MELATONIN - MEDITIATIONS ON SOUND IN SLEEP INSTALLATION + CD RELEASE
INSTALLATION LAUNCH AT BUS GALLERY, LITTLE LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA. SATURDAY MAY 22, 8PM WITH PERFORMANCES FROM LAWRENCE ENGLISH, BEN
FROST, GAIL PRIEST
EXHIBITION DAILY 2-6PM MAY 23-29
FEATURING WORKS FROM
CHRIS WATSON, STEPHEN VITIELLO, AI YAMAMOTO, OREN AMBARCHI, DJ OLIVE,
LAWRENCE ENGLISH, PIMMON, MARINA ROSENFELD, SKIST, TIMEBLIND, DJ /RUPTURE,
JOHN CHANTLER, SCANNER, ZANE TROW, DAVID TOOP, STEINBRÜCHEL, PHILIP
SAMARTZIS, LLOYD BARRETT, JOE MUSGROVE, SCOTT SINCLAIR, MARTIN NG, TETUZI
AKIYAMA, FROST, GAIL PRIEST, TIM KOCH AND JANEK SCHAEFER
DOUBLE CD SET AVAILABLE FROM WWW.ROOM40.ORG (OR VIA FORCED EXPOSURE IN USA,
PLOP IN JP, NORMAN RECORDS IN UK, WARPMART IN UK ETC)
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AND SOME WORDS OF EXPLANATION
DURING SLEEP, A PROCESS CONTROLLED IN PART BY THE BODY'S USE OF THE CHEMICAL
MELATONIN, OUR BRAIN FUNCTIONS IN A MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FASHION TO OUR WAKING
LIFE.
AS AN EXAMPLE, READING IS NOTED BY MANY SLEEP RESEARCHERS TO BE A QUITE
UNUSUAL PROCESS, WHEREBY WORDS SIMPLY FALL OFF THE PAGE, THEIR GRAPHICAL
MEANING ABSTRACTED AS VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE BRAIN RECLINE INTO STATES OF
REST. SOMETHING SIMILAR IS TRUE FOR SOUNDS WE HEAR GENERATED WITHIN DREAMS.
THE WAY IN WHICH INCIDENTAL ATMOSPHERES COMPLEMENT, INTERRUPT OR INTERFERE
WITH OUR SLEEP SUGGESTS A NEW SET OF UNDERSTANDINGS. IT IS THESE CONCEPTS
THAT ARE EXPLORED HERE IN A DEEPLY PERSONAL AND REFLECTIVE MANNER.
LAWRENCE ENGLISH JAN 2004
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