Slave Pianos, Music of the City, Programme Text
Slave Pianos in association with The Histrionics present
THE MUSIC OF THE CITY
Recitals of Artists’ Music and Sound Works
Opening night programme Darren Knight Gallery 6p.m. August 6 1999, 840 Elizabeth St., Waterloo Sydney
Slave Pianos live performance by the QRS Pianomation Research Laboratory Player Piano, the Playola. Recompositions/arrangements and transcriptions by Rohan Drape and Neil Kelly with performances and interpretations by Barney McAll.
| artist | work |
|---|---|
| Richard Swallow | The Operator |
| Martin Creed | Work No 117 |
| Jean Dubuffet | Coq a L’oeil |
| David McThomas & Harry Armonious | November 1996 |
| Marro Fusinato | EP in E |
| George Brecht | Comb Piece |
| Thomas Lawson | Untitled |
| Peter Tyndall (Slave Guitars) | |
| Joseph Beuys & Nam June Paik | In Memoriam George Maciunas |
| Martin Kersels | Fax Machine |
| John Nixon (Two Greys Becoming) | |
| Michael Kelley (Destroy All Monsters) | Raga |
| Domenico de Clario | From The Opaque |
| Katharina Fritsch | Unken (extrait) |
| Anthony Clark (The Living Rococo) | Untitled |
| Jean Tinguely | Relief Meta-mechanique Sonore 1 |
| Bruce McLean’s (Videor Diodes) | Limpo-Wristo Pontho-Rocko |
| Anthony Clark (Intermezzo) | 7 |
| Ronnie Van Hont (Into The Void) | Bank Roll |
| John Nixon (The Ballet) | Alexander Blok pt 1 |
| Daniel Malone & Martin Popperwell | The Strike Church |
| Louise Bourgeois | Otte |
| Ross Sinclair (with The Soup Dragons) | Head Gone Astray |
| Lillian Budd | Studies for Existence |
| Dieter Roth | Der Akkordeon Fluch |
Slave Chamber: menage a quatre present the world premiere of Five Pieces for String Quartet recomposition/arrangement/transcription by Rohan Drape & Neil Kelly
| mvt | artist | work |
|---|---|---|
| I | William Viola | Buried Secrets 1995 |
| II | Solver (J.Nixon, M.Fusinuto, S.Bram, R.Nolan) | 3, 1997 |
| III | Gabriel Orozco | Ligne d’Abandon, 1993 |
| IV | Kurt Merz Schwitters | Ursonate 1922–32 |
| V | The Gobbler (M.Kelley, P.McCartney, A.Byington, C.Jamie, D.Muller) | Lazy Siren 1998 |
| on | is |
|---|---|
| Violin 1 | Romano Crivici |
| Violin 2 | Jacob Plooigh |
| Viola | Rudolph Crivici |
| Cello | Marcus Hartstein |
dedicated to Elektra String Quartet
The Didgeridoo performance of works by Circle Records recording artists has been cancelled due to discretion exercised in playing this material in the presence of the authors during EPW ceremonial orders
Continuing at The Iron Duke Hotel (Cnr Botany Rd & McEvoy St., Alexandria) at B.30p.m. David M Thomas’ Oviae Yone, then The Hiatrionics present for the first time in Sydney ADAWO, Australia’s first Martin Creed tribute band. Set List:
- Hello (hello)
- 1234
- Thirty Thirty
- Short G
- The New Instrumental One
- Short C
- Feeling Blue
- Short G
- Up + Down
- Circle
- Short G
- Low
- High
- 30 Seconds With The Lights Of f
- 1 - 100
- Short G
- 101 - 200
- Short G THE
- Long C
- One Whole Song
- Short G
- x
- Short C
- Nothing
- Start Middle End
- Short C
- The usual First One
- Happy Man
| as | is |
|---|---|
| Martin Creed Vocals | John Campbell |
| Martin Creed guitar | Craig Fermanis |
| Keiko Owada bass | Dave O’Brien |
| Adam McEwen drums | Tommy Zdanius |
Exclusively available through Darren Knight Gallery
| from | is |
|---|---|
| SLAVE PIANOS | A sampler C.D. |
| LOIN GROIN | Pneumatic Drill C.D. |
| SLAVE EDITIONS | Boxed set of Slave Pianos Scores |
| SLAVE EDITIONS | Bound set of Slave Chamber scores |
| ADAWO | Offset poster |