60x60 Scrapbook
Concert Posters
2007 International Mix
Video Collaboration
with Zlatko Cosic
2007 Midwest Minutes
Video Collaboration
with Zlatko Cosic
2005 Video Collaboration
with Shimpei Takeda
Concert Photos
Winter Garden - photos by Steven Schreiber
Galapagos - photos by Steven Schreiber
Galerie Stimultania
University of Central Florida
Longy School of Music
Munich Mix
EMM - Electronic Music Midwest
Chashama
60x60 Dance Video Archive
- 60x60 Dance - The Sheldon, St Louis, Missouri - October 3rd, 2010
- 60x60 Dance - Stratford Circus, London, United Kingdom - July 24, 2010
- 60x60 Dance - Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York - April 7, 2009
- 60x60 Dance - WallStreet Nightclub, Columbus Ohio - October 3, 2009
- 60x60 Dance 2008 - World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium, New York, New York - November 14, 2008
- 60x60 Dance - Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York- September 6, 2008
- 60x60 Dance - Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York - September 5, 2008
- 60x60 Dance - Jan Hus Church, New York, New York - August 26, 2007
- Dance collaboration at Jan Hus
Press spots and interviews:
- Interview with Hettie Barnhill on Channel 11 KPLR
- Congress 2010 - Concordia University
- Cityscape Interview - NPR - St Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU
- SundayArts News - Channel THIRTEEN PBS
- Arts & Answers with Anne Fiero WKCR New York
- Vox Novus and 60x60 on Upbeat with Eva Radich New Zealand National Radio
- Kalvos and Damian - Radio Request Extravaganza Radio Show Promo 1 Radio Show Promo 2 Radio Show Promo 3
Discography
2006-2007
2004-2005
2003
The goal of this project is to highlight the work of a great many composers. The project presents a cross-section of contemporary music, including the various styles, aesthetics and techniques being used by the composers of today. 60x60 is a circle of sound, the 60 pieces represent a slice of the contemporary music scene.
This compact disc adaptation of the 60x60 project is created for 3 different listening methods: The first is sequentially; each work is listened to in a designated order. The second is on random play, where there is no order. And the third is to listen to each work repeatedly for an extended period of time. Each method brings a different view and understanding to the composer's work and vision.
60x60 presents a cross-section of contemporary music, including the various styles, aesthetics and techniques being used by the composers of today.
This compact disc adaptation of the 60x60 project is created for 3 different listening methods: The first is sequentially; each work is listened to in a designated order. The second is on random play, where there is no order. And the third is to listen to each work repeatedly for an extended period of time. Each method brings a different view and understanding to the composer's work and vision.
60x60 combines grassroots ideology with cutting-edge methods of presentation and distribution. Each year the project grows in artistic and distributive scope. Achieving its initiative, the 60x60 promotes contemporary composition across the globe.
Awards
Press Quotes
Take a look at what some of the press has been saying about 60x60 and its projects
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"a masterpiece" - Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times
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"one thing you can say for sure, it won't be boring." - Time Out London
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"Expect it to stretch whatever boundaries you may not have thought you had."
- Jason Victor Serinus, Special to The Examiner -
"a thoroughly enjoyable and original hour." - Paula Citron, Classical 96.3fm
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"an artistic "10," unexpected, and rewarding beyond all imagining."
- Joseph Pehrson, New Music Connoisseur -
"60x60 fills the stage with minute-long masterpieces"
- Lindsey Thomas Village Voice, -
"a night of artistic hors d'oeuvres!"
- Stephan Paschalides, TRENDTREKKING -
"60x60 Dance is a masterfully coordinated multimedia collaboration that features a surprising diversity of aesthetics."
- Chris Gibson, BroadwayWorld.com -
"an eclectic and delightful stew of original music and choreography."
- Carl Glassman, Tribeca Trib -
"if you have in any way ever loved dance, or music...
you owe it to yourself to check out 60x60"
- Eileen Elizabeth - iDANZ Critix Corner -
"the planet's most coveted contemporary music events."
