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Sonic Arts Network & University of Manchester present:
EXPO
Manchester
23 - 26 June 2006
Sonic Arts Network brings the Expo festival to Manchester for a weekend
packed with over twenty free events including concerts, installations,
performances, exhibitions, happenings, workshops, gigs, conferences and DJ
sets. Expo is the hub and playground of the UK's experimental music and
sound art scene and features very special guests from around the world.
This year's Expo festival is a sonic exploration of the inner, outer and
public spaces of Manchester.
FRIDAY 23 June
Expo / Exhibition launch event:
STAALPLAAT SOUND SYSTEM / HELMUT LEMKE / BOB LEVENE
18:00 - 20:00 / CORNERHOUSE, 70 OXFORD ST.
Expo kicks off at Cornerhouse with the launch of three solo sound
exhibitions. Get strapped to a hospital bed and put your life in the hands
of Staalplaat Soundsystem as they present their extreme and immersive sound
installation -- 'The Ultrasound of Therapy'. Helmut Lemke invites you to
create your own sound pieces in his new work 'KLANGELN VIII', which
transforms fishing rods into intriguing instruments. Bob Levene will
explore playful and humourous concepts in a jointly commissioned,
performance to camera, audio piece - 'The Space Between: Experiments for
Speakers'
Cornerhouse Galleries open: Tue - Sat 11.00am -- 6.00pm; Thu 11.00am --
8.00pm; Sun 2.00pm -- 6.00pm; Closed Mon; Exhibition runs from 23 June --
30 July
Exhibition produced in partnership with Cornerhouse.
http://www.cornerhouse.org
SATURDAY 24 June
10:45 - 20:00 / Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester
All day back-to-back gigs showcasing the best emerging talent in the UK
radical electronic music and sound art scene. See
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/expo for full details.
WHITE ELEPHANT: JOSEPH BYRD / SPUNK / DREAMS OF TALL BUILDINGS
20:00 - 20:45 / COSMO RODEWALD CONCERT HALL, MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE,
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Ultra-rare appearance of Fluxus maverick Joseph Byrd. The founder of
legendary US psych band The United States of America presents White
Elephant; his first graphic score for almost 40 years, performed by
all-girl Norwegian electro-improv group Spunk and sound art activists
Dreams of Tall Buildings.
"Combining improv, abstract electronics, chamber music, a dash of jazz, and
enough punk aesthetics to go around, Spunk's music uplifts you in ways that
are almost unimaginable."
No tickets or reservations, arrive early to avoid disappointment
CLUB 1: Ascoltare / Um / More...
21:30 - UNTIL LATE / ROADHOUSE, 8 Newton st.
Mashed up club night of hardcore sonic treats, ranging from the beautiful
to the bizarre and topped off with a showcase from broken electronica label
Tripel.
"Charming and cool whilst refreshingly untrendy and lacking in art-core
pose"
SUNDAY 25 June
VICTORIA BATHS: No Petting, No Running, No Bombing
12:00 -- 17:30 / MANCHESTER VICTORIA BATHS, HATHERSAGE RD.
Sonic Arts Network takes over Manchester's vast and historic Victoria
Baths, winner of the first series of BBC's Restoration, with a specially
curated programme of sound installation, sonic intervention and
performance. Headliners The Owl Project will blend the historic craft of
wood turning with hectic glitch electronica; Artists will perform in the
derelict and empty swimming pools; Turkish baths will be replaced with
experimental noise and a man will drown his computer.
CLUB 2: Quartet Electronische / more...
19.30 - UNTIL LATE / ROADHOUSE, 8 Newton st.
Phase two of the late night merriment - the reclusive Quartet Electronische
emerge from the tweed soaked academic sabbatical of their own imaginations
to disrespectfully rip up the sounds of Manchester past and present. "Like
Lowry on acid." -- HIT
MONDAY 26 June
IMAGE -- ACTION - SOUND
GUEST SPEAKER JOSEPH BYRD
10.00 -- 17.00 / MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Papers and research presentations day
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/expo
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