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Mark Vernon – Immediate Recall
Friday 30th November, The Mac Museum, Glasgow School of Art
For this performance as part of The Interzone exhibition Mark Vernon will combine a live ultrasound feed of his own heartbeat and various forms of tuned white noise with a series of psychological audio perception experiments investigating immediate recall, word identification and word associations.
http://www.gsa.ac.uk/life/gsa-events/events/interzone-closing-event
To listen click here
Plymouth Arts Centre, Saturday 24th November, 5-6pm
Mark Vernon and Neil Rose, two of the artists behind Efford FM and Nowhere Island Radio have been sifting through the audio and video archives of these local radio art projects, re-working selected elements to create a one-off, live, audio-visual performance at the Plymouth Arts Centre. This is a free event – all welcome.
The soundtrack to this performance has been archived online and can now be heard here.
The Interzone: Three Points of Contact Exhibition
Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, 67 Renfrew Street Glasgow, G3 6RQ
3 Nov 2012 – 30 Nov 2012
Sat – Fri, 11:00 – 17:00
This exhibition is an introduction to the work of core artists taking part in the Three Points of Contact Artist Residency linking Glasgow, York and Cornwall: Stuart Gurden, Ann Haycock, Martha Jurksaitis, TAaP, Mark Vernon, von Calhau! and Megan Wellington.
http://www.gsa.ac.uk/life/gsa-events/events/the-interzone-three-points-of-contact/
Vernon & Burns present:
Data for the Doubtful Part 7: The Children of Toasted Cheese
Venue: Tramway
Date: Friday 12 October – Saturday 13 October, 7.30pm
Location: Tramway 1
Price: £10/ £7
A new radiophonic work commissioned by Tramway, Glasgow. A live soundscape constructed from interviews with a number of different people about their dreams and sleeping habits, readings from Burns’ longstanding dream diary and accompanying sound effects and music. The piece explores the internal space of the subconscious and the logic of dreams.
Part of a triple bill of performances also including Lisbeth Gruwez | Voetvolk and Zoe Irvine and Pippa Murphy.
“Static Cinema, apparently Mark Vernon’s first solo CD,
is quite unlike the more citational, sample based work
he produces with Glaswegian Barry Burns in a duo known
as Vernon And Burns. Composed of in situ recordings of
everyday activity, as well as the clinking and shuffling
of various household items, this disc contains six leisurely
paced concrète collages. But where most artists would
denature the individual sounds with lightning-fast
cuts and juxtapositions, Vernon allows them to remain
recognisable, comfortable, even pedestrian. The drama
stays low-key, more concerned with capturing a sense
of space through quotidian gestures — an aural equiv-
alent of sunlit dust motes in an empty, creaky house.”
William Hutson in The Wire
An evening of found sound presented by Mark Vernon…
The Invisible Picture Palace is London’s only record store selling stories and soundscapes instead of albums! Based in the grounds of the Wapping Project, this is a shop like no other – an invisible picture palace of stories held within invisible walls. We also do a nice cup of tea. Visitors can listen to and buy a huge range of recordings from across the last century of radio. But of course, this being an invisible picture palace, the objects are only a part of the story. For the adventurous souls who’ve had a listen to the CDs inside, there’s a world of experimental audio collage, soundscapes and found sound to be discovered in the work of Glasgow-based sound artist Mark Vernon. On the 26th July at 7.30pm Mark will join us to talk about his work and, in particular, the world of “Found Sound” – the discarded casettes and home recordings that can be found by anyone in junk shops, car boot sales (and, of course, the invisible picture palace).
Tickets: £4.00 or £5.00 on the door
Where: The Wapping Project Glasshouse
When: 26th July, 7.30pm
For more details see here
Location recordings by East Midlands tape recording clubs (1959-1978)
Sunday, 15th July, 11pm, on Resonance 104.4fm
A new programme produced by Mark Vernon for framework:afield
A selection of vintage amateur field recordings from three East Midlands tape clubs: The Derby Tape Recording Club, The Leicester Tape Recording Club and The Nottingham Co-operative Tape Recording Club.
Many of these recordings were made in the days when recording on location entailed lugging a heavy and cumbersome full-size reel to reel recorder out and about with you. Outdoor recordings were often impractical but sometimes being part of a club – pooling resources and sharing knowledge, made things a little bit easier. The appearance of affordable portable battery recorders in the early 60’s granted tape enthusiasts unprecedented freedom as to what and where they could record – a freedom which most tape club members exploited to the full. Some of these recordings were made on organised outings as part of the tape club’s programme of activities; others were made independently by individual members. This selection represents just a fraction of the recordings contained within the archives. The variety and imagination displayed here is a testament to the pioneering spirit of a dedicated group of amateurs; our forebears in the pursuit of recorded sound.
Thanks to all former tape club members, in particular; Bill and Marjory Howard, Ernie Flecknoe, Brian Hayhoe, John & Lorna Buckler, John Moule, Bruce Goodwin, Dennis Blackmore and Patrick Everest.
Listen here
Also of interest – a recent post from the London Sound Survey features an excellent programme documenting the activities of the London Tape Recording Club
A collaboration between Neil Rose , Mark Vernon and Shaun Lewin. Together they will create a live sound and film performance in response to the theme of Chinoiserie in cinema, media and popular Western/Eastern culture.
Thursday 5 July, 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Live performance 7pm to 8pm
Plymouth College of Art
Free but please book in advance by calling 01752 203434
A live recording of the audio from this performance can be heard here
130 in 1, a new radio composition, will be premiered at a special event taking place on 2nd May 2012, from 7.30pm at the Sugarhouse, a soon to be demolished warehouse-come-temporary-cinema and the latest project from Assemble Studio. This is the launch of the second round of audio works to be created through In the Dark’s Sound Bank scheme.
The venue is walkable from Stratford or Bow Church stations
Address:
Sugarhouse Studios
Unit A2, 107 High Street
Stratford, E15 2QQ
If you would like to attend please email nina@inthedarkradio.org.
All of the commissions including 130 in 1 are now available to listen to online here
Mark Vernon will present a live radiophonic mix of voice, amplified objects and field recordings, supporting downtown New York Cellist, Okkyung Lee – also with Nackt Insecton and WFMU’s Brian Turner DJ’ing.
The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane
Saturday, 28th April, 2012, 8pm.
Tickets available from www.brownpapertickets.com
There will also be a free lecture by WFMU founder, Brian Turner on ‘Free Form Concepts and Independent Radio’ at 6pm.
See here for more details