- Tobias Fischer, Tokafi -
"tantalizing audio collage"
- Alexandra Jones, Classical Voice of North Carolina -
"a musically eclectic mix of murmurs, melodies and motifs"
- Sophia Yan Oberlin Review -
"a Whitman's sampler of the contemporary new music scene."
- Sound Sampler Greg Haymes Times Union -
"It's like channel surfing through experimental music"
- Geeta Dayal, Village Voice -
"The one unshakable rule: Nothing can last more than 60 seconds."
- Susan Reiter, NYPress -
"60x60 Dance takes our technologically induced A.D.D. to the next level"
- Eudie Pak, Village Voice -
"an exemplary job of forming a sonic tapestry comprised of extremely diverse material by extremely diverse composers."
- Matthew Dotson, SEAMUS Journal -
"Carefully arranged... they are polished and cut rubies and diamonds, neatly packaged"
- Karen Moorman, Classical Voice of North Carolina -
"le tout etant plus grand que la somme de ses parties, c'est vraiment le concept global qui retient l'attention."
- Rejean Beaucage, Circuit -
"The idea - 60 new dance pieces are performed to 60 new pieces of music, each lasting no more than 60 seconds - is quite mad. But it's this kind of madness that makes the cultural world go round"
- Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times New York Times -
"Like that bag of M&M's you gobbled up while waiting your turn in the grocery line, the pieces presented during 60x60 Dance are short-lived, but supremely satisfying."
- Minute to Win It - Alison Sieloff, Riverfront Times 2011 -
"Exciting, fast-paced and packed with meaning like a haiku poem describes the "60x60 Dance" concert"
-'60x60 Dance' concert offers rapid-fire excitement - Andrew Haspenpflug -
"The concept of 60x60 Dance is the brainchild of New York-based new music producer and presenter Rob Voisey. This is how it works. Voisey invited 60 international composers to create one minute of music each. Then in each city, 60 local choreographers create one minute of dance to each of the compositions. It turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable and original hour."
- 60x60 Dance Toronto - Reviewed by Paula Citron,Classical 96.3fm -
Time Out London says: "Either a genius or crazy concept for a dance show, depending on how you look at it: 60 choreographers each create 60 seconds of movement to be performed in succession, making one hour of fast-changing, switched up dance ... if there's one thing you can say for sure, if won't be boring.
- LONDON 2012: TWO YEARS TO GO 60x60 Dance - Time Out London 2010 -
"60 one-minute films by Patrick Liddell, with music by 60 composers curated by Vox Novus. Expect it to stretch whatever boundaries you may not have thought you had."
-Outsound to showcase sonic mayhem - Jason Victor Serinus, Special to The Examiner, July 15, 2010 -
"'60x60 Dance' Is an Hour-Long Whirlwind of Performances There is no attention span too deficient, no mind too meandering to appreciate "60x60 Dance." ...The result is an eclectic and delightful stew of original music and choreography."
- '60x60 Dance' Is an Hour-Long Whirlwind of Performances - Carl Glassman, Tribeca Trib, December 8, 2009 -
"This program, without a doubt, was and artistic "10," unexpected, and rewarding beyond all imagining."
- When 60 seconds becomes and Eternity - Joseph Pehrson, New Music Connoisseur 2009 -
"if you have in any way ever loved dance, or music... you owe it to yourself to check out 60x60 [Dance]"
- Dance Review: 60X60, A New Family Reunion - Dance Review by Eileen Elizabeth - iDANZ Critix Corner, Thursday, November 19, 2009 -
"the concept is simple: A large analog clock keeps time as a full cast of dancers move in and out to seamlessly perform 60 dance pieces by 60 different composers-each lasting only 60 seconds."
- Performance art for the sound-bite culture - By Lyndsey Teter - The Other Paper Published: Thursday, October 1, 2009 -
"Robert Voisey, composer and Artistic Director of the 60x60 project, did an exemplary job of forming a sonic tapestry comprised of extremely diverse material by extremely diverse composers. Sensitive video accompaniment by Zlatko Cosic also helped organize the concert into a more coherent whole."
