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Ryoko Akama

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Ryoko Akama Installation for Barrow Park at Full of Noises, 17th-19th August "I am a sound artist/composer/performer who approaches listening situations that magnify silence, time and space. My work aims to offer quiet temporal/spatial experiences, and is connected to literature, fine art and mixed media (technology). I employ small and fragile objects such as paper balloons and glass bottles in order to create tiny aural and visual occurrences that embody ‘almost nothing’ aesthetics. I compose text scores and perform a diversity of alternative scores in collaboration with international artists. I run melange edition, co-curate ame and co-edit an independent publisher mumei publishing My works and projects have been funded by Arts Council England, Japan Society, Japan Foundation, Sasakawa Foundation, Daiwa-Anglo Foundation, the University of Huddersfield, Kirklees Council, Pro Helvetia and so on."

The Hive

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The Hive by Ikbal Lubys & Tony Maryana in collaboration with Laurie Crombie Barrow Park, 17th-19th August Resembling a suspended organic hive structure, The Hive is a larger-than-life resonator, with vibrating chimes for visitors to interact with, creating new compositions. This bespoke, sculptural musical instrument is made from parts of Gamelan bars, a form of percussive Indonesian music using gongs and xylophone-type instruments. The Hive was originally created in response the natural sounds found in Peak Cavern, Castleton - as part of Abandon Normal Devices Festival 2017. Commissioned and produced by Abandon Normal Devices. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and British Council, Indonesia. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Ikbal Lubys is an artist, musician, guitar explorer, improviser and sound artist from Malang, East Java, based in Special Region Of Yogyakarta. After studying Western classical music and classical guitar, his work currently evolves around the exploration of dynamic and experimental relationships with the guitar, both in terms of its sound, function and visuals, also several times in collaboration with interdisciplinary artists in Asia and Europe, including performing art, visual art, dance, and film. He is active in several art and experimental music communities and a member of The Instrument Builder’s Project (TIBP), a collective of experimental Indonesian musicians and artists. Tony Maryana has written, recorded and adapted compositions with artists ranging from singers to percussionists and has worked extensively as a musician and composer in Holland and New Zealand. He is a member of Total Perkusi, a community dedicated to percussionists and cultural practices pertaining to percussion. He has performed in solo and collaborative performances and contributed to sound installations and performances across the globe. Laurie Crombie is one of the founder/directors of the Kazimier collective. The collective create interdisciplinary multimedia shows for a variety of contexts from intimate immersive theatre to mass outdoor spectacles, working with light, sound, and performance to explore new forms of ceremony and collective experiences. Based at the Invisible Wind Factory on Liverpool’s North Docks they experiment with new technology and performance techniques to create shows that transport audiences to other worlds. Laurie also works across a number of projects as a musician, artist and maker. He is involved with a number of bands and musical projects that frequently incorporate custom instruments or are performed in unusual locations. ABOUT ABANDON NORMAL DEVICES Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a commissioning agency and a catalyst for new approaches to art-making and digital invention. We create ground breaking projects which challenge the definitions of art and moving image with a distinct emphasis on creative enquiry and provocations. AND brings together an eclectic mix of academics, filmmakers, scientists and anarchists to actively push the boundaries of audience experience and arts production. Inviting artists to hijack the imagination, by developing projects which abandon traditional settings and partnerships. The AND portfolio consists of film happenings, exhibitions, performances, online projects, residencies, public realm interventions and a roaming biennial festival.

Sarah Kenchington

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Sarah Kenchington Installation for Barrow Park at Full of Noises, 17th-19th August Sarah Kenchington lives on a farm in the Campsies, and for the past 10 years has been developing an elaborate and constantly evolving semi mechanical orchestra. Made from strictly human powered, mechanically assisted, acoustic instruments, this orchestra is designed to be played by one person and creates music that is dictated, in part, by the uncontrollable nature of the instruments in this set up. These include a pedal powered double ended hurdy gurdy/banjo, a pyramid structure that plays crystal glasses, a mechanical sequencer, and a brass band section which uses balloon membranes.

