Generator was a personal/public experiment
that began on June 1, 1989. Having been involved in sound art
music culture and the international mail art and cassette networking
scene for 10 years while being based in New Yolk's Lower East
Side, I wanted to find out how much of an interest there was in
the same scene locally. Generator quickly became a meeting place
for those already attracted to this international network who
might have otherwise only known each other by post. It also provided
an opportunity to expose this culture to a new audience of people
who stumbled upon it , read about it or heard about it who wouldn't
otherwise have known about this music and culture. Visitors to
Generator had the opportunity to listen to continuous sound events,
preview the collection of artist made recordings, listen to live
concerts and meet other people with similar interests. Many of
the artists and much of the sound/noise/music passing through
Generator was hard to classify as it tended to be produced by
very creative and sometimes eccentric individuals from many different
countries whose efforts often fell through the cracks of stereotypical
music/art classifications.
The first incarnation of Generator existed for one year. It was
open 6 days a week. The amount of concerts, sound events, exhibitions
and happenings are too extensive to attempt to list at this time.