Giancarlo Minelli
AUSTRALIAN
Premiere
DJ Spooky
terra nova sinfonia antarctica
In 2007 DJ Spooky went to Antarctica to shoot a film about
the sound of ice: that is the concept and this is the result
DJ Spooky’s newest large-scale multimedia performance work is an acoustic
portrait of a rapidly changing continent. Terra Nova Sinfonia Antarctica
transforms Spooky’s first person encounter with the harsh, dynamic landscape
into multimedia portraits with music composed from the different geographies
that make up the land mass. Field recordings from a portable studio set up
to capture the acoustic qualities of ice forms, reflect a changing environment
under duress.
Art has always had a prominent place in the exploration of Antarctica.
Until the mid-20th century, it was common for explorers of the Polar Regions
to be accompanied by artists to visually record the sights and phenomena
for research and popular distribution. DJ Spooky brings Antarctica to the
contemporary imagination by digitally reconstructing it: historical maps,
travellers’ journals over the last several centuries, crystalline ice’s resonant
frequencies, and the Earth’s magnetic poles are the paints for the audio
palette he has worked with.
Terra Nova Sinfonia Antarctica follows DJ Spooky’s highly acclaimed
performance work Rebirth of a Nation. It is a beautiful multimedia
performance that creates a unique and powerful moment around man’s
relationship with nature.
Conceived, composed,
performed by Paul D Miller
aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid
Visual Design AJ Weissbard
Images Research & Video Editing
V-Factory
“The whole vibe is getting people to think
about the planet itself as a record or a
document that is always changing. Music is a
reflection of that, sampling is a reflection of
that, and most of all, I want people to think of
the environment as something that we interact
with in a pretty deep way.” DJ Spooky
Spooky’s alter ego Paul Miller is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician
working in New York. Miller’s work as a media artist has appeared in a wide
variety of contexts but even with all this, Miller is most well known under the
moniker of his ‘constructed persona’ as DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. Miller
has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated with a wide variety
of musicians and composers.
the Arts Centre, Playhouse
Thu 16 Oct at 9pm
Fri 17 Oct at 8pm & 10pm
Sat 18 & Sun 19 Oct at 9pm
Full
Groups (8+)
Conc
Student / MF-Y
$40
$36
$30
$25
Discounts apply. Save up to 20%.
Double Up Discount also applies.
See page 2 for details.
Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
www.melbournefestival.com.au
1hr 10min no interval
Audio Description:
Sun 19 Oct at 9pm
Supported by
Commissioned by Melbourne
International Arts Festival, BAM
for the 2009 Next Wave Festival,
Change Performing Arts, Dartmouth
College, and UCSB Arts & Lectures
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Produced by Change Performing
Arts with Music+Art Management,
CRT Artificio
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