- Matthew Dotson - SEAMUS Journal today (Vol 20, no 1. Spring 2009) -
"The idea - 60 new dance pieces are performed to 60 new pieces of music, each lasting no more than 60 seconds - is quite mad. But it's this kind of madness that makes the cultural world go round"
- An Express Without Any Delays By ROSLYN SULCAS, New York Times, November 17, 2008 -
"Some names are familiar ... while most are not, but therein lies a big attraction-discovery."
- Just a Minute! by Susan Yung, Sunday Arts at thirteen WNET, November 11, 2008 -
"exhilarating reminder of all the artists who toil in obscurity"
- The New Yorker, November 17, 2008 -
"The one unshakable rule: Nothing can last more than 60 seconds."
-ARTS BRIEF: A NEW YORK MINUTE By Susan Reiter, NYPress November 12, 2008 -
"60x60 Dance takes our technologically induced A.D.D. to the next level"
- Flash Dance Entertaining in a New York minute By Eudie Pak, Village Voice, November 8, 2008, -
"Carefully arranged by Voisey, they are polished and cut rubies and diamonds, neatly packaged on a recorded disc"
- Arts Now! 60 X 60 2008 By Karen Moorman, September 11, 2008 -
"le tout etant plus grand que la somme de ses parties, c'est vraiment le concept global qui retient l'attention."
- Nouveautes en bref Rejean Beaucage Circuit 2008 -
"Do this once, and you've still got fourteen minutes of fame left."
- Asymmetry Music Magazine -
"We live in a compressed world. Executive summaries, plot synopses, speed dating, pecha kucha, sound bites,Wikipedia, and Sesame Street tell us all we need to know, and in very little time. Since 2003, NewYork composer Rob Voisey has given us a musical version with his 60x60 Project. ... 60x60 is not about scores, but about recordings. The submissions are the music; definitive, in final form - trapped, as it were, in amber. ... The project design permits a large number of composers to put representative samples of their music in front of audiences. I trace project success to the composers who form its collaborators, hosts, and director. The grass-roots, all-volunteer philosophy translates into an eclectic blend of styles, genres and aesthetics. The result: a representative survey of today's music on the cutting edge."
"The word 'viral,' comes to mind as a trendy but disquietingly accurate image for Robert Voisey's infectious enthusiasm. He is always ready to mutate and reinfect the process as indicated to maintain the highest degree of project fever - and yes, it is spreading."
-60x60: netsuke for the musical mind - By Richard Arnest, Sounding Board Spring 2011 -
"The idea of commissioning sixty pieces each a minute long has elements of both ingenuity combined with madness: ... A minute can be ample time to express a whole gamut of imaginative sounds, or it can be a constraint which forces an artist to isolate what is the most important element of a work. The point of the project is that it enables an audience to take in and enjoy a cross section of different approaches to new music within a reasonable duration. And the purpose of Robert Voisey is to promote new music"
- December 24, 2005 - Malcolm Miller, London UK
Articles and Reviews:
60x60
- 60x60: netsuke for the musical mind - Richard Arnest ''Sounding Board'', Spring 2011
- NIU's Electroacoustic School of Music host mixes in 60 seconds - Jerene-Elise, Northern Star - November 2, 2010
- Concert to present 'Bits and Pieces of Electro-Acoustic Music from Everywhere,' including NIU - NIU Today
- Microtonality in 60 seconds - Brianna Wellen, The Columbia Chronicle published May 3, 2010
- Live Stage: 60x60 Dance - New York' - Helen Thorington Networked Music Review
- November 6, 2008 Three Performance Studies Students Selected for 60x60: Midwest Minutes Program - College of Liberal Arts Texas A&M University
- SFA composers receive honors - Sylvia Bierschenk, Stephen F. Austin State University, News Releases, November 4, 2008
- Arts Now! 60 X 60 2008 - by Karen Moorman "Classical Voice in North Carolina", November 2008
- 60x60: Wellington welcomes New Music's fastest-ticking clock - Tobias Fischer, Tokafi published 2008-09-01
- Gone in 60 Minutes: Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University - Alexandra Jones, "Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 1, 2007.
