This is the milestone 5th year of the annual SoundOut
festival, and in 2014 we will
bring to you the continuation of the incredible bristling explorative sonic
arts event. This is the Free
Improvisational, Free Jazz and Experimental Music festival to
will uplift tired ears, explore the unknown, see within the fabric of sound, unravel
the threads of normative musical praxis, and question sonic hegemonies. It will
replenish your ears and mind!
With Artists from Australia, Canada, France, Germany Norway,
Poland, UK and USA that will combine, mix, cross-fertilize,
and move sound mountains to inspire inquiring ears.
This coming years festival 2014 sees extraordinary
artists such as the brilliant improviser Jim
Denley (Aust) shift the
ground on sound perception, taking our ears to unknown realms, while the
astounding V (UK/US)
dissect the inner working of voice while Melanie Herbert (Syd) forges new sound pathways on the violin with the vision
of experimental film maker Louise Curham
(Aust); The phenomenal Overtone Ensemble
(Aust) delves into the inner sound of metal rods; while astonishing pianist Cor Fuhler (NL/Aust) explores the
textured world of the prepared piano; the sublimely innovative guitarist Kim Myhr (NO) coaxes textural finesse from strings; extraordinary bassists Clayton Thomas (Gr/Aust) and Slawek
Janicki (Poland) coax virtuosity from between the fractures in sound;
Krista Martynes (US/Canada) takes us
into new sonic possibilities for the bass clarinet;
dancer Maya Revillion (Fr / NL) explores the
sound dance improvisational boundaries; Radio Cestege (NZ) plays with our ears
and the electronics of the airwaves; Ross
Manning (Aust) reinvents our notions of the sound source with invented
instruments; incredible saxophonist and guitarist Rosalind Hall and Dave Brown
improvise the nuanced delicacy of sonic play, while other Australian firebrands
of the new Evan Dorrian, John
Porter, Reuben Lewis Rhys Butler, Richard Johnson and guests, will
bring their own special unique blend of sonic exploration to illuminate these
collaborative futures.
The 2014 group of Artists has never gathered before
and never will again in the same configuration, but they are all involved in an
international dialogue that is essential to the unfolding of new music
structures and what it means to be human in the 21st Century. Come, see and hear the new music evolve.
SoundOut 2014 is very grateful for the continued
generous support from the ACT Government, SoundOut and the volunteers that help
with the festival. The French Consulate proudly supports the artist from France
in coming to SoundOut 2014 as well as the respective Governments from Poland, Norway and Canada.
When:
January 23rd Thursday,
Opening Night
Session 1: 7
pm – 11:30pm
January 24th Friday
12:30 pm – 2pm Free
outdoor performance:
Curated
by Jim Denley for 6 musicians
For this
event Jim Denley will lead a group of musicians to play together outside. "Australia has unique
geography, history, weather, flora and fauna, and all these elements conspire
to create wonderful sonic environments. This is true of our forests, Sydney's
sandstone formations, desert clay pans of far west NSW, down the Todd River in central
Alice, amongst the boulders of Tibooburra, or even close to the designed Lake
Burley Griffin. If you can plunge into these worlds and play with the elements,
then you engage with the place in a way that we rarely, at other times, do. This engagement is
instantly understood by those who attempt to know a place. Perhaps this has
always been one the major functions of music - just as birds delight in space
through sound, there is a delight in finding appropriate human sounds to
resonate in space. Inherent in
this is a deep listening to space. This complex activity defies easy analysis -
it doesn't begin with thoughts, but with our bodies engagement with place. In this state, the
world neither surrounds nor is surrounded by musical sounds – they're intertwined
- through the music we can be woven into the world. Exploratory music, in this
context, can engage with the listener in ways that we can never achieve in a
concert hall. Let's
remember people have been making music outside in Australia for thousands of
years".
map for outdoor performance [click on map to enlarge].
X marks the area where performance will take place.
Please be on time 12.30 sharp.
X marks the area where performance will take place.
Please be on time 12.30 sharp.
Friday 24th January
Session 2: Evening 7 pm – 11:30pm
Session 2: Evening 7 pm – 11:30pm
Saturday 25th January
Session 3: Matinee 1 pm – 5 pm
Session 4:
Evening 7 pm – 11:30pm
Where:
THEATRE 3
Ellery Crescent
Acton, Canberra
Book NOW!
(02) 6257 1950
Tickets:
Adult: $35 per session
Concession: $25 per session
Season
Adult: $110
Season
Concession: $80
Children under 12 years
free
Also SoundOut
festival night extension
Friday 7th February
7pm
– 10:30 pm
Special extended
night of the SoundOut festival with the brilliant Canadian clarinetist Francois Houle and the Psithurium wind
trio (Aust) + more
Where
Smiths
Alternative Bookshop
76 Alinga St
Canberra City
02 6247 4459
Tickets on the door
For more
information contact:
Richard Johnson
vortexrec@gmail.com
0411 117 462
Please see Program and Artists profiles below.
Please see Program and Artists profiles below.
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