[Updated] Context
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Construction01 (2:30): improvised on viola Dec. 3, 2011.
Between Ends and a Common Place (2:32): 36 drawings as audio, laid end to end.
5 Spheres (26:49)
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FURTHER CONTEXT
FILMS
Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog
VIDEOS
Mortal Engine by Chunky Move
Graham Hancock interview on the Joe Rogan Experience
The Stoned Ape Theory by Terence McKenna
Bacteria’s Amazing Communication System by Bonnie Bassler
How Architecture Helped Music Evolve by David Byrne
Drawing circuits (Patterns+Pleasure: Ground)
Christine Sun Kim (deaf sound artist)
Using Arduino to dim a light bulb
Draft-sensing nose light
BOOKS
Supernatural by Graham Hancock
Art, Technology, Consciousness edited by Roy Ascott
Truth in Comedy by Halpern, Close, and Johnson
TSC in Liverpool
On November 24, 2011. We played an event hosted by the Liverpool-based improv group, Frakture.
TSC performs at a Tubers Music Event
There were the faint sounds of fireworks exploding in the background, and walls hundreds of years old are great places to see shadows moving.
Dave Birchall invited us [Takahashi's Shellfish Concern] to perform at a Tubers Music event held on November 5th, 2011 at St. Margaret’s Church in Withington.
TSC, was just Rod and I for this performance. On these occasions, when he and I improvise one on one, we tend to invite more space and silence. It is a different dynamic. (Unfortunately, Anton wasn’t at this performance as he was recording an album with his big band, Beats & Pieces.)
TSC at Seeing Sound
On October 29, 2011 Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern performed at the second annual Seeing Sound Symposium, held at Bath Spa University (organized by Dr. Joseph Hyde). Here’s a video of our performance.
TSC at the ICMC
August 2, 2011 – Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern performed at the ICMC (International Computer Music Conference) held this year at Huddersfield University. Because our sound check was at 1pm and the concert didn’t begin until 10:30pm we had a lot of time to kill. This was a good place to kill it. We attend the Unconference where the use of gesture and visuals were discussed. (Some that attended: Freida Abtan, Adrian Freed, and David Wessel.)
We hung out with Scott Hewitt for a long time. One of the things we discussed was the tool Rod and I want to build that’ll allow me to live sample & synthesize sound via the gestures I already make while painting. He encouraged us to build the hardware, just hunker down, and figure out some of the programming so we’ll have a better understanding of what the thing will do. He said it could be a 10 year long project.
The concert was really well attended. It was held at The Graduate, the university’s on-campus bar. Believe it or not, this crowd of academics got a little rowdy, but people were just having a good time (and were probably very drunk). There were four acts and we went on third. While Rod wasn’t too crazy about it I really liked seeing this one guy do some live coding, projected large on a screen, so you could see what he was doing. It was fun to watch.
Our performance went so-so. Rod and Anton think it went better than I think it went though. I just couldn’t get into it and kept repeating myself. The venue itself was really hot, and this was exasperated by the fact that I perform in front of two really hot work lamps not four feet behind me. After 15 minutes I was dripping sweat and black paint.
The painting is now owned by P.A. Tremblay and can been seen in his office at the university.
TSC at the University of Sheffield
Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern presented by Small Ideas- University of Sheffield. April 7, 2011
TSC at the Noise Upstairs (Sheffield)
Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern at The Noise Upstairs – Sheffield. January 12, 2011
TSC at the NUStival
Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern at the NUStival. Manchester. November 25, 2010