- Time and Motion - Anne Cammon , "Fly Global Music Culture", May 26, 2007
- In Concert, 60 Times the Fun" - Sophia Yan, "Oberlin Review", April 27, 2007.
- 60x60 Project presents 60 composers in 60 minutes - Rachel Slade, "North Texas Daily" February 28, 2007
- Sound Sampler - Greg Haymes, "Times Union", February 9, 2006.
- Ingenuity and madness? - Malcolm Miller, "Music & Vision Daily" December 24, 2005
60x60 Dance
- Minute to Win It - Alison Sieloff, ''Riverfront Times'' - September 2011
- 60x60 Dance Toronto - Reviewed by Paula Citron, 96.3 FM
- Got a minute? Dance! - Post-Dispatch, Friday, October 1, 2010
- LONDON 2012: TWO YEARS TO GO 60x60 Dance - Time Out London July 22-28, 2010
- Sixty seconds to make an impact - University of Bedfordshire, July 21, 2010
- 60 dances in 60 minutes - Big Dance, July 21, 2010
- 60x60 Dance - Big Dance, July 2010
- 60x60 Dance Maximaliste! - Rejean Beaucage, Musique May 27, 2010
- '60x60 Dance' Is an Hour-Long Whirlwind of Performances - By Carl Glassman, The Tribeca Trib, December 8, 2009
- 60x60: A Family Reunion - By Eileen Elizabeth, iDANZ, November 24, 2009
- Minute hand to sweep performers on, offstage -By Amy Saunders The Columbus Dispatch, October 3, 2009
- Performance art for the sound-bite culture - By Lyndsey Teter, The Other Paper, October 1, 2009
- Rob Voisey: 60x60 Dance - By Suzanne Thorpe, Electronic Music Foundation, December 21, 2008
- An Express Without Any Delays - By Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, November 17, 2008
- Just a Minute - By Susan Yung, Thirteen WNET, SundayArts, November 11, 2008
60x60 Video
- 60x60 Video Collaboration with Zlatko Cosic - Elektramusic, le magazine des musiques experimentales June 12, 2008
- Omtumlande internationell timme - By Camilla Dal, Gefle Dagblad, March 25, 2009
60x60 CD
Press Clippings:
- Time Out London - July 22, 2010
- Tribecca Trib - December 8, 2009
- Village Voice - November 13, 2009
- Columbus Dispatch - October 3, 2009
- Alive - October 1, 2009
- Gay City - November 13, 2009
- New Music Connoiseur - Summer 2009
- SEAMUS Journal - Spring 2009
- Dance Magazine - November 2008
- New York Times - November 18, 2008
- The Oberlin Review - April 27, 2007
Mixes
60x60 has been designed to be telescopic. In efforts to promote a large number of contemporary compositions the project endeavors to promote and produce more than 60 compositions by creating alternate mixes. These alternate mixes promote another 60 works form a subset of the pool of submissions received. 60x60 Endeavors to create new mixes whenever and wherever the project gets enough submissions and venues to support such a mix. Here is a list of 60x60 Mixes including the International Mix, Canada Mix, Midwest Mix, Pacific Rim Mix, UnTwelve Mix, Athena Mix, New York Minutes Mix and Munich Mix.
