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The pieces in the programme switch between silent film/ imageless sound, but we wanted to have a think about how ideas can take up residency on either side of the sound/ image border, without having to inhabit both at the same time.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
A stroboscopic and intense sensory overload of flashing abstract forms, cut to ribbons by modified projectors.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a remote sea cave near Durness.
Series of short sets by Acid Mothers Temple / Ruins offshoots Zubi Zuva X, Akaten & Zoffy.
Each film in this programme celebrates process; the decay of emulsion, the properties of dust and dirt, the manipulation of time. Post the dawn of the digital age, we reflect on our love of the film form, celluloid as an object, a medium and a physical entity.
Jean-Luc Guionnet will be giving a talk as part of the music department’s ongoing series of colloquia.
Duo performance by two great French musique concrète improvisers using feedback, contact mics, tape, an old Revox tape machine, a vintage synth…
4 days of workshops, discussions and artists presentations exploring the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
Is it possible to dance our way out of the hardened stances and identity prisons we are locked in?
A mixture of investigation groups, live performances, screenings and installations at DCA; the festival looked to strip back music, sound, film and moving image to their core ideas and explore them with artists and audiences.
Each organ is unique. The project is to find out what makes it unique.
