Machine for Making Sense at AGNSW, Wednesday 21 May 2008
May 18th, 2008
6.30PM central court
CELEBRITY TALK in association with Adam Cullen: Let’s get lost
Amanda Stewart writer, performance poet, vocalist and sound artist is joined by Jim Denley, one of Australia’s foremost improvisers of new music. Amanda Stewart’s powerful and energetic performances range from more contemplative poems written for the page to those incorporating tape, abstraction and extended vocal techniques. Amanda Stewart and Jim Denley first started working together in the late 1980’s. This was an exhilarating time for both of them - Jim was interested in what his music instinct could learn from language and Amanda what her language instinct could learn from music. Their excitement came from the creation of, for them, new types of song - symbiotic words and music. They would go on to expand the scale in the group Machine for Making Sense which started in 1989. They have continued to do duos for the last 20years.
7.30PM Centenary Auditorium
SPECIAL VIDEO SCREENING in association with the Amanda Stewart and Jim Denley performance
Machine for Making Sense by Stephen Jones
The group Machine for Making Sense have been producing exploratory music and interdisciplinary work in Sydney and around the world since 1989. The group includes: Jim Denley (flutes, saxaphone and voice), Chris Mann (voice and text), Rik Rue (samples and tape), Amanda Stewart (voice and text), Stevie Wishart (violin, live electronics, hurdy-gurdy and voice).
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The Art Gallery of New South Wales