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night #4 the NOW now festival

Posted on: December 22nd, 2006 by clare No Comments

EVENING at THE FACTORY

8:00 Anthony Pateras, prepared piano
Clayton Thomas, double bass and objects
Tony Buck, drums & percussion

9:00 ABJECT LEADER
Joel Stern & Sally Golding

9:30 Jim Denley, woodwinds
Peter Blamey, electronics

BREAK

10:10 SLICES OF MY LIFE
John Blades, spoken word
Robbie Avenaim, sound and vision
Chris Abrahams, piano & dx7

10:45 FILM: BLACK IS, BLACK TV AND BLACK PLUS – X
by Aldo Tambelinni (USA)
Live score performed by: EMBERS (MELB)
Adam Simmons, saxophones
Kris Wanders, saxophones
Dave Brown, electric bass
Sean Baxter, drums

11:20 Autistic Daughters:
Werner Dafeldecker, guitar, bass and electronics
Martin Brandlmayr, drums
Dean Roberts, electronics and voice

BREAK

12:00 HAMMERIVER
play the transcendental skeleton of Alice Coltrane with video by Cicada
Clare Cooper, guzheng, harps and electronics
Monica Brooks, accordion
Jaime Fennelly (NYC) harmonium
Matt Earle, electronics
Scott Horscroft, electronic bells
Jeff Henderson, Richie Belkner & Lloyd Honeybrook, baritone saxophones
Karen Booth, alto saxophone
Chris Abrahams, Hammond organ
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Robbie Avenaim, percussion

Seeing Sound
The NOW now Film Program ’07 presented by Otherfilm

(Program 4): Saturday 6:15pm to 8pm
The Printed Signal (90 minute running time)

Passages from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake
Mary Ellen Bute, USA
Black and White, 90 minutes, 1965

Bute’s experimental visuals are an attempt to come to terms with Joyce’s innovative language. His words are also displayed in subtitles giving the viewer an opportunity to separate Bute’s interpretation from Joyce’s language.

Live Soundtracks #4:

EMBERS (MELB)
Adam Simmons, saxophones
Kris Wanders, saxophones
Dave Brown, electric bass
Sean Baxter, drums
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A selection from the rapid-fire montage films of American political filmmaker Aldo Tambellini;
Black Is, 4 minutes, 1966
Black Plus-X, 9 minutes, 1966
Black T.V, 9 minutes, 1970
Black Trip, 4 minutes, 1966
Blackout, 8 minutes, 1966
Moonblack, 13 minutes, 1968

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night #3 of the NOW now festival

Posted on: December 21st, 2006 by clare No Comments

EVENING at THE FACTORY

8:00 Adrian Klumpes, prepared piano
Milica Stefanovic, electric bass
Simon Barker, drums & percussion

8:45 Dean Roberts, laptop & guitar
Ben Byrne, laptop

9:13 Jon Rose & Hollis Taylor, bird whistles

9:15 Natasha Anderson, recorder
Amanda Stewart, voice
Louise Curham, handpainted 16mm film projections

BREAK

10:00 FILM: STUDIES IN CHRONOVISION & OTHERS by Louise Hock
Live score by:

Robyn Hayward (Berlin), microtonal tuba
Cass McGlynn, tenor horn
Simon Ferenci, trumpet

10:30 Jon Rose, violin
Manon-Liu Winter (Vienna), piano

11:00 Carolyn Connors (Melb), voice & banjo
Jeff Henderson (NZ), banjo, saxophones & voice
Robin Fox (Melb) live processing

BREAK

11:30 the splinter orchestra (international edition) with:
Robbie Avenaim, Martin Ng, Paul Taylor, Tony Buck, Anthea Caddy, Robin Fox, Natasha Anderson, Anthony Pateras, Carolyn Connors, Daniel Whiting, Monika Brooks, Abel Cross, Jim Denley, Peter Farrar, Lloyd Honeybrook, Ian Petersie, Clare Cooper, Matt Ottignon, Gerard Crewdson, Clayton Thomas, Ben Byrne, Shannon O’Niel, Simon Ferenci, Finn Ryan, Michael Sheridan, Chris Abrahams, Karen Booth, Martin Brandlmayr, Cass McGlynn, Dale Gorfinkel, Rory Brown, Mike Majkowski, Milica Stefanovic, Dave Brown, Dean Roberts, Werner Dafeldecker, Robin Hayward, Mamon-liu Winter, Cor Fuhler, Jaime Fennelly, Anthony Magen, Adam Sussmann, Matt Earle, Ryko, Lawrence English, Jeff Henderson, Alex Masso, Rod Cooper, Joel Stern

Seeing Sound
The NOW now Film Program ’07 presented by Otherfilm

(Program 3) Friday 6:15pm to 8pm
Trans-forms (89 minute running time)
A program exploring the transformative effect that sound has on our perception of visual spaces.

