonics - Live Collaborative Performance - The Wise Hall

Active/Passive Festival - Workshop Facilitator - Galiano Island

Strange Loops - Live Collaborative Performance - Red Gate Arts Society

Media Arts Committee Member - Jury / Artist Outreach / workshop facilitator - CFRO Co-op Radio

Garden City Electronic Music Society - Board Member / Outreach - Victoria BC\

2021

Live Solo Performance - Firehall Arts Centre

Online Screening / Interview - “Hello, Ocean” - Short Film - Vivo Media Arts Center

Interview - Artist Science Podcast - MIDIMO

Media Arts Committee Member - Jury / artist Outreach / workshop facilitator - CFRO Co-op Radio

Interior Network 2 - Live Collaborative Performance - Red Gate Arts Society

One Page Score - Original Composition - Vancouver New Music

Garden City Electronic Music Society - Board Member - Victoria, BC

Bien agiter/normeicorp -live improvisational performqance

2020

Board of Directors Member - Vancouver Representative - Garden City Electronic Music Society

Media Arts Committee Member - Jury / artist Outreach / workshop facilitator - CFRO Co-op Radio

Quiet City - Strange Loops - Live Collaborative Performance - Red Gate Media Arts Society

Tape Heads Online - Livestream Collaborative A/V Event - Organization, Curation, Installation - Produced at The James Black Gallery

Active/Passive Festival - Livestream Solo Performance - Produced at The House of Gold

Xylem Records - Livestream Solo Performance - Produced at The House of Gold

2019

Vancouver Low Frequency Festival - Director, Co-Curator, Organizer

6 events, 4 venues, 3 days - Mount pleasant

VLFF Opening Gala - Red Gate Arts Society

Plug In - Synth showcase for Youth - kafkas cafe @ great northern way

Bat Sonar Soundwalk - 999 Charleson Park

Softness - The James Black Gallery

Show and Tell - Synth meet up for Nerds - Red Gate Arts Society

VLFF Closing Gala - Red Gate Arts Society

Polygon Gallery - Live Performance

Atelier 254 - Live Solo Performance

No Fun Radio - Live Collaborative Performance

Media Arts Committee Member - Co-Curator, Social Media - CFRO Co-op Radio

Active/Passive - Little Yellow House, Galiano Island - Live Solo Performance

Fake Jazz - The Toast - Live Solo Performance

Biomass - Macmillan Bloedel Conservatory - Live Solo Performance

Proxigean - "Hello, Ocean?" - Video shoot for forthcoming short Audio/Visual work

Self Directed Study - Natural dyestuffs Technique: Fresh Iris Root

Introduction to Contact Microphones - Workshop Instructor - The James Black Gallery

Extended Technique: No Input Mixing - Workshop Instructor - The James Black Gallery

House of Gold 4.0

Noisemas - Red Gate Arts Society - Live Solo Performance

2018

Electro-Acoustic Music Festival - Live Analog Instrument Performance - Western Front

Vancouver Art Book Fair - Live Analog Instrument Performance - Dynamo Arts Association

Sequential Circus - Live Analog Performance - Open Studios

Garden City Electronic Music Society - Elected to Board of Directors - Victoria, BC

Media Arts Committee Member - Co-Curator, Social Media - CFRO Co-op Radio

Plug In - an Electronic Instrument Showcase for Youth - Vivo Media Arts Center

Civilization: Grandeur and Obedience - Live Analog Performance - Gibsons, BC

Neuztec Festival of Experimental Electronic Music - Performance - Victoria, BC

Garden City Electronic Music Society - Annual General Meeting - Victoria, BC

“Hello, Ocean” - Conceptual Experimental Vinyl Release - Jaz Records

Masterclass - Suzanne Ciani - University of Victoria

2017

Soundscape Radio - Interview - CFRO Radio Vancouver

Ghost in the Machine - Live Collaborative Performance - Vancouver Art and Leisure

Art of Beats Radio - Interview and Debut of upcoming Vinyl release “Hello, Ocean” - CFRO radio Vancouver

Tidal~Signal - Interactive Sound Art Installation - Vancouver Art and Leisure

Midi Sync - Live Improvisational Electronic Instrument Group Sessions - The Copper Owl, Victoria BC

Presentation on Modular Synthesis for the Garden City Electronic Music Society and Students - University of Victoria

Vancouver New Music - Reorganized Organ - Interactive Sound Art Installation - Vivo Media Arts Center

Mastic - Screening - Digital Carnival - Richmond World Festival

Utilizing Feedback for Recording and Performance - Workshop + live performance - Vivo Media Arts Center

House of Gold 1.0

Signal Jam 1.0 - Improvisational Electronic Instrument Group Sessions - The House of Gold

Live Solo Analog Hardware Performance - The Lido

Western Front and SFU presents - Live Solo Analog Hardware Performance - Selectors Records

Facilitation of Natural Dyestuffs Techniques Experimentation to a Group - The House of Gold

