Westworks Building

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PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION as part of MAKING THE LONG TAIL

Featuring:

Helen Mair ­– Open Skies

As of 2016 there are over forty countries that have added physical barriers to guard their borders from neighbors. For residents of border towns with physical walls or fences, this division is constantly presents, part of their everyday. This installation reflects on the ways in which they share the same skies with ‘the other side’ but have only a fractured connection.

Grace Pappas, Oscar Warr and Albert Barbu ­– The Right Arm

By acquiring a digital casting of a visitor’s arm and then presenting it inside a virtual space, our installation becomes a platform for interrogation into the relationship between a gallery’s collection and its visitors. Once an individual has agreed to donate their arm, a scan is made as part of a ritual symbolising the passage of death and the transition from a physical existence to a digital one. Visitors are able to look through our viewfinder and see themselves on display. This process of acquisition and curation not only blurs the lines between these two realities, but also aims to establish a more dialogical relationship between the public and the institution's collection. More info at www.therightarm.xyz.

Workshop 2pm-3pm:

Print.Cut.Shake led by Seo Hye Lee, Sarah Sajid and Anna Dakin

Inspired by the Dadaist poetry methods of Tristan Tzara, we will invite workshop participants to investigate the words, slogans, and text based information printed on the buildings and signs around White City. With these texts we will create our own unique poems to perform within the space on the closing night.

Performances 6pm-8pm, featuring:

Derelict Electronics

Performance using amplifiers and instruments made from rocks and basic matter in the Derelict Electronics workshop led by Electronic Noise Artist Ryan Jordan during Making the Long Tail, which imagined that a digital holocaust has occurred and all electronic devices have ceased to function.

Jen Haugan - Doppler Machine from Sonic Ensemble

Performance with a machine that recreates the Doppler effect, exploring how we can use the sonic environment as a compositional tool.

Print.Cut.Shake Performance

Performance of poetry generated in the afternoon’s workshop led by Seo Hye Lee, Sarah Sajid and Anna Dakin

Ronnie Deelen and Derck Littel

Improvised modular synth and cello performance

*Nibbles & Drinks will be provided.*