La Cellule d’Intervention Metamkine
Metamkine
Multiple images, glimpses of old films, abstract images in the midst of an electro-acoustic sound field of tape loops & analogue synthesizers
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Multiple images, glimpses of old films, abstract images in the midst of an electro-acoustic sound field of tape loops & analogue synthesizers
One of the great experimental films. A 60 minute, three part riddle that maybe approximates our intellectual development by moving from imageless words to the recognition of silent images and the learning of simple tasks and finally a serenity and acceptance of death.
Beyond time, colorlines, ability, and sexuality, a movement exploration into what it means to see and be seen, how hearing contrast with what is actually being heard.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a remote sea cave near Durness.
Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a large multi chambered industrial ice house.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
During Episode 9 we made this clip with Storyboard P at Kinning Park Complex. Video by Ash Reid.
Bleu Shut reveals, and allows us to enjoy, our gullibility within the pervasive absurdity of modern life.
Minimal details and otherworldly glistening drones, rich with sustained metallic timbres that breathe with the scrapped pulse of bowed metal.
Taking over the gallery spaces at Dundee Contemporary Arts, the first Kill Your Timid Notion presented a 3 day programme of live immersive experiences and specially curated film programmes.
One of the most arresting and unique improvisers in Japan, creating an original and powerful body of free music.