First anniversary of Helmut Schäfer’s death

by lawrence

Randy H.Y. Yau has assembled a set of nice photos on his Flickr page. This one by Joe Colley is my favourite.

Helmut Schaefer & Zbigniew Karkowski by Joe Colley

Randy captioned it as such:

‘Last picture taken of Helmut together with Zbigniew at his home in Graz, Austria. Helmut’s unique energy is captured in his expression here. Joe gave me this photo at the end of 2006 saying, “here’s a picture of your two favorite guys.” It’s been on my refrigerator since.’




[Event] China Incidental

by lawrence

China Incidental: Production Consumption Interpretation

Artists: Yan Jun 颜峻, Zhong Minjie 钟敏杰, Lin Zhiying 林志英, Hitlike (Zhang Liming 张立明).

Royal Festival Hall London, 18th - 28th April
Curated by Matthias Kispert

A slice of contemporary China that is not seen but heard, presented through the work of some of China’s leading experimental artists, including Yan Jun (Beijing), Zhong Minjie (Guangzhou), Lin Zhiying (Shenzhen) and Hitlike (Harbin). Commissioned by CHINA NOW, the UK’s largest ever festival of Chinese culture.

For eleven days, the Foyer of the Royal Festival Hall will be infused with real-world sounds from China. The recordings create a fluctuating, unpredictable mix that changes with the time of day, causing a shift in localities between the grand concert hall and the world of everyday life on a different continent.

The three themes, production, consumption and interpretation, are a reference to the changes that are currently affecting all layers of Chinese society. With the rapid increase in production and private enterprise, the emerging consumer culture and the availability of spare time to spend as one wishes, comes a continuous need for communication, interpretation and re-evaluation of people’s everyday living realities.

(CHINA NOW, the UK’s largest ever festival of Chinese culture, is a six-month nationwide celebration of over 1000 Chinese events including exhibitions, performances and activities spanning Chinese film, cuisine, comics, art, literature, music, design, science, technology, business, education and sport across the UK. Visit www.chinanow.org.uk/events for full details of all events.)




RESO show tomorrow

by Ben

Quick blurb to let everyone know about a show going down tomorrow night in Shanghai called RESO: Reconstruct the Experimental Soundscape of Ourselves. It’s being organized by Mai Mai 卖卖 from the noise rock band Musclesnog (with whom Torturing Nurse’s Junky sat in on vocals and guitar last weekend at Live Bar). Mai Mai will be debuting his solo side-project, Asthma Writers Union, and also a duo project, Porn Moon Twins. Also on the bill is Dominik 多多, a British sound artist who was last in town about two years ago and played a NOIShanghai gig at that time. I’ll also be performing a set of vocal improvisation and Max/MSP futzing, inspired by this brief, impromptu collaboration with Yan Jun 颜峻 at the last NOIShanghai show in January.

Date: Saturday, April 12, 7:30 pm
Venue: Mecooon (aka Downstream Garage) 下河迷仓
Address: Long Cao Road, lane 200, number 100, building 3 (next to the former Yu Yin Tang).
龙漕路200弄100号3楼（育音堂原址隔壁）
Cover charge: 20 RMB (includes free CD for first 50 audience members)




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