Warren Burt live at the People's Culture Palace (11/04/10)

Warren Burt has been composing and performing in Australia since 1975.

His work has been heard live, on ABC and community radio, in many art galleries and public spaces, etc. For almost 30 years he was one of the mainstays of the Melbourne experimental music, dance and performance poetry scenes. Since 2004 he has lived and worked in Wollongong, where he is currently ARC Research Fellow in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong, as well as teaching audio engineering at Wollongong TAFE.

Jim Denley live at the People's Culture Palace (11/04/10)

"Jim Denley is probably the leading light in the field of Australian improvised music."

He has played throughout Australia, Europe, Japan and the US with artists such as Derek Bailey, Chris Abrahams, Clare Cooper, Robbie Avenaim, Jon Rose, John Butcher, Otomo Yoshide, Fred Frith, Phil Niblock, Clayton Thomas, Tess de Quincy, Axel Doerner, Adam Sussman, Oren Ambarchi, Tony Buck, Ikue Mori, Henry Kaiser, Yoroyuki Hareda, John Butcher, Kim Myhr, Maggie Nicols, Eugene Chadbourne and Rik Rue.

Cinza - Passage (Passing)

On Passing

"There is much more mystery in the shadow of a man walking on a sunny day, than in all religions of the world” – Giorgio De Chirico.

With this work I am striving to push the balance between abstract and familiar. How far the familiar can be distorted before it gives way to emotional disconnect in the viewer. I am interested in creating something that sits right on that edge, without spilling over into disconnect.

This media artwork was created to function purely as a mood piece -- to create mystery and let the viewer's mind wander and form a subjective interpretation of what they are seeing.

As in previous work, the audio is again given considerable attention. It is the second vital half of the whole. The importance of the sound falls on its ability to properly capture, reflect, and augment the mood of the video. It will also act to give the whole piece momentum and flow. It is a crucial sensory layer that encompasses audible as well as physical sensation through the use of low frequencies.

Ideally this work would be viewed as an installation, in a dark enclosed space on an HD screen with a 5.1 audio setup.

Watch the video at exhaust-space.

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