Curator's talk by Lawrence English
4.30-5.30pm Fri 11 June 2021
A talk by Lawrence English, curator of Akio Suzuki: Sense of Eko. Since 1963, celebrated Japanese sound artist Akio Suzuki has been creating aural situations which have challenged and influenced countless artists in his wake. His guiding principles are those of ‘throwing’ and ‘following’ – from his earliest work in which he literally threw objects down Nagoya railway station’s stairs (and was subsequently dragged away by staff) to sophisticated, extended sessions in which echoes, resonance and the accidental gather to produce profound soundscapes, Suzuki’s works are at once playfully irreverent and deeply meditative. He provokes us to reconsider relationships with sound, space and time.
Lawrence English is composer, artist and curator who works across an eclectic array of aesthetic investigations. He is interested in the politics of perception, through live performance and installation, to create works that ponder subtle transformations of space and ask audiences to become aware of that which exists at the edge of perception.
This is a free event, spaces are limited
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