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Performance Experiments Phase 1: N4rgh1l3

As mentioned before on this blog, N4rgh1l3 is a collaborative project with Andrew Thomson who also works with Joe Musgrove in Biffplex.  We have similar tastes in music and movies and it seemed logically that we should help swell the artist/band scene in Brisbane with yet another side project.  Initially though our collaborations lacked [...]

Performance Experiments Phase1: Surrogate Band

Surrogate Band from Performing Audiovisualist on Vimeo.

A super early version of what could be considered granular video inspired by:

Granular Synthesis; granular synthesis; Phil Niblock’s Magic Sun film of Sun Ra; Kutiman; and the “Say No More” projects of Bob Ostertag.

Compositional Approach:

My goal was to create a performance system that [...]

Performance Experiments Phase1: Left of Left

“Barrett’s set, for example, explores a very intriguing, almost linear, narrative from blurry, sun-kissed photography and warm spacious ambience to the subdued loneliness of melancholic imagery and trilling feedback before finally collapsing into a dark, droning portrait of utter desolation. Barrett orchestrates the imagery well with a blend of abstract sound, field [...]