About
YES WAY
13 15 August
Auto Italia are teaming up with Upset the Rhythm, London's premier independent music promoter and record label, for YES WAY a celebration of new, alternative and emerging music and art scenes from throughout the UK. Building on the success of last year's inaugural, sold out event, from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August YES WAY will see 41 bands, representing the length and breadth of the British Isles, perform over 2 stages, alongside collaborations, stage designs and specially commissioned work from over 30 artists.
The 3 day event will see the bands from the Upset the Rhythm line up performing from within artworks, to a soap opera that deals with choreography, sculpture and football which will be screened in-between set ups, over lapping with huge remakes of Russian constructivist theater design. Projections of colour, representing advertising and pornography, will be suspended alongside sculptures that celebrate and depict imagined interactions between the different groups involved. Selected bands will be performing physically wearing artworks, as huge capes that harness all the worlds energy.
Lucky pdf will set up their own TV station opening the festival up to viewers online, with live transmissions throughout the weekend. There'll also be a temporary supermarket, specially constructed to sell records, fanzines, publications, Upset the Rhythm merchandise, counterfeit t-shirts and a selection of material from alternative project spaces around the UK.
YES WAY is an expression of independence, creating a context outside of the commercial scene and reinforcing the DIY, self-supporting system that characterises both the musicians and artists involved. This project is part of an ongoing relationship between Auto Italia and Upset The Rhythm - two organisations that are dedicated to supporting new and alternative cultural production, and cultivating the often-ignored kinship between the art and music worlds.
Featuring:
New Display Strategies / Eddie Peake / Paul Simon Richards / Danielle Dean/ Darren Banks / Katie Horwich / Kristina O'Donnell / Julia Crabtree / Will Evans / Lucky PDF / Rachal Bradley / Ruth Edwards / Rosie Cooper / Morag Keil / Manuela Gernedel / Yuri Pattison / Mitchell Bridges / Katrina Palmer / Chris King / Frances Scott / Charles Chintzer Lai / Tristram Bellotti / Tqqundo Frrrr / Bill Aitchison / Lulu Li / Lois Macdonald / Daniel Swan / Peter Caul / Amy McDonough / Studio Downturn / Grace Schofield / Paul Pieroni / Alec Steadman / Charlie Woolley / James Early / Robert Carter / Lorenzo Tebano /
Male Bonding / Lovvers / Cold Pumas / Munch Munch / Male Bonding / The Human Race / Family / Cleckhuddersfax / Fair Ohs / Islet / Please / Slowcoaches / Ghost Hunter / Hype Williams / School Tour / Chora / Blood Stereo / The Haxan Cloak / Time / Temperatures / Former Bullies / Waiters / Golden Grrrls / Tqqundo Frrrrrr / Plug / Veronica Falls / Gentle Friendly / Runners / Dam Mantle / Human Hair / Ultimate Thrush / Covergirl / Two Wings / Jelas / Way Through / Klaus Kinski / No Womb / Bitches / King Alfred man of leisure / La La Vasquez
Location:
Auto Italia
1 Glengall Road
London
SE15 6NJ
www.autoitaliasoutheast.org
www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/yesway
Ticket info:
http://www.wegottickets.com/f/1824
