upcoming events
sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 5pm
Join SASSAS for the premiere of new music by trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith to celebrate the long and fruitful relationship between SASSAS’s sound. concert series and the City of West Hollywood as well as 25th Anniversary of the City.
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soundShoppe
Join SASSAS on Sunday, August 22nd for a our monthly soundShoppe at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock.
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recent events
soundShoppe with Scott Benzel
Guest artist Scott Benzel joined SASSAS on Sunday, July 25th for a special edition of the monthly soundShoppe at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock.
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sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion
“An unqualified success” is how one spectator described the premiere of “Music from the Trip (1967) in the style of a Schoenberg/Gershwin tennis match, observed in passing by Dr. Oskar Janiger, for String Quartet, Electric Bass, and Percussion” among other works by Los Angeles based artist and composer Scott Benzel on Saturday, July 25th.
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sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion
Ted Byrnes and Ari DeSano performed on Saturday, June 26th along with Steuart Liebig and Glenn Bach.
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concert archive
Check out our repository of sound. concerts in both audio and video formats recorded over that last 11 years.
audio archive | video archive
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from the archive
featured audio of the week:
sound. @ sacred grounds, san pedro
Ron Russell - September 26, 1999
featuring David Patton and Gabie Strong
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featured video of the week:
sound. @ the schindler house, west hollywood
Scores Composed for the Moving Image - August 24, 2002
sound. 2010 concert series
at Fiesta Hall
PILGRIMAGE FROM SCATTERED POINTS
PERFORMANCE – SCREENING – PANEL
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
This event is the premier West Hollywood and Greater Los Angeles screening of the film Pilgrimage From Scattered Points by Scottish artist Luke Fowler. In addition to the screening, SASSAS is presenting a panel on intersections between radicalism, collectives and experimental art and sound practices and a performance based on the Scratch Orchestra Draft Constitution.
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at the Kings Road Park Pavilion
TED BYRNES and ARI DESANO
Saturday, June 26th at 5pm
SCOTT BENZEL
Saturday, July 24th at 5pm
WADADA LEO SMITH
Saturday, August 28th at 5pm
A 3-month series of commissions celebrating West Hollywood's 25th Anniversary including work by Ted Byrnes and Ari Desano, Scott Benzel, and Wadada Leo Smith.
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fundraising
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Visit the SASSAS Shop and get some great merch for you and your friends and support SASSAS! Including our special line of Joe Potts 10th Anniversary t-shirt collection. |
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about us
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves as a catalyst for the creation, presentation, and recognition of experimental art and sound practices in the Greater Los Angeles area.

