14.05 -
The New Anxiety
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The 300+ year technologies built to capture, understand and connect the world - from maps through geostationary satellites to contemporary algorithms and big data collection - have been exposed as weapons-grade systems that pluralise reality and destabilise the present. How does living in this new anxious world feel, and how deep do these systems take root?
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11th June 2017, RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music (Carole Nash Recital Room), 19:30-20:30
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Alvin Lucier
Self-Portrait (1989)
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MICHAELBRAILEY
...without my wings... (2017)
Vitalija GlovackytÄ—
Sunday (2015)
[INTERVAL]
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Kaj Duncan David
Computer Music (2016, UK premiere)
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Islam Shabana
Δ3 (2017, world premiere - a VIRTUALLYREALITY commission)
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Jonathan Green
Piece for Piano and Lamp (2006)
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performers:
Kathryn Williams (flute, Alvin Lucier)
Matt Lam (piano, MICHAELBRAILEY, Jonathan Green)
Philippos Rousiamanis (violin, objects, Vitalija GlovackytÄ—)
Anna Disley Simpson (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
Callum Coomber (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
Carmel Smickersgill (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
Dave Bainbridge (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
Izzy Williams (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
Michael Brailey (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
Michael Cutting (laptop, Kaj Duncan David)
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