Underground

"An intimate miracle" RealTime

In February and March 2009, Aphids project Underground was performed by Slagwerkgroep Den Haag in Belgium and the Netherlands. Created by instrument artist Rosemary Joy and composer David Young for a miniature audience and 2-4 percussionists, the work has already been performed in Japan, Mexico, Brussels, the Hague, Sydney and Adelaide.

15 February 2009 - Brugge­ Concertgebouw
8 March 2009 - Tilburg ­ Museum de Pont

www.slagwerkgroepdenhaag.nl

Underground is a musical performance unlike any other. Two percussionists perform with sculptural miniature percussionist instruments on tables. Audiences of eight are seated at the tables, close enough to reach out and touch the performance. This strangely familiar setting invites the audience to listen to subtle and intricate sounds in a completely different way.

Underground combines the intimacy of a small concert, with the beauty and intrigue of Rosemary Joy's hand-crafted miniature percussion instrument sculptures and music by composer David Young.

INSTRUMENT ARTIST: Rosemary Joy
COMPOSER: David Young
CURVED WOOD CONSTRUCTION: Adam Stewart

EARLIER TOURING

2008
27 February: Adelaide Performing Arts Market, Adelaide Festival Centre. Performed by Eugene Ughetti & Matthias Schack-Arnott

6-7 September: 16 x 10 minute performances as part of the Live Works program at the Performance Space, Carriageworks Sydney.
Performed by John Arcaro and Matthias Schack-Arnott

2007
31 October: Underground performed by Evaristo Aguilar and Daniel Saur
as part of the Foro Internacional de Educación Musical de Tampico, [Mexico], Espacio Cultural Metropolitano | Galería de Exposiciones Temporales
11 July: Underground at Yakumo Honjin, Shinji, Shimane, [Japan]. Percussionist Eugene Ughetti,
22 June: Underground at Bains::Connective, Brussels. Performed by Annabelle Brown. www.bains.be
15-17 June: Underground at Filmhuis Den Haag [Netherlands], Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, percussionists Claire Edwardes, Marcel Andriessen, Fedor Teunisse & Diego Espinosa.
May: Underground was created as part of an Aphids' residency at a disused clay mine in western Victoria, first performed by Matthias Schack-Arnott and Eugene Ughetti.





APHIDS’ 2007 UNDERGROUND TOUR WAS SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS.