ERIK CARLSON | AREA C

Born in Dayton, OH
BA in English Literature / Modern Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Currently lives and works in Providence, RI

M U S I C + A R T | A W A R D S + G R A N T S

2008 Sea of Rains NASA RI Space Grant Consortium / Providence Museum of Natural History
Music commissioned for the Mission Moon: Past Present Future exhibit at the Museum of Natural History

2007 LEF Foundation Contemporary Works Award
Grant for Mocking Bird, a new musical composition and interactive installation

2007 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Project Grant Award
Grant for Found Ground, an interactive video + sound installation in Providence, RI

2007 Boston Society of Architects AIA Honor Award - Citation for Design
for Low Rez/Hi Fi, , a permanent interactive art installation in Washington DC (collaboration with HY Arch.)

2007 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Project Grant Award
for alt-SPACE, including commission of four new AREA C compositions and a multimedia performance series at the Cormack Planetarium, Providence, RI

2007 Rhode Island Civic Center Public Art Design Competition finalist, national RFP
for Providence Plaza, a permanent interactive art installation (collaboration with Single Speed Design)

2006 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Design Life Now Triennial
for Low Rez/Hi Fi. Composition+sound design by E. Carlson (collaboration with HY Architecture)

2000 Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities Humanities Resource Grant
for BASE: Advancing a Post-Military Landscape, a photography, text and map documentation

M U S I C + A R T | P E R F O R M A N C E S , E X H I B I T S + L E C T U R E S

2008 Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX Design Life Now Triennial
for Low Rez/Hi Fi, an interactive sound+light installation (collaboration with HY Architecture)

2008 Strangeloop: An ethereal Walking Tour, North Burial Ground, Providence, RI
Part of the Cryptic Providence exhibition and performance series in a historic cemetery in Providence, RI (collaboration with E.Gould) > > > >

2008 Mid-America Print Conference, Fargo, ND: A Map of the World Multicultural Portfolio Exchange
a collaboration with printmaker Waverly Liu

2007 Pixilerations v.4 Digital Music + Art Festival
Fact, Fancy Legend and That Spark, two original AREA C works, selected for official presentation.

2007 alt-SPACE performance series, Cormack Planetarium, Providence, RI
four multimedia performance series by AREA C, funded by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts

2007 CTRL+ALT+REPEAT new music + electronics festival

2007 Eye Ear Nose Throat Festival experimental music festival

2006 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY Design Life Now Triennial
for Low Rez/Hi Fi, , a permanent interactive art installation in Washington DC (collaboration with HY Arch.)

2006 Terrastock IV Festival experimental music festival

2006 Krapp's Last Tape + Rockaby, Brown University. Sound design + audio for two Beckett plays which were produced by poet Keith Waldrop for the Shandy Hall series.

2005 Architectural League of New York Architecture + Sound Lecture
with Alvin Lucier, J.Meejin Yoon, Ben Rubin + Karen Von Lengen

2005 Rhode Island School of Design Museum Wunderground exhibit
poster designs in group exhibition

2001 Museum of Work & Culture, Woonsocket, RI: BASE exhibit
2001 University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, RI: BASE exhibit
2001 Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI: BASE exhibit
2001 National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, Providence, RI: BASE exhibit
2001 Vernacular Architecture Forum Annual Meeting, Newport , RI: BASE exhibit

P U B L I C A T I O N S + A R T I C L E S

2007 Boston Phoenix: "Loop dynamics: The ambient experiments of Area C" feature article by S.Bolle

2007 The WIRE: Adventures in Modern Music: reviews of Haunt and Trick with a Knife CDs

2007 Architectural Record: "Lo Rez / Hi Fi gives a D.C. building a much-needed sense of place." Feature article by Charles Lynn (November '07 issue)

2007 Washington Post: "Bathed in the Right Light" Feature article by Philip Kennicott (Lo Rez / Hi Fi)

2006 The WIRE: Adventures in Modern Music: review of Traffics+Discoveries CD

2006 The WIRE: Adventures in Modern Music: review of the handmd series limited edition CDs

2005 Metropolis Magazine "The Road to Innovation' by Laurie Manfra (for the Big Dig Building with SINGLE speed DESIGN)

2004 Metropolis Magazine: "Next Generation Winner" Feature article by Alex Marshall (for the Big Dig Building with SINGLE speed DESIGN)

2002 BASE: Advancing a Post-Military Landscape. Limited edition photo + art book, RICH Grant

A R C H I T E C T U R E | A W A R D S + E X H I B I T S

2007 Rhode Island Civic Center Public Art Design Competition: Finalist, national RFP
for Providence Plaza, a permanent interactive art installation (collaboration with Single Speed Design)

2006 Providence Preservation Society: Design Award for 1447 Westminster Street Adaptive Reuse

2005 Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion National Competition: Honorable Mention (with SINGLE speed DESIGN)

2005 Asian Cultural Complex: Honorable Mention (with SINGLE speed DESIGN)

2004 Metropolis Next Generation Prize: First Prize (with SINGLE speed DESIGN)

2004 Center for Architecture, New York, NY: Next Exhibit (with SINGLE speed DESIGN)

A R C H I T E C T U R E | P R O J E C T S

2008 Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, Providence, RI. Designs for new custom bus shelters for the Olneyville Square neighborhood in Providence, RI. Winner of RFP. (in progress)

2008 A-47 Christian Assembly, Providence, RI. Design for a new church (in progress)

2007 Wickenden Street Development, Providence, RI. Mixed-use renovation + bar design (in progress)

with SINGLE speed DESIGN 2000 - 2007
From 2000 - 2007 Erik Carlson was Associate Architect + Project Manager with SINGLE speed DESIGN
click on the > > > links below to view projects on the SsD website

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Coulter Residence, Medfield, MA. Residential addition + renovation > > >
1948 House, Arlington, MA. Residential addition + renovation > > >
Ocean Green, Jersey City, NJ. 63,000sf green residential complex > > >
Center for the Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA. Multi-use arts complex + performance space
Soft Lofts, Brooklyn, NY. New residential loft > > >

Verdant Studios, Athens, VT. New recording studio > > >
Big Dig House, Lexington, MA. New "recycled" residence; AIA / BSA Housing Award > > >
Westminster Street Masterplan, Providence, RI. Masterplan + design for city block.
1447 Westminster Street, Providence, RI. Renovation + adaptive reuse, PPS Preservation Award

The Lodge, New York, NY. Music production + mastering studio > > >
Big Dig Building, Cambridge, MA. New "recycled" mixed-use building, Next Generation Prize > > >
Asian Cultural Complex, Gwangju, Korea. International design competition, Honorable Mention > > >

Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea. International design competition > > >

Kimchee Studios, Cambridge, MA. New recording studio + offices > > >
East Hampton Residence, East Hampton, NY. New residence, poolhouse and garage > > >