Liquid Architecture 10 Sydney is now over folks – We had a blast!! Thanks to everyone involved.
Here are some photos, more to come. Photography by Toby Grime.
Liquid Architecture 10: Festival of Sound Arts will be a landmark occasion for the festival and for sound culture in Australia. Celebrating its tenth consecutive year, the Liquid Architecture sound festival will be held across three city venues, The Performance Space, the University of Technology Sydney and Hermann’s Bar, presenting an exciting program of contemporary sound arts. With a decade of experience to draw upon the diverse program features live events and installations showcasing the highest quality sound work in an intense focused listening environment, privileging our most unsung sense: listening.
In Sydney, Liquid Architecture 10 will present a program of performances, installations and artist presentations. The breadth of diversity of artists and artistic practices includes meticulous recorded work, improvised instrumental performance, new sound for screen work, radical uses of digital technology, inventive self-made sound making devices and historically informed practices.
Jennifer Teo & Shannon O’Neill
Sydney Directors
LIQUID ARCHITECTURE
DJ Olive (USA)
DJ Olive is known for many sounds, from beats to sleep to avant-turntablism. In the early 90′s he was an active member of the infamous Williamsburg scene, producing ambient events throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. He was a founding member of Weâ„¢, one of the most influential electronic acts to emerge from the U.S. scene in the ninties. As a joke, he gave birth to the term “illbient” and has been credited with founding the illbient movement. As an improvisor he has performed with thousands of world class musicians such as Luc Ferrari, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Uri Caine, John Zorn, Christian Fennez, plus many more. In 1999, he co-founded the Agriculture record label, releasing roof music, “beats in the backyard sunrise kinda vibe“, on which he has released solo albums Bodega and Heaps As. More recently DJ Olive has been releasing ambient sleep albums that he calls “Sleeping Pills“,Buoy and Sleep are both available on Room40. Performing at the Hollywood on Thursday night, DJ Olive will be on turntables and live electronics.
Panoptique Electrical - ‘Let the Darkness At You’ CD Launch
‘Let The Darkness At You’ collects instrumental pieces recorded by Sweeney for film, animated film, and theatre performances, in various towns and cities including Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Albury, and Wagga Wagga in Australia, Banff (Canada), Los Angeles (USA), Glasgow (Scotland), and Brussels (Belgium), between 1998 and 2008. In early 2008, Jason set to re-working and re-contextualizing these pieces to create ‘Let The Darkness At You’ (Sensory Projects).
Presented by Plum Industries & Sound of Failure Festival.
Question/Answer – Interruption UTS performance space
Bon Marche building, Corner of Broadway and Harris St
August 27, 6pm FREE
This unique performance will explore and disrupt the notion that music should be as symmetrical as a ‘perfect’ human face. Participants will be invited to perform in this collaborative work aimed at investigating notions of rhythm, structure, form, space and time. These performances will make use of the snazzy new facilities (which include a 9.1 surround sound system) in this UTS space. Performers include: Peter Newman, Shannon O’Neill, Jessica Tyrrell & Chris Caines, and Roger Mills.
Sound of Failure Festival, main performance night
Factory Theatre, 105 Victoria Rd, Enmore
August 30, 7pm (sharp!), $20 (+booking fee)
Book NOW online at http://factorytheatre.com.au
Internationally renowned torturers of electronic toys, Toydeath, will unleash their circuit bent mayhem on the Factory Theatre along with 15 other acts that include everything from the burlesque cabaret of Dianne’s Dollhouse and the endurance karaoke of Samuel Bruce, to the uninhibited, primordial yowls of Lectre Macabre & Triangle. Other performers include: Ian Andrews, catfingers, Greg Chatonsky (Canada), Cleaning Lady (Vic), Jacob Craig, Delirium Tremens, Est Et Non, Tom Hall (Brisbane), Hiske with Psychic Date & VJ Jax, Sari TM Kavinen, Marquis de Sound, Glenn Remington, and Jessica Tyrrell & Chris Caines.
Before the performance evening at the Factory there will be an Audio Picnic in Enmore Park at 3pm. Bring your food and noisemakers for this impromptu, unofficial, romp in the park!
Sound of Failure (Main Exhibition) Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Pidcock St, Camperdown Opening August 19, 6pm (FREE), August 20-September 7 Curated by Jennifer Teo
The Chrissie Cotter Group Show Exhibition hosts a diverse range of audio, and audio-visual installations. Artists featured include US based sound experimenter, Subscape Annex, who has used the potentially explosive technique of combining electricity and water in a work that involves sound from dripping water across the contact of an instrument cable jack. The result ‘The Water Method’ is a sublime ambient work that is hypnotically compelling.
Norie Neumark and Maria Miranda dissect and interrogate the iconic Aussie cop drama, ‘Homicide’ (said to be the most important and popular television drama series ever produced in the country) in ‘Homicide Rumours’ — a sound slash fiction. Like old episodes of Doctor Who, these Homicide mashups conjure sensations of familiarity and sentimentality, as well as disappointment and even embarrassment. Our memories live in the original – past – moment; our hazy dream is shattered by the harsh reality of the now.
Other artists include Peter Newman, Jordana Maisie, Vienna Parreno, Monperro (Spain), David O’Donoghue, Krzysztof Osinski, Ashley Scott, Greg Shapley, Cara-Ann Simpson, and the 2203 Collective.
The opening will feature a performance by renowned theatre artists Leisa Shelton and Jethro Woodward.
