Presented by Aphids, Noorderzon Festival, Radialsystem V, Melbourne Recital Centre, Carriageworks and the New Music Network

WORLD PREMIERE

System Building

" an original and thought-provoking work which can be enjoyed on many levels…This was not just music for the ears and eyes, but for the mind as well, and I ruminated on the experience for days."
- Resonate Magazine, December 2009


An international percussion work of miniature proportions, System Building fuses percussion and architecture on an intimate scale. Artist Rosemary Joy's new work features a series of miniature percussion instruments, each inspired by a venue in which the work will be performed.

Drawing inspiration from the architecture of Sydney’s CarriageWorks, Radialsystem V (Berlin), Watertoren West (Groningen) in the Netherlands and the Melbourne Recital Centre, System Building challenges the very idea of a musical instrument.

Astonishing Mexican percussionists Diego Espinosa and Evaristo Aguilar with Melbourne's wunderkind Eugene Ughetti performed this minutely staged work for duo percussion to an audience of only twelve people at a time.

ARTIST: Rosemary Joy
PERCUSSIONISTS: Diego Espinosa (Mexico), Eugene Ughetti (Australia)
Evaristo Aguilar (Mexico) - Berlin only
INSTRUMENT CONSTRUCTION: Adam Stewart and Rosemary Joy
LIGHTING DESIGN: Richard Vabre (Melbourne and Sydney)

Photo: Yatzek

INTERNATIONAL TOURING DATES:
August 22-25: Watertoren West, Groningen, The Netherlands, Noorderzon Festival

October 14-18: Radialsystem V, Berlin

November 11: 6pm, 6.20pm, 6.40pm, 7pm, 7.20pm, 7.40pm, 8pm Melbourne Recital Centre (Australian premiere)

November 23: 6pm, 630pm, 7pm, 730pm & 8pm, CarriageWorks, Sydney

Aphids - System Building Promo from Melbourne Recital Centre on Vimeo.

Duration: approx 15 minutes

Photo: Milou De Boer - Photo: Sebastian Bolesch - Photo: Michael Nicholson - Photo: James Knowler