Hailing from Melbourne, Sam, Tarquin and Trev (aka Bum Creek) grew out of the Canberra art scene and have been attending Electrofringe since back when they were Uni students.
Performing at the main gig of the festival, the Saturday Night Showcase (at the Cambridge), they’ll be joined by the likes of Ivan Lisyak and 10k Freemen.
Come see Bum Creek:
(Photo: Bum Creek in Japan. Photo courtesy of the artists.)
Heading over from Oakland/Berkley and presented in collaboration with Sound Summit is the lovely lady, DJ Ripley: academic, journalist and dj of those dubstep riddems (amongst other things)
See DJ Ripley at:
And if you want to listen to some of her sounds, check: To The Party Members
(Photo: DJ Ripley in action. Photo courtesy of the artist.)
Thats right peoples… in the spirit of mobility, sustainability and adaptation, this little sauna is heading to Newcastle, all the way from Finland (via Berlin). Utilising locally found materials, it will help you to warm your souls, should the festival night air get a little chilly…
Find Mika Meskanen and the Temp Sauna at:
(Photo: Mika Meskanen and Temp Sauna. Photo courtesy of the artist.)
Come witness the musical wonder of a man, a saxophone and a computer. Jim Cuomo, who composed the music for the original version of SimCity, will be performing and talking at the festival – so please come along and see what it’s all about:
See Jim Cuomo:
(Photo: Jim Cuomo. Photographer: Evelyn Easting.)
Ger Ger, media artist, born in Vienna (AT), currently lives and works in Berlin (DE). His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions all over the world.
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Samuel Bruce is an artist living in Western Sydney whose practice encompasses generative audiovisual abstraction, electronics, a catalogue of garage sale signs, and endurance karaoke. Now it seems he’s curating Electro-Online, so all that time spent on the web is finally paying off.
Events:
Come listen to the beautiful wash of sounds from New Zealand’s Rosy Parlane, alongside Ducktails (US), Pumice (NZ), Qua (Melb), Jim Cuomo (US), Aoi (Melb), Toecutter, Guarde Compartmente, and Stalker.
See Rosy at:
(Photo: Rosy Parlane. Photographer: Rachel Cobcroft.)
Start off your Saturday evening, by bringing along a bit of food and sitting down to listen to the sonic atmospheres of one of Australia’s laptop veterans, Pimmon alongside Adelaide’s Christian Haines paying homage to the likes of Steve Reich and Alvin Lucier via mobile phone. It all happens at Quiet Appreciation - 6pm, Saturday 3rd October at The Church. (And once again, its free!)
More event information and location map
(Photos: Christian Haines and Pimmon. Photos courtesy of the artists.)
The Vinyl Arcade by Lucas Abela (aka. Justice Yeldham) will be exhibited from 3pm – 6pm each day of the festival. Head to 164 Hunter Street to witness this awesomeness…
Swiss sound artist, Gilles Aubry – who these days hails from Berlin – will be presenting his most recent sound installation, Planes, at the John Paynter Gallery for the duration of the festival.
He will also be performing live as part of the Electro-Performance Evening on Sunday 4th October, accompanied by Australian sound artists Tom Hall and Matthew Hoare.
To see Gilles Aubry at Electrofringe:
All events are free.
(Photo: Gilles Aubry. Photo courtesy of the artist.)
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