phase space

On Tuesday there was an interesting event in Tallinn organized by Kiwa in cooperation with Galerii 008. What makes this “gallery” unique is that it is actually an architectural lighting showroom, making the whole listening environment rather stylish. I performed in a trio configuration with Murmer (Patrick McGinley) and Fantomas. Others on the bill were Camilla Hannan from Australia and Bertuf from France. Camilla is currently in the MoKS residency for the month of August along with Van Sowerwine.

Our performance consisted of a handfull of objects and self-made instruments that would be intrwoven with field recordings by Patrick. Patrick also controlled a looping pedal into which we slowly fed sounds such as my viola-like instrument made from a hayrack stick and piano wires. Fantomas played with glass beads. We both had prickly instruments made from chimney cleaners which were amplified by contact mics an connected to some mini-speakers for mobility. We ended with all acoustic sounds. Patrick played a Tibettan bowl while Fantomas and I bowed 2 old stell saws (the kind with two handles). The overall cobination came out as a blending of rich high pitched overtones.