Hapax Legomena: Pt. 01 – Nostalgia
Hollis Frampton, USA
Black and White, 36 minutes, 1971

The first of seven parts in a serial film, each isolating a fundamental aspect of the ontology of cinema. The title, Hapax Legomena, is from classical philology and refers to words whose sense is ambiguous because they occur only once in surviving texts : their meaning can only be determined from context.of systematic displacements between language (the narration which is spoken by Michael Snow) and image, between flatness and depth, between stillness and motion.

The Girl Chewing Gum
John Smith, UK
Black and White, 12 minutes, 1976

Representation and description turn into phantasm through the determining power of language.

Charlemagne 2: Piltzer
Pip Chodorov, France
Color, 22 minutes, 2002

“On December 9, 1998, Charlemagne asked me to bring friends to his piano concert at an opening at the Gerard Piltzer gallery in Paris, and to bring a movie camera.” (To create the finished film, and) “following a precise notation of the concert music, I chose the following principles: the 6945 notes played in the concert correspond to 6923 frames of super-8 film that were shot; speed of playing controls speed of frame succession; flicker between negative and positive, between opposites on color wheel (blue/yellow), between opposites in retinal cone sensitivities (red/green), left/right screen masking and mirror image printing, crossfading between negative and positive images; When more than two notes are played, the additional colors correspond to the complexity of sound frequencies. The final result is at once a diary film, a document of the concert, a structural flicker film, a hand-processed film, a graphic representation of music, and an attempt to apply cognitive principles in sensation and perception to film art.”

Spit-Optik
Roxlee, Philippines
B&W and Color, 14 min, 1988-1990

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Mix 1 and 2
Roxlee, Philippines
B&W and Color, 5 min, 1988-1990

Visions of daily life in Manila are overlaid with translucent layers suggesting origin myths, sexual psychosis, post-colonial anxiety and more. These multiple experimental animations are matched with instant sound compositions featuring the filmmaker’s improvised songs. Naive, energetic and slightly deranged.

Live Soundtracks #3

Robyn Hayward (Berlin), microtonal tuba
Cass McGlynn, tenor horn
Simon Ferenci, trumpet
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Studies in Chronovision
Louis Hock, Australia
Color, 7 minutes, 1975

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Light Traps
Louis Hock, Australia
Color, 21 minutes, 1975

Slow moving radiating colours examining changes according to quality of light through time lapse.

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Photos from the launch at the Factory

Posted on: December 12th, 2006 by clare No Comments

NN Launch - stage

NN Launch - Rik Rue

NN Launch - Monika Brooks

NN Launch - Louise Curham

NN Launch - Jim Denley & Monika Brooks

the NOW now festival 2007 Program Launch

Posted on: December 8th, 2006 by laudanum No Comments

[ PRESS RELEASE NOV 24 2006 ]

The NOW now festival program launch. Monday December 11, 2006

THE FACTORY,
105 VICTORIA RD, MARRICKVILLE
doors open 7:30 pm

FREE ENTRY

IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK.

Australia’s largest festival of experimental music and film returns to Sydney this January with a mind blowing line up of master improvisers, installation artists and sonic wizards from around the Globe.

The NOW now 2007 moves from it’s old home at @NEWTOWN to the brand new, totally remade FACTORY, 105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville – incorporating every possible space in this refurbished textile factory, with an expanded cinema program, installations inside and out, and four nights of the sounds you’ve never heard.

International guests include master pianist Cor Fuhler, Viennese clavichord legend Manon-Liu Winter, minimalist avante-folk trio Autistic Daughters, New Yorks finest turntable guru DJ OLIVE and London’s Robin Hayward – perhaps the only man in the world who can make a Tuba sound like a snow storm.

On Monday, December 11, 2006 the NOW now program for 2007 will be launched in cacophony of beauty Listen to the future.

8:00 RIK RUE & ROBBIE AVENAIMThis rare duo sees one of the worlds original sample guru’s join forces with our most enigmatic percussionist – and founder of What Is Music? festival. Sounds Like: a mini tornado in an ant farm during rehearsals for PLAN9 the musical.

8:30 LIVE FILM IMPROVISATION: with Sam James, film, Jim Denley, woodwinds, Monika Brooks, accordion, Adam Sussmann, guitar. Using multiple cameras, and a real-time processing, Sam James twists, turns and remixes what he sees through the lens, and presents a new vision for the musicians to work with. More than a live soundtrack, this quartet presents a totally improvised, totally vital audio-visual experience.

9:30 LOUISE CURHAM: MULTIPLE PROJECTORS AND SOUND BY JAIME FENNELLY (NY)
Louise’ has become a vital force as a filmmaker in Sydney, her unique hand painted, frame by frame images were the talk of last years festival – here she presents a rare solo work, using multiple16mm projectors and every available surface. Our dear friend Jaime Fennelly is very suddenly joining us from wintry New York City. He is best known for his work with slippery punk art group Peeesseye. File under “gentle awe”.

