LATE Night Program
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Rully Sharbara (Yogyakarta) + Sophia Brous (Melbourne)
Wukir Suryadi (Yogyakarta) + Tarquin Manek (Melbourne)
Wukir Suryadi (Yogyakarta) + Tarquin Manek (Melbourne)
Nathan Liow (Melbourne) + Angus Tarnawsky(New York)
Curated by Joel Stern.
Wednesday 7 May 2014 9:00pm-12:00am
Wednesday 7 May 2014 9:00pm-12:00am
West Space is thrilled to present two new collaborations between
Indonesian and Australian improvisors, collapsing multiple tongues,
tastes and timezones into a universal stew of noise and joy.
Rully and Wukir will be well known to devotees of non-western noise for
their unique band Senyawa, who combine punk and avant-garde nous with
skewed takes on Javanese classical traditions. Senyawa's introduction to
Australian audiences was back in 2011 as part of the Overground
extravaganza at the Melbourne Town Hall. They were showstoppers that
night and have been in high demand in Oz ever since. Sophia Brous, the
curator of Overground, helped start the Senyawa craze - so here's a
little chance to complete the circle.
Sophia's a brilliant improvising vocalist and performer and at this
concert she'll be duetting with Senyawa honey throated crooner Rully
Shabara in a one-off sing-off. Duo number two comprises two men with
indescribable instruments who know how to use them. Wukir Suryadi,
virtuoso of heavy-bamboo, student of great Indonesian poet-national hero
W. S. Rendra, and instrument-building icon, meets Tarquin Manek, the
Melbourne via Canberra avant-savant from Bum Creek with a suitcase full
of curated junk.
Plus to kick off the night we will be presenting Artifacts, a sonic work by Nathan Liow and Angus Tarnawsky that is part of Rosemary Willink' s exhibition Can we please play the internet?. Nathan and Angus expose sonic phenomena associated with the vast physical network that enables the internet. Artifacts
is a slowly evolving feedback conversation created by a live
acoustic piano performance in the gallery, broadcast immediately to NYC
then returned and amplified through speakers and mixed with the existing
performance. Within this process, inaudible sounds become apparent and
distortion begins to erode and decay what is heard. The Internet itself
leaves a unique signature and becomes an organic third party working
alongside the artists.
West Space
Level 1, 225 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Australia
West Space
Level 1, 225 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Australia
This event is supported by the City of Melbourne.
(forwarded from West Space)
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