International Mixes
- 60x60 (2011/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2010/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2009/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2008/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2007/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2006/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2005/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2004/International Mix)
- 60x60 (2003/International Mix)
Midwest Mixes
Pacific Rim Mixes
- 60x60 (2007-2008/Pacific Rim Mix)
- 60x60 (2006/Pacific Rim Mix)
- 60x60 (2005/Pacific Rim Mix)
- 60x60 (2004/Pacific Rim Mix)
Canada Mixes
ICMC "RED" Mixes
- 60x60 (Burgundy Mix)
- 60x60 (Crimson Mix)
- 60x60 (Magenta Mix)
- 60x60 (Sanguine Mix)
- 60x60 (Scarlet Mix)
- 60x60 (Vermillion Mix)
Other Mixes
- 60x60 (UnTwelve Mix)
- 60x60 (UnTwelve Mix)
- 60x60 (Order of Magnitude Mix)
- 60x60 (Evolution Mix I)
- 60x60 (Evolution Mix II)
- 60x60 (Munich Mix)
- 60x60 (New York Minutes Mix)
- 60x60 (UK Mix)
Dance Mixes
- Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
- The Sheldon - St Louis, Missouri
- Dance Parade - New York City
- Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
- The Sheldon - St Louis, Missouri
- Stratford Circus - London, United Kingdom
- Dance Parade - New York City
- FOF Gallery - Montreal, Canada
- World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium - New York, New York
- Mad Art Gallery - St Louis, Missouri
- Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Kansas City, Kansas
- Wall Street Nightclub - Columbus, Ohio
- Galapagos Art Space - Brooklyn, New York
- Galapagos Art Space - Brooklyn, New York
- World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium - New York, New York
- Galapagos Art Space - Brooklyn, New York
- Galapagos Art Space - Brooklyn, New York
- Jan Hus Church, New York, New York
Compact Disc Mixes
Participants and Personnel
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Founder
Robert Voisey created, founded and has directed the 60x60 project since 2003 with the mission to promote contemporary music.
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/founder -
Composers
60x60 has presented and promoted more than 2000 composers in more than 40 countries around the world.
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/composers -
Dancers
60x60 has already presented and promoted more than 1000 dancers local to 3 countries and more than 8 cities dancing to the International works of the 60x60 project.
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/dancers -
Music Coordinators - "Macro-Composers"
60x60 in unique in that it is an organized collage of artisitc works; the entire hour is no less a piece of art itself. The Project has already inspired many music coordinators to organize, recruit music, and put together 60x60 mixes together.
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/audio/coordinators
A few of those people are:
Robert Voisey
Eldad Tsabary
Aaron Johnson
Sabrina Pena Young
David Morneau
Mike McFerron -
Dance Coordinators - "Macro-Choreographers"
60x60 is exponentially extraordinary in that it is telescopic collaborating with other multimedia disciplines. Collaborating with dance creates an exhilirating hour dance performance. 60x60 has inspired many dance coordinators to organize, recruit dancers, and stage dance productions to the International 60x60 mixes.
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/dance/coordinators
A few of those people are:
Hettie Barnhill
Andy Haspenpflug
Justine Linnehan
Erin Bomboy
Vivien Moore
Stephanie Bernard
Adriana Pegorer
Amiti Perry
Violaine Morinville
Jeramy Zimmerman -
Video Collaborations
60x60 has been an inspiration for multimedia collaboration right from the start of the project. In 2004 the project collaborated with its first film maker. Since then 60x60 has collaborated with experimental photographers, improvisational videographers, and VJs
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/video/collaboration
A few of those people are:
Sabrina Pena Young
Pedro Pinheiro
Patrick Liddell
Zlatko Cosic
Gisela Gamper
Shimpei Takeda
Nick Zedd
About 60x60
Learn all about 60x60: what it is, its mission, when it started and what it is doing now.
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/home
60x60 Mission
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/mission60x60 Method
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/method60x60 Acheivements
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/acheivements60x60 Founder
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/founderFrequently Asked Questions
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/faq
History
See the history of 60x60 from its first performance to future performances. Each mix listed with the date a place of the performance including multimedia collaborations
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/history
Projects
See a list of the projects 60x60 is doing, such as 60x60 Dance, 60x60 Video, Orchestra 60x60, 60x60 Images, the Radio Request Extravaganza, and more!
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/projects
60x60 Dance
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/dance60x60 Video
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/videoOrchestra 60x60
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/orchestra60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/radiorequestextravaganza60x60 Images
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/images
Contact
Contact 60x60! We are always looking for feedback, questions, and comments about 60x60. Please contact us:
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/contact
60x60 is a project of Vox Novus
60x60 was created and founded by Robert Voisey to inspire, produce, promote, and disseminate the vast aesthetics and styles of contemporary composers being written by today's living composers.
More about Vox Novus and Robert voisey can be found on their perspective websites:
www.VoxNovus.com
www.RobVoisey.com