Son of Science @ SHED 4

Son of Science appeared at the OPEN CHANNEL SHED 4 launch, 5 July, performing a rare 15 minute set in one of the largest remaining industrial spaces in Melbourne.

The new new line-up: Adrian Symes on reeds and Chip Wardale on bass. Mark Tallon (vocals), John Power (visuals) and myself on everything else. Adrian, Chip and Mark may be remembered for their strange and enigmatic days as No More Bandicoots!

Back in the studio soon to get these new parts down… when I’m not writing it’s generally the best time to do this kind of studio work.

ccSalon reprise

it was quite a night… i’m not sure what happened, cause it was all pretty much hit and miss given the fluidity of the agenda… i mean, it was lovely, but not everyone turned up for the 9am-ish start and i didn’t realise the OAK Report was being launched that evening, just prior to our event and that it was all integrated… but that meant we had some exception legal minds in tow and opportunities to broaden exposure to the kind of work some of us engage with.

overall, a fine start to what may well transpire as the first of many more such events nation-wide. clearly, a lot of consciousness raising will be required to alert creatives to a broader understanding of flexible licenses… if anything, it may just keep their audiences and listeners out of jail come january 1, 2007!

i really enjoyed the works that were contributed through the flickr community, such as these few that were published after the event:

Photo: yinyang

Photo: yinyang

Photo: Felix42

Photo: RaeA

ccSalon, Brisbane, 2006.

Photos: Terminal Quartet

An excellent and colourful set of stills of the Terminal Quartet taken by Justina Curtis in March 2005. By selecting any one of these photos you’ll find the entire collection on my Flickr.

L-R: Ollie Olsen, John Grant, Andrew Garton, Steve Law

Tags: terminalquartet ollielosen andrewgarton stevelaw johngrant

Poster: Crash – Hobart

Poster: Lingua – Hobart

Syn Urbania recording session

Photos from the Synesthesia Urbania recording session, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, 11 August, 2005.

Recording was held within this installation space at Art Center Nabi.

The cello was processed via an AudioMulch patch. The cellist had never improvised before and had not had any experience of processing. He responded beautifully!

The AudioMulch rig to the left and my personal rig to the right.

Live: Garton, Curtis at Submerge

A 16 minute sample from a live set at Submerge, recorded 30 January 2005. The opening underscore is from Russian composer, Boro Cloth, with text by penned Sydney based composer/film-maker, David Nerlich, and narrated by yours truely.

Sunday morning, inner-stage, Submerge, Opeia Eco-Arts Retreat.

• Andrew Garton: Laptop (samples, beat processing, sequencing), theremin/ring modulator, PMA5/synthesis, voice
• Justina Curtis: Violin, SH101, champagne

Garton, Curtis Live at Submerge [MP3, 15.3MB]

SOS @ Fringe 04

We performed Star Maker for the first time at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

SOS @ Fringe Club

Last Friday Steve and I played four pieces from Son of Science at the Melbourne Fringe Festival Club (North Melbourne Town Hall). We were “drawn”, the drawing photographed via a mobile and emailed direct to a moblog server in the US.

Photo courtesy Troy’s moblog where you’ll find more from that evening. Are there no services of this kind in Australia yet? If we ever get D3 version 2 off the ground the answer will be yes, but it’ll be a lot more focused than the free for all from the US and most certainly add free.

Poster: Brainstorming