Concrete and Glass starts today
By: Thomas Hannan
Just a reminder that the second Concrete and Glass festival - which Rockfeedback are delighted to be official media partners for - kicks off in East London this evening. Head down to Hoxton Square tonight, and you can expect to see all this...
VOLCANO THE BEAR live soundtrack to FISCHLI AND WEISS'S 'THE WAY THINGS GO'
THE OWL PROJECT
Thursday 13th May 2010 at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen 2- 4 Hoxton Square London N1 6NU (doors 8pm)
CONCRETE AND GLASS - ART
Art Location: 20 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NT
Opening times: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 6pm, Saturdays 12 to 6pm
Heart of Glass, on the ground floor of 20 Hoxton Square is an eclectic exhibition. The works have been selected via open-submission in conjunction with murmurART and the Contemporary Art Society. The chosen artists are:
Alexander Baynes | Nick Bailey | Alice Anderson | Oliver Beer | Ben Long | Paul Westcombe | Brass Art Collective | Robert Montgomery | Charlotte Warner Thomas | Suki Chan | Claire Morgan | Tamsin Snow | Clarisse D'Arcimole | Thomas Lindvig | Duncan Swan | Tim Head | Lilah Fowler | Tim Phillips | Matt Clark | Tyson Howard | Natasha Rees
Techno Harmonium, is a collaboration between Felix Thorn and digital visuals artists Weirdcore. Used to doing reactive live visuals for cutting electronic acts and bands, Weirdcore have been asked to focus their attention on Felix's new machine, the Harmonium. The piece will open with an improvised live visual and audio performance on 13th May followed by a week-long installation.
Characteristics of electronic synthesisers can be traced back to mechanisms in early organ designs. The Harmonium make use of these pre-existing mechanisms by automating them for performance. The design of this machine aims to not only to match, but also to surpass the human performer by enhancing the machine with LEDs and movement that creates a truly multi sensory performance on the demand. For concrete and glass Lumin has invited visual artists and programmers Weirdcore to create video response for the piece. This will add a truly digital dimension both as a performance and visual installation. The Harmonium will then become the ultimate performer.
www.felixsmachines.com
www.weirdcore.tv
Watch Owl Project performing at the 2008 Concrete and Glass Festival: