G'Day from Australia
That's my present geographical location, a chance to pet a
koala bear again and to explore the Adelaide Festival and Fringe
Festival happening here right now. If any happy readers are local
then it's a chance to share the city with Bill Clinton and the Queen
at the same time as well as a mass of theatrical happenings and live
music. My collaborative work Stories from the Market Place opens at
the weekend, focusing on the Adelaide Central Market, using
installation, performance and headphone works. Check it out at:
http://www.parallelo.on.net/
Anyone in London might be interested in a free Scanner show
being recorded for BBC Radio Three's Mixing It show. I will be
improvising live with David Cunningham on guitar, sharing a live bill
with Sand and Capitol K. It's at Ocean 2 in Hackney on March 20th but
if you are not sharing the cold wet nights of London then you can
listen to the performance at 23.00 on BBC Radio Three on Sunday 24
March but even then if you miss it, it will be archived for a year
afterwards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/mixingit.shtml
The Lovebytes festival in the UK opens from March 14-16 in
Sheffield and will be presenting a suitably varied live electronic
music and multi-media performance programme, featuring an
international line-up including Yasunao Tone (Japan), Massimo
(Italy), Robert Lippok (Germany), Freeform (UK), People Like Us (UK),
Baby Ford (UK), Gescom (UK) and Vector Djs (UK) and yours truly on
16th March.
http://www.lovebytes.org.uk
Some very interesting work is up on line now by Italian
artists Tu m', where they invited musicians to create sound pieces to
visuals they had created with their webcam. It is an ever growing
series of artists as each month they will add new contributors to the
archive and each can be downloaded to listen to in the privacy of
your own tent. The list of artists is very impressive so far too,
with Oren Ambarchi, Zbigniew Karkowski, Stephan Mathieu, Carl Stone,
Stephen Vitiello and so on. Listen at:
http://www.tu-m.com
Also coming up in March at the Tate Modern in London on March
9th is a conference on surveillance technologies and new media art.
'Surveillance and Control' will consider widespread uses of
electronic surveillance, analysing recent social and political
developments, and asking how various surveillance technologies have
impacted on new media art practice. Guests will include Julia Scher,
USA, Marko Peljhan, Slovenia, Kate Rich, UK / Australia & Duncan
Campbell, UK. It will also be broadcast live and then archived at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting
The Only Connect series at the Barbican in London is opening
soon. The night I am curating with Coil, Plaid, Mouse on Mars and SND
on April 27 is selling fast, with each act creating new commissioned
works for performance with exclusive new visual works. For the latest
Only Connect news, reviews, information, message board, links and
sound clips, follow the flow at:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/onlyconnect
All this sounds a bit exhausting but it keeps one trim.
Well, back to swimming in the sunshine for the moment and
enjoying the delights of Australia.
Ciao
Robin / Scanner
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::: Diary Dates :::
28 Feb The Hub at the Adelaide Fringe Festival AU 23.00
1 March Soundscapes Forum at Adelaide Fringe Festival AU11.00
2 March 2002AD - analogue2digital Minke Bar Adelaide AU 22.00
14 March Derek Jarman tribute Toulouse FR
http://www.multimania.com/annexia
16 March Lovebytes Festival Sheffield UK
20 March Ocean 2 London UK FREE
5 April Biospheres: Secrets Of The City (with I/O) Brisbane Powerhouse AU 19.20
6 April Scanner, David Toop, Oren Ambarchi, Lawrence English Brisbane
Powerhouse 22.00
11 April Scanner Slams Shea - boxing tournament Revolver Melbourne AU
14 April Frigid Sydney AU
19 April Sprawl London UK
27 April Play: with Coil, Plaid, Mouse on Mars, SND and Scanner jingles
Random Dance Company Nemesis Tour Dates 2002
1-2 March Sadler's Wells London
6 March Charter Theatre Preston
12 March Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton
27 March Nottingham Playhouse
4-6 Apr Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
16 Apr The Point, Eastleigh
19 Apr Malvern Theatres
26-27 Apr The Maltings, Snape
17 May Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
http://www.randomdance.org
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Exhibitions:
Scanner + I/O - Biospheres: Secrets Of The City (FREE)
Brisbane Powerhouse Friday April 5 @ 19.20 sharp
Biospheres: Secrets Of The City explores the hidden resonances and
meanings of sound and image that lie beneath our everyday
surroundings. Taking the urban environment, architecture, streets and
the neighbourhoods that map the framework of the city itself as the
inspirational focal point, this work attempts to re-assemble Brisbane
and its surrounding spaces through its fringes. Focusing on the
sounds that have become invisible through familiarity, Biospheres:
Secrets Of The City also explores the neglected architecture that
dominates the urban environment.
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/02_program_2002/rev.htm
DONUT
An installation by Mike Stubbs
Sound by Scanner
8 Feb - 17 March
CCA 1
Free
Donut is a twin dvd projection and 4 monitor installation about the
drawing of a perfect circle. The creator of this circle is a driver,
not an artist - the canvas is asphalt and the medium is a car.
Donut is the term used by young fast-car enthusiasts to describe a
circle of burnt rubber made by spinning a rear wheel drive car on the
spot. It represents bravado and skill on the part of the driver who
is usually part of the car cruising culture - one of Britain's
biggest underground movements.
http://www.cca-glasgow.com
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::: listen :::
Gerling: When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun (FMR)
Grandaddy: Concrete Dunes
Beethoven: Late String Quartets (Philips)
Various: Floating Foundation (Sub Rosa)
::: read :::
Sid Smith: In the Court of the Crimson King
Australian Style magazine
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SCANNER
PO BOX 6127
LONDON UK
E2 6XD
www.scannerdot.com
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