10-30 August, 2009
From Dusk till dawn
Featuring Video Projection and Sound Installation
Waiting to Turn into Puzzles is the latest collaboration between film artist Louise Curham and composer David Young. Shot in Yokohama Japan, this 45 minute hand-processed super 8 film/music work forms the basis of the musical scores. The inter-medial nature of the work creates a hovering connectedness between image and sound, shifting the boundaries between the artforms. Similarly the graphic music notation allows a certain freedom and spontaneity in the performance of the music which accompanies the film, whilst remaining precisely structured.
As part of the opening of Waiting to Turn Into Puzzles installation in Cube 37, an excerpt of the work will be performed by Melbourne-based Quiver Ensemble. Quiver consists of a group of highly focused young musicians who are passionate about contemporary art music, experimental improvisation and interdisciplinary practice. The four core players are also co-directors who share a dedication to innovative programming and close composer-performer collaboration.
FILM: Louise Curham
MUSIC: David Young
QUIVER ENSEMBLE
Aviva Endean ~ Clarinets
Rebecca Lane ~ Flutes
Luke Paulding ~ Contra bass tuba
Jess Fotinos ~ Harp
Matthias Schack-Arnott ~ Percussion
Waiting To Turn Into Puzzles music for installation at Cube 37 is performed by:
ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING
Diana Springford ~ Clarinet
James Cudderford ~ Violin
Véronique Serret ~ Violin
Geoffrey Gartner ~ Violoncello
Claire Edwardes ~ Percussion
Not Music Yet
Workshop
Frankston Art Centre (Cube 37)
13 August 6-8:30pm
David Young is a composer specialising in graphic notation. In this workshop, David will present on his collaborations with film, theatre and robotics, including his collaboration with film artist Louise Curham. He will also also reveal processes behind his approach to musical performance.
Participants will perform David's music, and create their own graphic scores.
(Piano is not available for this workshop. Pianists are welcome as observers.)
Suitable for musicians with an interest in new music, improvisation, graphic music, notation and cross-artform practice. Please bring along your own instrument.
BOOKINGS:
Please call Frankston Art Centre on:
(03) 9784 1060
(03) 9784 1896
Waiting to Turn Into Puzzles
Premiered 2008.Shot in Yokohama on special Super 8 film and hand processed in Australia, Waiting To Turn Into Puzzles is a visually stunning cinematic experience accompanied by music composed by David Young and performed live by an ensemble of musicians. In their first Melbourne appearance, the Sydney's five member group, Ensemble Offspring, performed from musical scores watercoloured by hand that incorporate screen captures and imagery from Curham's film.
FILM: Louise Curham
MUSIC: David Young
FIRST PERFORMED BY: Ensemble Offspring
CLARINET: Diana Springford
VIOLIN: James Cudderford
VIOLIN: Véronique Serret
VIOLONCELLO: Geoffrey Gartner
PERCUSSION: Claire Edwardes
PERFORMANCES:
2008
Wednesday 25 June, 7pm
Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, Sydney
Thursday 26 June, 8pm
Aphids Reel Music Festival, ACMI Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Waiting To Turn Into Puzzles performed at ACMI during the Aphids Reel Music Festival was recorded for broadcast and made downloadable online by ABC Classic FM.
http://photonicsmedia.net/periodical/cat/moving/
www.teachingandlearningcinema.org