Audiences and and… pt8
What art have I seen? Nick Cave’s ‘Until’ and Red Note improvising
We were at the evening organised by ArtLink Edinburgh where, as part of their Altered States programme in association with Nick Cave’s ‘Until’ installation in Tramway, Red Note Ensemble improvised for a mixed ability audience.
ArtLink is an ‘arts and disability’ organisation, and this immersive experience was amazing, taking an already stunning installation and creating a moment where an audience spent time together just being … in our bodies, in the environment, in the light and glitter, in the sounds…
Olid Nordhausen
Olid Nordhausen, notorious member of the Blue Cowboys, has created some new noise.
The Heart Sutra [2004] | Chris Dooks
Listen to this. The Heart Sutra [2004] | Chris Dooks.
It is a wonderful voice, one that might actually aid the meditation on emptiness.
What art have I seen?
Hanna Tuulikki performed parts of her work Salutation to the Sun, first presented a few years ago, at the Sound Lab at the City Halls Glasgow. It was followed by the film The Crystal Liturgy about Olivier Messiaen and his interest in landscape and ornithology.
What art have I seen?
At the Wellcome Collection this morning:
Bill Fontana’s White Sound: an Urban Seascape;
Felicity Powell’s A Charmed Life: The Solace of Objects;
Infinitas Gracias: Mexian Miracle Paintings;
and at the Freud Museum, in addition to his collection of sculptures, Barbara Loftus’ Sigismund’s Watch: a tiny catastrophe.
Chris Dooks’ Elephant
Chris Dooks’ brilliant new compositions, made in pain but with hope.
Ayrtime
Chris Dooks eclectic Ayrtime programme of Literature, Alt-Folk (and Alasdair Roberts was so good last night), Astronomy and Theatre taking place in Ayr at the moment. Season 2 in the Autumn.
Listening to Alastair Roberts I kept thinking about Martyn Bennett and was reminded how important it is to tell those strange and brutal stories of death.
Next is Wounded Knee.
CHRIS FREMANTLE 
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