“Rhôd 2012 contemporary art event opens next Sunday, 3 June at 2pm in Melin Glonc, Drefelin, Carmarthenshire. There is an exciting programme of events – every one welcome!
Ten artists show their work in and around the old corn mill with a series of art performances through the day.”
the musique concrète electronics soundscape on Griff Rhys Jones’ building site is up to listen to and watch here:
http://jobinatinnemans.com/sounds-compositions/nature-studies/
dear me… received this email
” You have been selected as a finalist for the 2013 MATA Festival. (…) MATA received more than 620 applications from around the world — a record number in our 14 year history. We congratulate you on arriving this far in the extremely rigorous selection process.” http://matafestival.org/
Fingers crossed.
“and I would become aware of the rain. I would press my nose hard against the window, each tiny panel of glass gave a different sound. Then it was as if my consciousness gradually spread out: I realised I could hear the rain hitting the wall. It was different from where it hit the windowpanes. Where it hit the window it reverberated with little echoes. Where it hit the wall it was dull. But then I realised I could hear the water running down the wall. And now I became aware of a distant rushing sound – a spout from the corner of the house and the water was gushing down it. Beyond that, something else… yes.. the rain was falling upon a large bush, I could detect it. And what was between the bush and the spout? Yes… there was a different sound where the rain was hitting the lawn, from where it was hitting the path… The rain had turned the light on…”
’Rain Paints a Ricochet Picture’
The illustrative quote by John Hull that inspired me for this music piece, taken from his lecture in Dartington, 2001 (published in Soundscape, The Journal of Acoustic Ecology, Volume 2, Number 1, 2001). He became visually impaired at a later age.
The music is an excerpt from “Etude for Athlète, Soprano and Viola” , but I find it a work on it’s own as well. Because of it’s minimalism, is a bit of an audiophile thing, it works on a good pair of headphones. Listening to it on my iPhone headphones I felt I missed out on details enormously.
Attention: the April 6th ‘Spirit Of Gravity’ evening of Great Experimental Electronic Music is in another venue, check link below!
ALSO: my concrete music performance is, INSTEAD of in this month’s programme as advertised, moved to the next, it will be in MAY! As part of the Brighton Festival wildness. Woohay!
http://www.facebook.com/events/200757446692241/
