WORKPLACE presents: 2 nights of live music in Gateshead this weekend

FRIDAY 11th August: A Thing Heard: Four Ways of Listening FREE ENTRY, BYOB, 7 - 11pm   SATURDAY 12th August: Louie Rice and Luciano Maggiore DUO, Pinnel, Rust Ruus Doors: 8:00 pm, £5, BYOB / Quiet Show   both events take place at WORKPLACE GATESHEAD http://www.workplacegallery.co.uk/events/ A Thing Heard: Four Ways of Listening A Thing Heard: Four Ways of Listening is a collaborative tour showcasing the work of four contemporary British artists working in the field of sound art. The artists have curated a collection of sculptural artworks that use sound as the primary medium, exploring the inherent materiality and physicality of sound through a range of media, working methods, and outcomes. The works utilise both conventional and unconventional methods of sound production; combining high-tech electronics (loudspeakers, computers, sensors, surface transducers) and customised sculptural elements (wood, rope, sheet metal, bioplastics, carbonated liquids, pyrotechnics) to demonstrate four distinct ways of working with sound in an artistic discipline.   Jordan Edge’s Acclimate is a temperature-reactive sound installation that uses industrial fans and loudspeakers to explore the physical and psychological effects of noise on the human body. Joseph Higgins’ Many Gods, Many Voices is an electro-acoustic composition and sound installation, using a bespoke sonic table to embody the ‘otherness’ of the human voice. Joshua Legallienne’s Action Without Action is a series of kinetic sculptures that produce acoustic sound without the use of loudspeakers, electronics, or conventional sources of energy. Charles Pender’s Maelström is an immersive multi-channel installation using surface transducers to propagate sound into suspended sheets of metal.   (some dates of the tour the artist Guoda Dirzyte will also perform)  Guoda Dirzyte installation works explore kinetics, Dadaism, (self)destruction creating homemade instruments and sound sculptures from junk and found objects. Her main interests are in African and Asian cultures, especially Japanese life aesthetics and their relation to sound/music.   All four artists currently live and work in Brighton, UK. This event has been produced or WORKPLACE by Rachel Lancaster. Louie Rice and Luciano Maggiore DUO, Pinnel, Rust Ruus DUO performing at Cafe OTO Project Space, London. Photo: Elisa Fontana Louie Rice and Luciano Maggiore DUO Luciano Maggiore works in the field of electroacoustic music with a strong interest in the mechanisms of sound diffusion, using carefully placed speakers, analogue and digital devices (walkmans, CD players, tape recorders) as his principal instruments. ​Louie Rice specialises in electronic and acoustic systems;  utilising the physicality of the medium, signal chain and spatial context to create disruptive audio, performance and installation.  He is one third of VA AA LR who recently threatened a trapped TUSK audience with their sinister marching speakers. Tonight Louie and Luciano play as a duo hepping the white cube with their lowercase ear-bristlers.   Pinnel Pinnel is the electronic-alias of Lyndsay Duncanson film-maker, sound-breaker and Noize Choir co-creator.   By using voice and simple electronics Pinnel creates lo-fi sonic shorts full of deep-breath wonder.  Like flicker books for the blind, full of dizzying movement, with just a hint of magic.   Rust Ruus The mysterious Rust Ruus may be new in town but hefts serious chops and dues paid (in full).  Acoustic and/or electric connections are Rust’s game and plugging into the cosmic mainframe new patterns of ‘fuh’ emerge from his long fingers, toes and throat.   Cover of 33/45 by Louie Rice on Organised Music From Thesseloniki (Artwork by Sadie Hough)   DUO performing at Cafe OTO Project Space, London. Photo: Elisa Fontana

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