Expo Plymouth
Fri 22nd -Mon 25 June 2007
Devil’s Point Sonic Picnic
Sunday 24th June | 12pm – 6pm | Western King Point, Stonehouse
Send event to a friendBring a hamper, entertain the kids, walk the dog and enjoy a Sunday afternoon of outdoor sonic art at the stunning Devil’s Point.
Performances
12.00pm | Paul Kelly & Isolde Kanikani: Control – No Control
Improvised MIDI-EVI trumpet and dance performance
12.35pm | Grantby: Made In England
Vintage analogue mixer feedback as sound performance
1.10pm | Junkenstein
Expo Youth junk percussion orchestra
1.50pm | Inside the Goldfish Bowl: Polaroid
Audience interactive dance and sound piece blurring the boundaries between life and art
2.25pm | Semorphonic Orchestra
Multi-location orchestra of analogue synth players led by semophore
It's not too late to be part of the Semorphonic Orchestra. Visit the website for more details.
3.05pm | IMP
DIY electronic devices group led by kREEPA noise-doctor John Richards
4.40pm | Le Couteau Jaune
A pirate-mini opera created for Sonic Picnic by East London’s leading exponents of the confrontational bizarre.
5.20pm | Tom Bugs and Hilary Jeffery: Tromboscillator
Mangled trombone blasts mate and mutate with modular analogue sonics in this headline Sonic Picnic performance from these top draw collaborators
Halal Kebab Hut – impromptu performances in various picnic sites
Bonkers live and roaming interventions by anarchic algorithmic improviseurs de junk
Installations
A series of sound installations dotted across Western King Point. Find them all, experience them all
Holly Rumble – “I forced many kinds of seeds into the stomachs of dead fish, and then gave their bodies to fishing-eagles, storks, and pelicans.”
Amplified chips and seeds inspired by Charles Darwin whose Beagle voyage left from close to this site in 1831
Sarah Angliss – The See Saw Deception
A sonified see saw – say no more
Oscillatorial Binnage – Drowning Not Waving
Circuits have been abused for musical purposes in many different ways but never drowned. Witness a flotilla of speakers and their nautical drones.
Jon Aveyard & Paul Stapleton – Binaural Improvisation
A durational site-specific performance experienced over headphones
Selina Taylor - Sonic Puppets
Puppets need picnics too
5X= Digital Hot Dogs
A roving hot dog cart with a twist, presented as part of Expo Youth
The SunMaids - Operation Raisins
Conceptual art inspired teens The Sunmaids present a site-specific sculpture that dispenses both healthy fruitsnack products and cheap Casio-raisincore. Presented as part of Expo Youth
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Fudge - Sweet Dreams
An interactive sound environment of space hoppers and giant inflatables in a disused reservoir, Presented as part of Expo Youth
Darwin’s Walk
A large metal sculpture incorporating Soundbeam technology, presented as part of Expo Youth
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