Partial Wave Child is a collaboration between audiovisual artist and composer Jockel Liess LG and composer Geoixos.

For this concert at the London Group Annual 26 Partial Wave Child will perform an extended version of their new work ‘Stillness Moving Mountain’.

Stillness Moving Mountain is Partial Wave Child’s second improvised composition. Featuring a new incarnation of the augmented flute, the symbiosis of the acoustic instrument and a purpose built digital software environment.

It is a work that explores the tension that exists within Stillness. Where microtonal and micro-textural changes that occur from the variety of extended flute technics: of air sounds, whisper-tones, harmonics, vocalisations and multi-phonics; are drawn out and gently manipulated by the digital sampler.

This reductionism in form allows for an exploration of the imperfection of sound. Where the subtlest of gestures in acoustic delivery are digitally expanded upon allowing them to exist and grow within their own right. Where the smallest microtonal shift can develop into new harmonic landscapes. And where seemingly static pulses break apart and reform into a terrain of ever-changing Movement and fluidity.

A minute change creates friction, friction builds tension, tension amplifies the smallest of gesture into a shining monolith within the flow of music. Nothing goes unnoticed, everything stands out.

Unearthed features Yorkshire-based artists who were selected through YSWN’s Rewired project open callout to create new electronic work for performance or installation. From the intimate to the expansive, each piece here invites us to perceive and reflect upon our world at a heightened level.

The performances will commence at 8pm sharp. Please arrive from 7pm to allow for time to view the installations.

Performances (Phipps Hall, second floor, Richard Steinitz Building)

Mary Stark
Mary will create a new expanded cinema performance featuring pattering rhythms, delicate melodies, mechanical noise and striking analogue projections. She will combine recent experiments with a music box and a Jacquard weaving pattern, with ongoing investigation into producing moving images and optical sound on 16mm film from fabric and machine stitch.

Ryoko Akama: under our sun
under our sun will be a live sound performance exploring sonic instability as a metaphor for environmental fragility under climate crisis. Through electronics and real-time processing, noise, silence and failure will become compositional elements.

Plus special guest to be announced.

Installations (Rooms RSG/04 & RSG/05, ground floor, Richard Steinitz Building: also available to view during the day on Thu 4 & Fri 5 June)

Naomi Hart: Save Progress?
Save Progress? is a computer game offering a dedicated space for people to explore how they may be feeling, moment to moment, in relation to the climate crisis. The game will aim to give the player a supportive and affirming experience with which to inquire into their own emotions, while providing a means of feeling connected to others who are doing the very same.

Anna Ross: my kitchen
An interactive and immersive installation based around a kitchen, with recordings strung together into an eclectic piece based around sensory overload.