Archive for category Octopod gigs

Date: April 7th, 2011
Cate: Events, happenings, Octopod gigs, Residencies
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Poulpe at Islington Mill

Poulpe poster

Poulpe

by Octopus

Saturday 26th March, Islington Mill, James Street, Salford M3 5HW

7pm-3am, £7 admission

Octopus members John Hall, Andrew Deakin, Fern Oxley and Glenn Boulter
have developed POULPE as part of a short residency with Islington Mill.

The piece takes charity shop audio books collected in Cumbria and
Manchester as source material for a multi-channel installation
and a series of live performances. Creating a variable audio collage
from fragments of throwaway fiction, POULPE will be presented on
Islington Mill’s upper floors during the Merzman cabaret on
Saturday the 26th March from 7pm.

POULPE is Octopus’ second foray into Schwitters-inspired audio work
following ‘Morsonata’, a radio piece by Mobile Radio that was
commissioned for the inaugural FON Festival in 2009.
‘Morsonata’ saw Schwitters’ ‘Ursonate’ performed
by two Morse code operators from Barrow-in-Furness
Submariners’ Association as part of an hour long transmission
that was broadcast live from the festival’s base in Barrow Shipyard.

POULPE was commissioned by Littoral as part of
MERZMAN: Kurt Schwitters in the North West

www.islingtonmill.com
www.merzman.co.uk
www.octopuscollective.com

Date: March 21st, 2011
Cate: Commissions, Events, Octopod gigs, Residencies
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More Poulpe in Progress…

Octopus’ John, Andrew, Fern and Glenn working on Poulpe in the upper floors of Islington Mill in Salford, Monday 21st March. Poulpe is a commission for the Merzman festival to be performed on Sat 26th.

The piece takes charity shop audio books collected in Cumbria and Manchester as source material for a short wave radio installation and series of live performances. Creating a variable audio collage from fragments of throwaway fiction, ‘Poulpe’ will be presented on the Mill’s upper floors during the Merzman cabaret on Sat 26th March from 7pm.

‘Poulpe’ is Octopus’ second foray into Schwitters-inspired audio work following ‘Morsonata’, a radio piece by Mobile Radio that was commissioned for the inaugural FON Festival in 2009. ‘Morsonata’ saw Schwitters’ ‘Ursonate’ performed by two Morse code operators from Barrow-in-Furness Submariners’ Association as part of an hour long transmission that was broadcast live from the festival’s base in Barrow Shipyard.

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Date: March 17th, 2011
Cate: Events, Octopod gigs, Residencies, Video
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Poulpe in progress…

Octopus’ John, Andrew, Fern and Glenn working on Poulpe, a commission for the Merzman festival to be performed on Sat 26th at Salford’s Islington Mill.

The piece takes charity shop audio books collected in Cumbria and Manchester as source material for a short wave radio installation and series of live performances. Creating a variable audio collage from fragments of throwaway fiction, ‘Poulpe’ will be presented on the Mill’s upper floors during the Merzman cabaret on Sat 26th March from 7pm.

‘Poulpe’ is Octopus’ second foray into Schwitters-inspired audio work following ‘Morsonata’, a radio piece by Mobile Radio that was commissioned for the inaugural FON Festival in 2009. ‘Morsonata’ saw Schwitters’ ‘Ursonate’ performed by two Morse code operators from Barrow-in-Furness Submariners’ Association as part of an hour long transmission that was broadcast live from the festival’s base in Barrow Shipyard.

merzman.co.uk

Date: March 3rd, 2011
Cate: Community, Events, Octopod gigs, Video
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Octopus at DIY Music Day @ Liverpool World Museum

Octopus’ John Hall and Glenn Boulter warming up in the aquarium in Liverpool World Museum as part of DIY Music Day, produced by Sound Network.

www.soundnetwork.org.uk

Date: July 27th, 2010
Cate: Education, Events, FON 2010, Octopod gigs, Video

Octopus Turntablism

Octopus live turntable set at Lanternhouse July 2010 from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.

Four performances with vinyl from Octopus members John Hall (Cardboard Lung), Fern Oxley (Shengi), Andrew Deakin (Yantantethra) and Glenn Boulter (Focal Gaol). Visuals from the Multiple Otomo DVD by Otomo Yoshihide. The performances took place at Lanternhouse as part of an evening devoted to turntablism.

lanternhouse.org