Autumn 2010
NOW THEN _____
Now Then _____ is a framed collaboration between Nicole Bachmann, Una Knox, Jasiek Mischke, E. Park & Laure Prouvost. The five artists have traveled on a journey in order to share a common experience and make work about it. Over the course of a changing, month-long exhibition and event series their individual responses will provoke reactions from the others, the results culminating in a limited edition publication presented at the close of the show.
E:ventGallery, 96 Teesdale Street, London E2 6PU
E. Park, Jasiek Mischke, Laure Prouvost, Nicole Bachmann, Una Knox
Class Wargames & Chto Delat
Class Wargames presents Guy Debord’s Game of
War; a collective playing of the board game using
a replica of the original 1977 design. A film screening
will be followed by an open invitation to join the
game and learn the strategic and tactical skills
required for success in the deadly struggle against
the global bourgeoisie. For Debord, The Game of War
wasn't just a game - it was a guide to how people
should live their lives within Fordist society. By playing,
revolutionary activists could learn how to fight and win
against the oppressors of spectacular society
Music Of The Mind: Finn Peters & Matthew Yee King
Music of the Mind combines scientific experiment, modern music and performance theatre to create a soundworld that recalls Kraftwerk, Sun Ra, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, '60s sci-fi funk, and the avant garde disco of Arthur Russell.
Oren Ambarchi / Holy Family
Solo set from Australian guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi. Ambarchi takes on various strains of contemporary musical practice from Feldman to rock and strips it back to its bare bones, replacing it with pure signal. Holy Family are the twin-modular synth duo of ROOM40 label operatives Lawrence English and John Chantler - expect ELEH lineage tonal stasis, chaotic bomb clusters and bristling distortion.
Stellar Om Source + Heatsick + Hungry Soul
An evening that captures the best of the current new wave of experimental electronica that's causing delirious electronic goosebumps on both sides of the Atlantic. Netherlands-based synth goddess Christelle Gualdi aka Stellar Om Source; Steven Warwick aka Heatsick - one half of the infamous/revered Birds Of Delay; and Dutch electronica producer Hungry Soul.
Miles Of Smiles Presents: Lichens (Kranky) + Dean Mcphee + Time
Chicago-based musician Rob Lowe (90 Day Men, Om, Singer, Matteah Baim) demonstrates the startling, spectral grip of his mesmerising solo vehicle, LICHENS> Joined by Lancastrian finger-picker DEAN McPHEE’s arresting, implausibly beautiful compositions for solo electric guitar, and Frances Morgan/Mark Dicker’s wintery instrumental investigations as TIME.
Galvanised! Festival
This year's Galvanised! festival will be an exploration and study into the ecology of performance - based around the terms of ‘Singularities’ (solo) and ‘Clusters’ (group). Artists include Goodiepal, Steve Beresford, Dylan Nyoukis's Chocolate Monk collective, work/group and more.
Tetuzi Akiyama - Two Day Residency
Japanese guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama brings his unique guitar stylings to OTO. His sound takes the blues form into a new world of minimalist improvisation sidestepping both folk and improv cliches. Guests include Chris Forsyth, Seymour Wright + more tbc
Ujino Muneteru (The Rotators) / Hiroto Amamiya / Leon Michener / Taigen Kawabe
An alchemical mix with Japan's no. 1 performing sculptor, Ujino the rotator and London musicians Leon Michener (Piano), Hiroto Amamiya (Drums) and Taigen Kawabe (Bass guitar).