Rococo Vortex
by Wade Marynowsky
Don’t Look Gallery, 419 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill
Opening August 20, 6pm (FREE), August 21-30
Wade Marynowsky’s stunning solo exhibition at Don’t Look Gallery, ‘Rococo Vortex’. This exhibition explores 18th century European notions of the automaton, elegance, decadence and how these have filtered down into contemporary Australian kitsch culture.
In the gallery shop front are two spinning Rococo styled and robotic crinolines. The robotic stands spin as if they are in continual dance. The spin position coordinates are sent wirelessly to a computer which translates this movement into audio and video. The work questions Australia’s, and other countries, continuous obsession with identity, antiquity, and bourgeoisie society.
Other Festival Events
The main performance night for Sound of Failure (which includes over 15 acts with Toy Death headlining) is on at the Factory Theatre, August 30, 7pm (bookings at http://factorytheatre.com.au). You can also find sound art hiding between the junk in Reverse Garbage, as well as a spellbinding performance, ‘Question/Answer… Interruption’ at the snazzy new UTS performance space.
Festival details: Visit www.soundoffailure.com for a complete list of events and venues details.
The Sound of Failure festival is supported by Marrickville Council, the Centre for Media Arts Innovation (University of Technology, Sydney), Reverse Garbage, the Factory Theatre and Don’t Look Gallery.
Liquid Architecture 9: Festival of Sound Arts
Sydney 11 – 12 July 2008
@ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Enmore
TICKETS: $12 (including booking fee)
From The Factory Theatre box office (02) 9550 3666 or online at www.factorytheatre.com.au
Liquid Architecture, Australia’s premier national sound-arts festival celebrates its ninth year with live performances, surround sound presentations, audio-visuals and recorded work, screenings and installations, featuring our most imaginative musicians, composers, sound designers and media artists in a sense-specific feast for the ears.
SYDNEY PROGRAM
Friday 11 July 2008, 7:30pm
$12
TOY.BIZARRE (Bellac)
ROBERT NORMANDEAU (Montreal)
LAWRENCE ENGLISH (Brisbane)
NAT (Melbourne)
JACQUES SODDELL (Bendigo)
KUSUM NORMOYLE
Saturday 12 July – 7.30pm
$12
ANDREW PEKLER (Berlin)
MARCUS SCHMICKLER (Köln)
METALOG (Sydney/Melbourne)
KAZUMICHI GRIME
NICK WISHART + HIROFUMI UCHINO
HEIL SPIRITS
IVAN LISYAK
TOECUTTER
An international screening program featuring new A/V works. Plus an installation program exclusive to Sydney, featuring:
CEDRIC PEYRONNET (Bellac)
JODI ROSE
RENE CHRISTEN
MELISSA HUNT
MARK BROWN
JASON SWEENEY
JESSICA TYRRELL
The first TEN people through the door each night will receive an ERIKM cd – Steme (Room40). Giveaways courtesy of Room40 .
GIVEAWAYS Listen to 2SER to win a double pass to both nights plus a festival cd.
Pre-Liquid Architecture Listening Party @405
Wednesday July 9, 9pm
Hybernian House
405/342 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills
$10 donation
Sydney siders have a chance to catch our German guests Andrew Pekler and Marcus Schmickler in one-off duo sets with locals in an intimate pre-festival setting and meet them face-to-face. Lyndon Pike will spin some tunes before and after.
Adrian Klumpes (leaf) + Andrew Pekler (kranky / staubgold / scape) + Kusum Normoyle (LA9) + Marcus Schmickler (A-Musik, editions Mego) + DJ Lyndon Pike
LIQUID ARCHITECTURE (SYDNEY) is calling for submissions for sound-based installation works and video-based short screen works to be presented at Liquid Architecture 9, Sydney 2008.
Liquid Architecture is Australia’s premier sound-arts festival that celebrates the diverse methods of sound making and sound theory. Occurring annually since 2000, Liquid Architecture is a sense specific festival that focuses upon sound practice in all its manifestations. Due to the cross disciplinary potential of sound, the artistic content of the festival encompasses many art practices, presented in the form of live performances, exhibitions, installations, AV presentations and recorded works. A key objective of the festival is the promotion of artists practicing on the periphery of music and sound culture, particularly those with an experimental aesthetic and a critical approach to media cultures. Liquid Architecture is held annually in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and features performances and works by Australian and international artists.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
1. Installations
Liquid Architecture Sydney is calling for submissions for sound-based installations. We are seeking discrete sound works that are “over-spill” sensitive or that utilise headphones. Installation sounds should be brief, soft or otherwise non-competitive with other installations. The selected art works will be presented in a medium size room alongside the main performance space, over two nights during Liquid Architecture 9 (Sydney) 11-12 July 2008. Submissions are due by 1st April, 2008.
2. Screen Works
Liquid Architecture Sydney will be screening a curated reel of short video works in 2008. We are seeking works that explore intrinsic sound and video relations. These can be narrative, abstract or anything in-between but must include sound as an element front and centre. Submissions are due by 1st May, 2008.
Grand Departure is the last show of the Resonant Tapestry series. As the year comes to a close we would like to thank to all our friends, listeners and supporters of the show. In the new year Plum Industries will be launching a new radio show & podcast called eleveneleven, so watch out for it…See you in the new year folks!!!
Eleveneleven is an experimental music podcast & radio show that explores sound in its various forms. Experimental, avant-garde, improvised, noise, electronic, headphone music. Supporting Australian music and sound art through featured playlists and guest programming.
Liquid Architecture 9: Festival of Sound Arts