cable festival 2011

playing with fire

an ongoing video project exploring the relationship of sound and image
by Amelia Seymour
including soundtracks by:
…
Rico Repotente
Francis Ruggirello
Heidi Adair
Joe Williamson
David Certano
Sean Reynard
Jeff McGrory
Marzipan Marzipan
Miranda Lloyd &Bart Higgins

Premiere Exhibition/Party
Boddinstr. 20
Front house 4th floor right
Bell: Seymour

Friday Feb. 4th 6 pm

Live performances 8-10

Asi Föcker & Anthea Caddy & Steve Heather
Marzipan Marzipan
and maybe
Ray Vera & Isorättyä Swingers

In Fall 2009 I was drawn out onto the balcony by the drumming and honking of a wedding procession. I noticed the Zimmerman, who had been repairing the roof across from me, fussing around some smoke. It was just getting dark and the smoke was beautiful in the light of their lamps so I grabbed my camera and filmed as the smoke became a fire, which grew out of control. Fortunately no one was injured.
While editing this video, I found it particularly difficult to decide how to handle the sound. I am always aware of the potential emotional manipulation and power of music and sound in the editing process and this time I simply could not decide, partially due to the mixed feelings one experiences watching such a fire. So, I asked my many friends who work with sound and music to watch the film and give me a soundtrack. So far, I have 9 wonderful and diverse solutions totaling approx. one hour. I am very pleased with the results and look forward to sharing them with you for the first time in the room from which the fire was filmed.

splitter

Sven-Åke Johansson & The Echtzeitmusikensemble perform “MM Schäumend” – Finale für 15 Handfeuerlöscher (2003) – Szenisches Konzert für 15 Schaum- und Kohlendioxidfeuerlöscher.
Live at the opening night of the Echtzeitmusiktage, wednesday the 8th of september 2010, Sophiensaele, Berlin.

Conductor: Sven-Åke Johansson
Fire extinguishers: The Echtzeitmusikensemble (Thomas Ankersmit, Burkhard Beins, Tim Blue, Anthea Caddy, Johnny Chang, Andrea Ermke, Fernanda Farah, Hanna Hartman, Andrea Neumann, Morten Olsen, Michael Renkel, Ignaz Schick, Kassian Troyer)

for more performed that night was Harding Greens - Symphonie für Kartonagen (cardboard boxes!)

video here: http://www.sven-akejohansson.com/de/filmhoerspiel/hg-symphonie-fuer-kartonagen/

 

raum20 13.01.11

THE AMES ROOM - Jean-Luc Guionnet, alto saxophone, Clayton Thomas, double bass and Will Guthrie drums

BOGAN GHOST – Anthea Caddy, violoncello and volume and Liz Allbee, trumpet and electronics

bogan ghost

Instrumental noise technicians Anthea Caddy (AUS) and Liz Allbee(USA) unite in this
uncompromising duo. Within the extremes of noise and silence, instrumental abstraction and amplification become central. Focusing on the sepulchral and harsh qualities of cello and trumpet rendered in an electro-acoustic space, Bogan Ghost travels between multiple speaker amplification and the acoustic room, building an unnerving, multi-layered and shadowy sound world.

next concerts at Cable Festival Nantes, France 19 Feb , TBA Paris & Berlin TBA early Feb!

bogan ghost at the opening of the full fucking darkness show berlin

- excerpt from a live recording at the bend break festival in Ausland Nov 10

TAZ splitter press

for those who read german here is some press from the concert at radialsystem