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Sound Performance / Transpostion of a Mountain
The Physics Room Presents Two Public Programmes
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Greg Davis, Sound Performance
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Transposition of a mountain, Jenny Gillam
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Transposition of a mountain, James McCarthy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE PHYSICS ROOM PRESENTS TWO PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
Sound
performance
Lawrence English, Greg Davis and Jeph
Jerman
Saturday 8 July 2006, 8pm
The Physics
Room
$10 / $6 members
The Physics Room brings together three sound artists Lawrence English (Australia), Greg Davis (USA) and Jeph Jerman (USA), in a one night only sound performance event.
Lawrence English is writer, musician
and media artist based in Brisbane, Australia. Working
across a broad range of art forms, English’s work is
eclectic. For over a decade, English’s audio explorations
have sprawled a range of areas. Sonically, the work calls
into question the established relationships between
approaches to sound and structure – traversing experimental
soundscapes and free improvisation to processed beat works
and concréte-influenced compositions, his back catalogue
spans a dynamic array of frameworks. In recent years English
has performed and improvised with the likes of David Toop,
Ami Yoshida, Oren Ambarchi, Marina Rosenfeld, DJ Olive,
Philip Samartzis, Toshio Kajiwara, Scanner, Tetuzi Akiyama,
Janek Schaefer and KK Null.
www.room40.org
Greg Davis
is a musician based in Chicago. As an undergraduate at
DePaul University in Chicago, Davis studied classical and
jazz guitar alongside composition and jazz studies. In 1997,
he started his own label, Autumn Records, in order to put
out his music and that of others. At this time Greg was
attending the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston,
where he received his master's degree in composition in June
2001.
http://www.autumnrecords.net
Jeph Jerman became interested in sound at an early age, experimenting with the first tape recorder he was given as a birthday present. What followed was many years of playing commercial music in a large number of bands and orchestras as well as working for several college radio stations and absorbing as much sound from around the world as he could. In 1983 he founded the first of what would become many ‘more experimental’ groups and began seriously working on his own sound work. In 1986 Jerman began recording under the name ‘Hands To’, eventually releasing far too many cassettes, albums and CDs as well as founding the band ‘Blowhole’. He believes that this is where he learned to listen, becoming less and less interested in music as a medium for self-expression.
Transposition
of a mountain
James McCarthy and Jenny Gillam
Tuesday
11 July 2006, 7.30pm
The Physics Room
FREE
James McCarthy and Jenny Gillam come together in this one-night only performance event at The Physics Room, in an exploration of relationships between sound, image and location. McCarthy maps a lineage of drawing and performance with the aid of a rock climbing harness and tensioned wire. During the performance the sketch is animated by the artist as he ‘plays’ the wires, exploring pitch modulation. Gillam’s live video mix creates an evocative counterpoint. By sampling and deciphering images she further explores the mechanics of representation at play.
For further information on these public programmes please contact The Physics Room Director, Danae Mossman, on 03 379 5583 or email danae@physicsroom.org.nz
The Physics Room receives major funding from Creative New Zealand/Toi Aotearoa.
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