Self Directed Study - Natural dyestuffs Techniques: Cochineal + Madder

NewBodyAlliance - Live Analog Hardware Performance - The Red Gate (Hastings)

2016

Big Joy Festival - Live Experimental Electronic Performance @ Remington Gallery

Live Radio Interview @ CITR co-op radio

Cinema Paramnesia - Live Projected Visuals Performance @ Vivo Media Arts Center

Tidal~Signal Festival - Analog Live Performance, Installation @ Selectors Records

Radio Interview @ CFRO co-op radio

Electronic Vintage Analog Live Performance @ Selectors Records

Phenol - Original Sound Art Created for Celestial Terror - Mac CFRO commission + Master Classes: Composition, Mixing and Mastering @ Co-op Radio CFRO

Maker Faire Vancouver - Textile Village - House of Gold Installation @ PNE forum

Mini Maker Faire - Interactive Demonstrations of Basic Modular Synthesis for Youth @ River Market

Carbolic Acid - Experimental New Music - Recording, Editing, Composition, Mixing

Mastic - Audio/Visual - Distribution + Screening @ VIVO Media Arts Centre

T.H.C. Magazine - Interview, Article and 6 page Photoshoot Spread featuring House of Gold Visual Arts

Creosote - Experimental New Music - Recording, Editing, Composition, Mixing

2015

Experimental Researches in Electricity - Live Analog Electronic Experimental New Music Performance + Submissions Jury - Bent @ VIVO Media Arts Center

Self Directed Study - Mastering of Roland TR-909 Drum Machine -

Private Training - Mastering of Insert, Sidechain and Send/Return Hardware Functions

Mastic - Experimental New Music - Recording, Editing, Composition / Visual - Direction, Conception, Costuming, Set Design -

Molasses - Score for Film - Analog Electronic Composition @ Suite 13

2014

Rotverschiebung - Audio/Visual - Render Festival @ VIFF Theater + Mexico International Film Festival (silver palm award)

2011

House of Gold - Visual Arts - Hand Stitched Recontextualizing of Antique (50 - 100+ Year Old) Clothing + Natural Fibre Materials specializing in Genuine Antique Fur Coats- 2011 to ongoing

Self Directed Study - Natural dyestuffs Techniques including Indigo, Logwood, Cochineal and more

House of Gold - Event - Curation, Organization, Installation, Art Direction @ 434 Columbia

2009

Her Jazz Noise Collective - Live Analog Electronic Collaborative Performance @ The Western Front

Dadabus - Live Digital Electronic Performance @ Rhizome

Signal and Noise Festival - Audio/Visual Performance, Artist Talks, Installation, Recorded Interview @ VIVO Media Arts Center

Sink or Swim - Curation, Organization, Art Direction @ a440hz

24 artists 24 hours - Performance, installation @ Interurban Gallery

2007

New Forms Festival 7 - Live Experimental Improvisational Digital Performance @ Open Studios

Self Directed Study - Sampling Vinyl with Specialized Needles and High Quality Turntable to Digitize and Manipulate in Ableton Live for Live Performance @ New Forms Festival

Langara Photography Graduation Exhibition - Performance @ Snap Gallery

Private Training - Ableton Live Digital Production Suite

2006

Silence: Vancouver New Music Festival - Live Analog Electronic Improvisational Performance and Collaboration @ Scotiabank Dance Center

Faux Future - Vancouver New Music - Live Analog Electronic Improvisational Performance @ Mount Pleasant Community Hall

Self Directed Study - Finding Resonant Frequencies of Objects and Buildings Utilizing Subwoofers, Digital and Analog Sound Technology

Self Directed Study - Mastering Analog Modular Technology for Performance with a Particular Focus on the Paia 4700 Vintage Analog Modular System

Self Directed Study - Grasping and Executing Complex as well as Simple Feedback Loops Within Vintage Analog Reel to Reel Magnetic Recording Tape Technology

A New Hope - Installation @ Open Studios

2005

Coelacanth - Live PA Project Involving Contact Mics, Various Found Objects, Circuit-bent electronic toy piano and Looping Delay Pedal

Pancake Noise Breakfast - Live Performance @ Blim

Open/Inputs - Live Performance @ Soma Cafe

Black Hole Club - Live Performance @ Soma Cafe

Mike Hunt - Installation, Visual Art @ Shop Cocoon

It's All Very Technical - Live Performance @ Soma Cafe

Space Age - Live Performance @ Gallery X

2004

Cellofeign - Live Experimental Electro-acoustic Improvisational Project Studying Interaction of Cello and Subwoofers with a looping delay pedal, Finding and Exploring Resonant Frequencies of rooms and buildings

Open/Inputs - Live Performance @ Soma Cafe

Hello My Love Petunia - Live Performance, Curation, Organization @ Chameleon Studios

BEDMAS - Live Performance, Curation, Organization @ Blim

Suite 1850 - Live Performance, Curation, Organization @ Harbour Dance Center

Watch Sara's live performance for Vancouer New Music festival 2022