Week 4

The New Natural

Submitted by System on Thursday 11th Apr

the new natural

The New Natural Symposium
Semiconductor, Prof. Sue Thomas and Squidsoup
Saturday 25th May 10.30am-5pm
SVA, 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA

The New Natural Installation
Friday 24th-Sunday 26th May 11am-4pm
Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP

Modern technology and the natural world are often seen in opposition, the former perceived as either destroying or at least disconnecting us from the latter. So what of a new relationship, a new approach towards the natural world that reconnects us in ways only possible through the use of technology? The New Natural will bring together three people whose work explores different aspects of this question. A day of presentations at 4 John Street, a film installation in the Brunel Goods Shed, interwoven with good food and finishing with an open discussion led by Rob la Frenais of The Arts Catalyst. (www.artscatalyst.org)

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Week 4

Qu Junktions presents Guargantua

Submitted by Jo Leahy on Monday 15th Apr

Qu Junktions presents Guargantua
An Excessive Entertainment by Ergo Phizmiz
Saturday 25 May 8pm
Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
gargantuadisappears.blogspot.com
Gargantua, a brand new 'vaudeville of the imagination' from the beautifully scrambled brains of UK polymath Ergo Phizmiz. A multi-sensory feast and genuinely unique patchwork of artistic disciplines, Gargantua plunders history and culture and places them in a boiling pot ready for explosion. A devilish mix of storytelling, performance, animation, puppetry, moving image and collage all garlanded by an original music score that's equal parts contemporary electronic, medieval and 1930's British dance band.

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Week 4

Struck and Blown

Submitted by Jo Leahy on Monday 15th Apr

Struck and Blown
Sunday 26 May 8pm
Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
www.struckandblown.co.uk
There are more trumpet and percussion duos in the world than you might think and 'Struck and Blown' features two of the finest. Both also add electronics to their sonic pallette but each group creates their own distinctive sound world from their self-imposed minimal resources.

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Week 4

Resound presents - Anvil & Stirrup, Robert Curvengen, and Matt Davis

Submitted by Jo Leahy on Monday 15th Apr

Resound presents - Anvil & Stirrup, Robert Curvengen, and Matt Davis
Friday 24 May 7pm
Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
recordedfields.net, f-i-e-l-d.co.uk
Anvil & Stirrup is the collaborative project of composers Iain Armstrong and Antti Sakari Saario. Their practice combines acousmatic sensibilities, live electronics, improvisation and multi-channel spatialisation. Iain Armstrong (Anvil) is a composer/sound artist based in Birmingham, Antti Sakari Saario (Stirrup) is an award winning fixed-media composer based in Cornwall. Robert Curvengen is an Australian composer/sound artist living in Cornwall.