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Victoria Baths
Special Events
SoundNetwork /
Drowned in a Dull Roar /
Siren
Fri 11 May, 11am-5pm / Sat 12 May, 11am-8pm / Sun 13 May, 12am-3pm
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Longsight, Manchester
FREE
3 special events come together over the festival weekend in the magnificent
surroundings of the historic Victoria Baths - SoundNetwork@Futuresonic,
Steve Straight's Drowned in a Dull Roar and Ray Lee's Siren.
Victoria Baths is located close to the Futuresonic 2007 festival's main daytime
venue, Contact Theatre (see map below).
SIREN
Ray Lee
Installation & Performance
'Siren' is a whirling, spinning spectacle of mechanical movement, electronic sound and light. Twenty-nine large metal tripods, up to 3m tall, have rotating arms that spin around, powered by electric motors. Hand built electronic tone generators power loudspeakers at the end of each arm creating an extraordinary sonic texture of pulsing electronic drones. Small LED's at the end of the arms trace circles of light as the arms rapidly rotate creating a compelling visual image. Ray Lee is an artist, composer and performer whose work investigates his fascination with the hidden world of electro-magnetic radiation.
"a choir of rotating sirens, their individually strident voices congealing into a thick mutating chord that transfixed listeners in its sticky flux." David Toop, The Wire
Fri 11th 4pm
Sat 12th 3.30pm and 6.30pm
Sun 13th 2pm
www.invisible-forces.com
See Futurevisual Installations
SOUNDNETWORK @ FUTURESONIC 2007
SoundNetwork return to Futuresonic at the Victoria baths with a programme reflecting the diversity of its membership across disciplines and practice. This year Futuresonic proposed that 3 events; SoundNetwork@Futuresonic, Steve Straight's Drowned in a Dull Roar and Ray Lee's Siren, come together to share resources, networks, venues and audiences across the Futuresonic 2007 programme.
In an amazing venue, The Victoria Baths award winning Restoration project all are welcome to come and listen, explore discuss and network. Featuring artist talks & discussions, experimental performance, drones, steam engines & sirens, listening in changing rooms, cement mixers, sand filters, pavilions of dreams, tea, coffee and cake.
SoundNetwork is an artist's network founded to help develop and advocate the infrastructure of support for sound based art and experimental music in the North West region.
RESTORE@
SoundNetworkCAFE
Take the weight off those tired festival feet and listen to artist talks over coffee and cake:
REFUGE: Artist Talks
Friday 11th April
12PM-5PM
A series of SoundNetwork artist talks and open discussion presented by Liverpool's The Library Project; an artist led organization committed to supporting and facilitating artist's contextual and theoretical practice. Arguments against software, artist laboratories, electronic noise, the borders of language and things thrown down stairs; listen and contribute.
Nick Malyan of the Library Project will be MC for the proceedings
12-1300 Daniel Barrett - Fake Palast with Fake funding - Deleting of site place & memory
1300 - 1400 Samantha Jones Too Soft - Discussion over software in music and fine art
1400- 1500 Katherine from The Library Project - To Be confirmed
1500 - 1600 Simon Bowes and Mariella Greil - Sunday with Me
DROWNED BY A DULL ROAR
Saturday 12th April
A Futuresonic 2007 EVNT organised by SN member Steve McLaughlin
Performance
NetworkEXPOSED
Stereo works from across the network membership in the females changing cubicles.
Installations and other work to explore in and around the baths grounds developed by SoundNetwork members.
4 Channel Mixer - Dan Barrett Fri/Sat/Sun
Pavilion of Dreams - Greg Byatt Fri
Untitled - Samantha Jones Fri/Sun
Sonic Biographies - Werner Moebius - Fri/Sun
Stone Circle - Markus Soukup & Greg Byatt Fri/Sat/Sun
Sunday In Hilbre: Two Postcards (2007) - Mariella Greil Fri/Sun
Bathing in SoundWaves - Mark Pilkington Sun 12PM
www.myspace.com/thelibraryproject