Sam Underwood

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Mr Underwood Installation for Barrow Park at Full of Noises, 17th-19th August Sam Underwood is a musician and musical instrument designer. His work in musical instrument design focusses on the development of new musical instruments, creating fresh interfaces with sound for both performer and audience. His installation work has appeared as part of major exhibitions throughout the UK and his instruments are played across the world by musicians and composers who have commissioned designs. He also performs live electronic music – mainly on custom-built acoustic instruments – and drone, doom music on tuba. Sam Underwood website: http://www.mrunderwood.co.uk/

ASUNA

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ASUNA Installation and performance at Full of Noises, 17th-19th August Part of the Yo No Bi Tour #3 in collaboration with ame ASUNA is a sound artist from Japan who has been active since the early 2000's. He produces installation work and live performances including ‘Each Organ’, a sound installation that explores the etymology of the portable electronic organ. His performances make use of many tiny cheap toys to create a multilayered and fascinating plastic universe of drones, loops and occasional pop implosions. After debuting on the Spanish label Lucky Kitchen in 2003, ASUNA has gone on to release over 60 works on various labels around the world. In 2018 he will be touring his work around Europe, with new work premiering at the Full of Noises festival in the UK. ASUNA’s current touring work 100 KEYBOARDS is a live music performance featuring over 100 keyboards. Multiple sound waves on the same frequency are disseminated in multiple directions, creating a complex distribution of acoustic pressure. This causes what is known as a moiré pattern of sound interference. In this site-specific listening experience, you will hear subtle variations of sound interference and resonance that vary based on your location in the performance space. ASUNA Website: https://sites.google.com/site/aaaaasunaaaaa/

Maja Bugge

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Maja Bugge 2018 Artist in Residence - South Walney Nature Reserve Presenting new work at Full of Noises 17th/18th August Maja Bugge is a Norwegian cellist and composer based in Lancaster. She has more then 20 years of professional experience working both as a solo artist and in collaboration with organisations such as Jazz North, Manchester Jazz festival, Lancaster Arts and the National theatre Oslo. In 2012 she released her first solo CD Shelter. She has won several prizes and scholarships for her work including Norwegian Arts council prize for best childrens performance and artist in residence at the Arctic Festival Norway. She has a particular interest in devising work with and for children and young people, and also teaches the cello to pupils of all ages and abilities. Maja Bugge Website: www.majabugge.com

Rebecca Chesney

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Rebecca Chesney 2018 Artist in Residence - South Walney Nature Reserve Presenting new work at Full of Noises 17th/18th August Rebecca Chesney is a visual artist whose work is concerned with the relationship between humans and nature and how we perceive, romanticise and translate the landscape. Her projects take the form of installations, interventions, drawings, maps and walks. She has been commissioned by Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Peak, Compton Verney, Grizedale Arts, Bluecoat Gallery and Landlife. Awards include a Gasworks International Fellowship with CONA in Mumbai India and a Lucas Artist Fellowship at Montalvo California USA. She has been invited to attended residencies at the Nirox Foundation in South Africa, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts and the Lowry. rebeccachesney.com

Tomoko Sauvage

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Tomoko Sauvage Installation and performance at Full of Noises, 17th-19th August Part of the Yo No Bi Tour #3 in collaboration with ame Tomoko Sauvage is a Japanese musician and artist active since the mid-2000’s. Her work investigates the sculpturality of sound and improvisation in relation to the environment. Mainly known for a musical / visual research about ‘natural synthesizer’ of her invention, composed with diverse fluid, bowls, ceramic, light and underwater amplification, Sauvage’s approach is attached to questions of alchemy, meditation and balance between hazard and mastery. Taking the form of performances, installations and musical compositions, her work is regularly presented in Europe, Asia and America. Tomoko Sauvage website: http://o-o-o-o.org

Helen Petts – Space & Freedom

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Space & Freedom. 2018. Archive 8mm film and HD. 22’. When Taiwanese artist Li Yuan-chia left London for Banks in Cumbria in 1967 he said he was going in search of 'Space and Freedom’. Finding personal identification with his work and his life history, Helen Petts set out to explore his memory at the site where he lived and worked, but also his relationship with the landscape - interacting herself with the places he loved. The film mixes Petts’ own footage and field recordings with two previously undiscovered sound recordings and archive film shot by Li Yuan-chia himself. With additional interventions on prepared piano by Steve Beresford. Helen Petts is an artist film-maker who explores rhythm, texture, sound and chance events in the landscape and also in her long standing relationship with experimental musicians. In 2013 she was commissioned by FON to make Solo Soprano - a portrait of Lol Coxhill. Space & Freedom was originally commissioned by Manchester Art Gallery and curator Hammad Nasar for the exhibition Speech Acts (Continues until April 2019). Financially assisted by the Arts Council of England National Lottery Fund and the Li Yuan-chia Foundation. Archive footage by Li Yuan-chia courtesy of Manchester University.  

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