10:00 MADHEAD DOUBLE DUO
Led by one of Sydney’s premiere performance artists and movement improvisers – Tony Osborne, this set combines the intensity of rock, the dexterity of jazz and the absurdity of Beckett. Cameron Deyell, guitar, Evan Mennell and Darren Moore, drums, Tony Osbourne, voice.

As Chuck D once said “Bring the noise.�

THE FACTORY,
105 VICTORIA RD, MARRICKVILLE, FREE ENTRY. Doors open 7:30 pm

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The Splinter Orchestra – open recording session

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Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday November 28-30, 2006

The Splinter Orchestra presents 3 nights of new music for electro-acoustic ensemble

THE FLOUR MILL STUDIO’s
2B 23 Gladstone Street, Newtown
Next to the Silo’s off Enmore Rd

$7 and $10

Two nights of concerts and one open recording session. Featuring:

Robbie Avenaim, percussions
Martin Ng, electronics
Paul Taylor, drums & electronics
Darren Moore, drums and percussions
Daniel Whiting, electronics
Monica Brooks, accordion
Abel Cross, electric bass and fuzz box
Jim Denley, woodwinds
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone and soprano saxophone
Lloyd Honeybrooke, alto saxophone
Ian Petersie, baritone saxophone
Clare Cooper, concert harp and electronics
Matt Ottignon, clarinet and flute
Clayton Thomas, double bass and preparations
Ben Byrne, laptop
Shannon O’Niell, laptop
Simon Ferenci, trumpet
Michael Sheridan, prepared guitar
Chris Abrahams, dx7
Karen Booth, alto saxophone
Cass McGlynn, tenor horn
Dale Gorfinkel, vibraphone and motors
Rory Brown, amplifiers, basses and guitar
and guests

Two sets from 9:15 each night. This promises to be a complex, beautiful and engaging series of concerts, hope you can make it.

The Splinter Orchestra

Posted on: November 4th, 2006 by laudanum No Comments

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday November 28-30, 2006

The Splinter Orchestra presents 3 nights of new music for electro-acoustic ensemble

THE FLOUR MILL STUDIO’s
2B 23 Gladstone Street, Newtown
Next to the Silo’s off Enmore Rd

$7 and $10

Two nights of concerts and one open recording session. Featuring:

Robbie Avenaim, percussions
Martin Ng, electronics
Paul Taylor, drums & electronics
Darren Moore, drums and percussions
Daniel Whiting, electronics
Monica Brooks, accordion
Abel Cross, electric bass and fuzz box
Jim Denley, woodwinds
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone and soprano saxophone
Lloyd Honeybrooke, alto saxophone
Ian Petersie, baritone saxophone
Clare Cooper, concert harp and electronics
Matt Ottignon, clarinet and flute
Clayton Thomas, double bass and preparations
Ben Byrne, laptop
Shannon O’Niell, laptop
Simon Ferenci, trumpet
Michael Sheridan, prepared guitar
Chris Abrahams, dx7
Karen Booth, alto saxophone
Cass McGlynn, tenor horn
Dale Gorfinkel, vibraphone and motors
Rory Brown, amplifiers, basses and guitar
and guests

Two sets from 9:15 each night. This promises to be a complex, beautiful and engaging series of concerts, hope you can make it.

The Splinter Orchestra

Posted on: November 4th, 2006 by laudanum No Comments

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday November 28-30, 2006

The Splinter Orchestra presents 3 nights of new music for electro-acoustic ensemble

THE FLOUR MILL STUDIO’s
2B 23 Gladstone Street, Newtown
Next to the Silo’s off Enmore Rd

$7 and $10

Two nights of concerts and one open recording session. Featuring:

Robbie Avenaim, percussions
Martin Ng, electronics
Paul Taylor, drums & electronics
Darren Moore, drums and percussions
Daniel Whiting, electronics
Monica Brooks, accordion
Abel Cross, electric bass and fuzz box
Jim Denley, woodwinds
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone and soprano saxophone
Lloyd Honeybrooke, alto saxophone
Ian Petersie, baritone saxophone
Clare Cooper, concert harp and electronics
Matt Ottignon, clarinet and flute
Clayton Thomas, double bass and preparations
Ben Byrne, laptop
Shannon O’Niell, laptop
Simon Ferenci, trumpet
Michael Sheridan, prepared guitar
Chris Abrahams, dx7
Karen Booth, alto saxophone
Cass McGlynn, tenor horn
Dale Gorfinkel, vibraphone and motors
Rory Brown, amplifiers, basses and guitar
and guests

Two sets from 9:15 each night. This promises to be a complex, beautiful and engaging series of concerts, hope you can make it.

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