Smith/Stewart
Smith/Stewart
Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
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Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
As opposed to suggesting soundtrack’s to Brakhage’s works [which are almost entirely silent] Text of Light use his works to stimulate improvisation, enveloping them into the structure of the group much like an additional musician.
The worlds leading radio art station brings you: a performance, a radio show, an installation, an endurance test.
A stroboscopic and intense sensory overload of flashing abstract forms, cut to ribbons by modified projectors.
From really simple, open instructions, An Unrhymed Chord creates a kind of half-way point between composition and improvisation.
ACCESS: SOUND FILE A day-long salon accompanying KYTN focusing on sound art.
Real-time video feedback loops submerged in laminal sheets of sound soaked in gauzy timbral detail and multi-valenced, buzzing overtones.
How do you know what you want? Should freedom be doing what you ought, not doing what you want? How might a philosopher and artist turn this thinking into an enabling condition in the context of noise and improvisation?
A space to reflect on our own experiences with the police and explore more community and care-based ways of dealing with violence and difficulties in our lives.
An extravagant debauch of huge pianos, plush toys, cognac and ritual.
Austrian guitarist who specialises in a warm digital deconstruction of guitar noise
Ten short intimate one-on-one conversations with Robert Softley Gale – We all want to see ourselves reflected in the world around us—in society, in art, in culture… in porn?