Man With a Mirror
Guy Sherwin
A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
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A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
A performed filmic conversation on queer and black world making.
Where we join Nackt Insecten’s disembodied spectral howls and heavyweight locomotive drones about SPT’s Subway.
Former street performer, organist, performance artist, circus performer, harpist, accordion player, tree surgeon and tricyclist performing solo.
A sound of buzzing and flickering metallic drones, glottal stops and guttural growls, and also an explosiveness and purity of sound that reminds you as much of Bill Dixon as anyone else.
A freestyle performed conversation for bodies and voices – with the Queen of Krump, the master of Vogue Femme Dramatics and the rising star of Vogue Women’s Performance.
Noise music for the eyes: projectors turned into instruments, B&W film loops into a thrumming riot of colour, motion and sound.
Los Glissandinos work with clarinet and sine tones beating and thrumming in your middle ear, all beautifully paced and serene, but with just enough steely menace broiling under the surface to keep you on edge.
Taking our festivals south of the border to The Sage Gateshead we set out to offer a few cardinal pointers in the vast array of experimental music practices.
Although Tony had visited Haino in Japan, and they played together in private, this was the first time anyone other that Haino’s cat saw them perform together.
A multi-speaker, electronic, spacious and spatial performance from Florian Hecker.
Umeda is a Japanese artist who is as fascinated in setting up interesting situations to observe, as he is in creating performances.