Speaking with your Mouth Full

Greensquare Library, part of Art Month and March Dance 2019

With Alan Schacher and Jim DenleyAll photos for this performance by Vsevolod Vlaskine

With Alan Schacher and Jim Denley

All photos for this performance by Vsevolod Vlaskine

Green Square Library presents Speaking With Your Mouth Full.

A live performance for Art Month as part of the Waterloo-Green Square precinct night.

FREE EVENT

Curated by Alan Schacher and WeiZen Ho, this event brings together performing artists and musicians who will lead a journey through the library, examining the book as device, language as a medium for conveying musicality, and reading as a choral communion.

The library opens to be explored after-hours for this special one night event.

Featuring:

Jim Denley : wind instruments

Luiz Gabriel Gubeissi : double bass

WeiZen Ho : performer

Linda Luke : performer/ dancer

Phillippa Murphy-Haste : clarinets and viola

Alan Schacher : performer, concept initiator

Hirofumi Uchino (Defektro) : handmade instruments & electronics

About the artists:

Jim Denley : If there is to be a relevant new music for our time/space it must start with a deep listening to the world — not imposing anthropocentric constructions on it. To this end I’ve emphasized spontaneity, site-specific work and collaboration in my work — making no distinctions between my roles as instrumentalist, improviser and composer. https://splitrec.com­

Luiz Gabriel Gubeissi is a bass player from São Paulo. He has been involved in spontaneous music since 2004. As a member of Brazilian group Abaetetuba Collective he played at international festivals, theatres and cultural centres. Currently living in Australia, he was part of The Splinter Orchestra for three years.

Linda Luke has worked as a performer and choreographer in the performing arts for the past 20 years. Her solo works have been presented in NSW and Victoria as well as internationally. In 2019 she will premiere her new solo STONE at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. www.lindaluke.com.au

Phillippa Murphy-Haste is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator based between Sydney and Malmö, Sweden. Her practice reflects a broad range of styles and contexts including jazz, contemporary classical, experimental, improvised music, theatre and cross-cultural collaborations, and music-related social justice projects. www.phillippamurphyhaste.com

WeiZen Ho is a performing artist and deviser. She recently presented a performance installation and film project, t h e s u b t l e b e I n g s inspired by her research and witness of possession rituals in Borneo Malaysia and Vietnam. She initiated SoundBitesBody in 2012, curating 23 improvised performances in The Blue Mountains. www.weizenho.com

Hirofumi Uchino is an Australia-based Japanese artist who creates 'noise' related experimental music performances, objects and exhibitions utilising a wide range of skills and methods. He is founder of Lastgasp Art Laboratories and Defektro. http://lalweb.com/hiro-bio.html

Alan Schacher is a performance creator and performance artist who works with a diverse range of materials to partner the body in evoking a situation, an atmosphere, a tension, sometimes comedic, and usually in reference to 'the diasporic condition'. https://alanschacher.net/

Supported by City of Sydney , ArtMonth, March Dance.