More Reconstructions in Brass
This is what you might have heard if you happened to be walking your dog in Barrow Park last Sunday… Noise Club performing a 2hr set as part of the FON AIR series for the Park bandstand.
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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.
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.
FON at Liverpool Biennial 2010
Hildur Guðnadóttir at St. George’s Hall from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir stopped off in Liverpool on her way to the Lake District to perform at the opening ceremony of this year’s Liverpool Biennial. The event was one in a series of co-productions with the Biennial as part of the PRS for Music New Music Plus scheme, for which Octopus member Glenn Boulter was selected as one of 8 producers in the North West.
We also managed to arrange an impromptu live collaboration between Hildur and fellow Touch label mate Phillip Jeck which took place at artist Ted Riederer’s pop-up record shop and vinyl cutting service (see above). Octopus related artists also featured heavily at the Biennial after party with DJ sets from Mr Sushi, Shengi and a turntable performance from Naomi Kashiwagi at the ‘Britain’s largest brick structure’ the Stanley Dock Warehouse.
Octopus Vegetable Orchestra
Octopus Vegetable Orchestra Live in Barrow Park 25/08/10 from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.
Pupils from Lillian Bayliss school in Lambeth performing with Octopus on Barrow Park Bandstand with home-made vegetable instruments. The performance took place in Barrow-in-Furness Park as part of a Grizedale Arts project with artist Jeremy Deller.
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Film by Mary Stark
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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.
Richard Youngs live at FON 2009
Richard Youngs live at FON Festival 2009 from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.
In case you missed it – an excerpt from Richard Youngs’ live set at FON, October 2009 at the Canteen in Barrow-in-Furness.
Photos: Will Miners
In Residence at FON: Haco
Video clip of Haco from the 1990 Fred Frith documentary ‘Step Across the Border’.
Octopus are hugely excited to have Haco working in and around Barrow Island this week to create a multi-channel sound installation as part of FON!
Haco’s residency has been made possible with support from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the Japan Foundation.