A festival of sound and vision
Art Gallery of New South Wales
22 Sep – 8 Oct 2023

Wed 4 Oct 7–10pm

Alexandra Spence, Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita, Annea Lockwood and Vanessa Tomlinson, Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, David Shea, David Toop, JWPATON, Philip Samartzis

A festival of sound and vision
Art Gallery of New South Wales
22 Sep – 8 Oct 2023

Wed 4 Oct 7–10pm

Alexandra Spence, Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita, Annea Lockwood and Vanessa Tomlinson, Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, David Shea, David Toop, JWPATON, Philip Samartzis

Person pictured from the side looking at a tuning fork — Alexandra Spence, photo: Lydia Trappenberg

A person with a white beard and light skin sits on a sandstone formation with their hands clasped. They are viewed from the side. — Akio Suzuki, photo: Hiromi Miyakita

A person with light, long hair is viewed from behind. Their arms are stretched across several mixing desks. Above them are six large tape reels. — Annea Lockwood

Two people looking at film strips — Corinne and Arthur Cantrill

A person with short, thick dark hair and light skin gazes forlornly at you. — David Shea

A person with short grey hair and light skin and glasses bends over several glasses of water on the floor. They are dangling a tube with a microphone into one of the glasses. — David Toop at the White Cube Bermondsey, 2015

A person with short black hair and light skin gazes at you with a serious expression. — Hiromi Miyakita

A person with a long red and grey beard and light skin with glasses sits on a sofa with a large brown dog in their lap. Both the person and the dog have serious expressions. — JWPATON

A person with grey hair and a thick grey beard holds two microphones in each hand. The microphones are pointed at mountains covered in snow on a sunny day. — Philip Samartzis

A person with short grey, brown hair and light skin flings a microphone on a rope into a river on a sunny day. — Vanessa Tomlinson, photo: Tangible Media

North and South presents world premieres and new music commissions from world class artists as they all converge on Sydney for a two-night series of incredibly special musical moments.

Created in collaboration with composer, artist, curator and Lawrence English (Room40), this music performance series will activate the Art Gallery’s campus on Wednesday evenings during the Volume festival. Exploratory sonic approaches orbiting outward from drifting ambience, neo-classical forms and reductive electronics will be presented over a series of events, with a focus on intergenerational performance, emerging Indigenous musicians and international senior career musicians.

Alexandra Spence
Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita
Annea Lockwood and Vanessa Tomlinson
Corinne and Arthur Cantrill
David Shea
David Toop
JWPATON
Philip Samartzis

Details

Alexandra Spence, Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita, Annea Lockwood and Vanessa Tomlinson, Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, David Shea, David Toop, JWPATON, Philip Samartzis

Date and time

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 7–10pm

Location

Art Gallery of New South Wales
North and South buildings

Pricing

Free

Access

Before you visit, please let us know your access requirements.

Schedule

5pm

Doors open

North and South buildings

7–7.30pm

Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita

Live music

South Building
Ground level, Kaldor Hall

7–10pm

Corinne and Arthur Cantrill

Film

North Building
Lower level 2, Aqualand Atrium
Ground level, stepped terrace

7.20–7.55pm

Alexandra Spence

Live music

North Building
Lower level 2, Aqualand Atrium

7.45–8.20pm

Philip Samartzis presents Atmospheres and Disturbances

Live music

South Building
Ground level, Kaldor Hall

7.30–7.50pm

Annea Lockwood with Vanessa Tomlinson

Live music

North Building
Lower level 4, The Tank

8.05–8.40pm

David Toop

Live music

North Building
Lower level 4, The Tank

8.30–9.05pm

David Shea presents the Electromagnetic piano

Live music

South Building
Lower level 1

8.45–9.25pm

JWPATON

Live music

North Building
Lower level 2, Aqualand Atrium

9.10–9.55pm

Annea Lockwood presents World rhythms

Live music

South Building
Ground level, Kaldor Hall

10pm

Doors close