[Microsound-announce] Expo Manchester 2006 / 23 - 26 June 2006

[Richard Whitelaw]

A brief reminder about

Sonic Arts Network & University of Manchester present:
 
EXPO
Manchester
 
23 - 26 June 2006
 
Sonic Arts Network brings the Expo festival to Manchester for a weekend
packed with over twenty free events including concerts, installations,
performances, exhibitions, happenings, workshops, gigs, conferences and DJ
sets. Expo is the hub and playground of the UK¹s experimental music and
sound art scene and features very special guests from around the world. This
year¹s Expo festival is a sonic exploration of the inner, outer and public
spaces of Manchester.
 
FRIDAY 23 June
 
Expo  / Exhibition launch event:
STAALPLAAT SOUND SYSTEM / HELMUT LEMKE / BOB LEVENE
 
18:00 - 20:00 / CORNERHOUSE, 70 OXFORD  ST.
 
Expo kicks off at Cornerhouse with the launch of three solo sound
exhibitions. Get strapped to a hospital bed and put your life in the hands
of Staalplaat Soundsystem as they present their extreme and immersive sound
installation ­ ŒThe Ultrasound of Therapy¹.  Helmut Lemke invites you to
create your own sound pieces in his new work ŒKLANGELN VIII¹, which
transforms fishing rods into intriguing instruments. Bob Levene will explore
playful and humourous concepts in a jointly commissioned, performance to
camera, audio piece - ŒThe Space Between: Experiments for Speakers¹
 
Cornerhouse Galleries open:  Tue - Sat 11.00am ­ 6.00pm; Thu 11.00am ­
8.00pm; Sun 2.00pm ­ 6.00pm; Closed Mon; Exhibition runs from 23 June ­ 30
July
 
Exhibition produced in partnership with Cornerhouse.
http://www.cornerhouse.org
 
 
SATURDAY 24 June
 
10:45 - 20:00 / Martin Harris Centre and Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall,
University of Manchester - All day back-to-back gigs showcasing the best
emerging talent in the UK radical electronic music and sound art scene. See
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/expo for full details.
 
 
WHITE ELEPHANT: JOSEPH BYRD / SPUNK / DREAMS OF TALL BUILDINGS
 
20:00 - 20:45 / COSMO RODEWALD CONCERT HALL, MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE,
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
 
Ultra-rare appearance of Fluxus maverick Joseph Byrd. The founder of
legendary US psych band The United States of America presents White
Elephant; his first graphic score for almost 40 years, performed by all-girl
Norwegian electro-improv group Spunk and sound art activists Dreams of Tall
Buildings.
 
³Combining improv, abstract electronics, chamber music, a dash of jazz, and
enough punk aesthetics to go around, Spunk¹s music uplifts you in ways that
are almost unimaginable.²
 
No tickets or reservations, arrive early to avoid disappointment
 
CLUB 1: Ascoltare / Um /  More...
 
21:30 - UNTIL LATE / ROADHOUSE, 8 Newton st.
 
Mashed up club night of hardcore sonic treats, ranging from the beautiful to
the bizarre and topped off with a showcase from broken electronica label
Tripel.
 
³Charming and cool whilst refreshingly untrendy and lacking in art-core
pose²
 
SUNDAY 25 June
 
VICTORIA BATHS: No Petting, No Running, No Bombing
 
12:00 ­ 17:30 / MANCHESTER VICTORIA BATHS, HATHERSAGE RD.
 
Sonic Arts Network takes over Manchester¹s vast and historic Victoria Baths,
winner of the first series of BBC¹s Restoration, with a specially curated
programme of sound installation, sonic intervention and performance.
Headliners The Owl Project will blend the historic craft of wood turning
with hectic glitch electronica; Artists will perform in the derelict and
empty swimming pools; Turkish baths will be replaced with experimental noise
and a man will drown his computer.
 
CLUB 2: Quartet Electronische / more...
 
19.30 - UNTIL LATE / ROADHOUSE, 8 Newton st.
 
Phase two of the late night merriment - the reclusive Quartet Electronische
emerge from the tweed soaked academic sabbatical of their own imaginations
to disrespectfully rip up the sounds of Manchester past and present. ³Like
Lowry on acid.² ­ HIT
 
MONDAY 26 June
 
IMAGE ­ ACTION - SOUND
GUEST SPEAKER JOSEPH BYRD
 
10.00 ­ 17.00 / MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
 
Papers and research presentations day
 
 
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE
 
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/expo



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