Archinoise #1
Wednesday 30 June 2010, 19h, 5 GBP
London Christ Church Spitalfields
Commercial Street, London, E1 6LY

Archinoise #1, an evening of architecture film and music fusion, presented by M.A.D. Collective

Initiating a collaboration between contemporary film makers and musicians, M.A.D. COLLECTIVE create a platform for dialogue between sound and moving image at Christ Church Spitalfields.

An evening in two parts – the first showcases a series of experimental short films that each explore a unique experience of architecture, utilising a variety of film making concepts and techniques. The second half of the evening brings musicians from both classical and contemporary traditions together to play live improvised music alongside a second series of projected films. A Q&A will follow each section of the evening.

Films:
- Block (Emily Richardson, UK, 2005, 16mm, 12 min)
- Elevation (Esther Johnson, UK, 2009, HD, 10 min)
- Utopia Revisited (Dan Tassell & Jonathan Gales, UK, 2010, HD, 6 min)
- Without You (Tal Rosner, UK, 2008, HD, 5 min)
- Up Into the Unknown / Back Into the Real World (Wanda Yu-Ying Hu, UK, 2006, video, 5 min)
- Cycles (Guy Sherwin, UK, 1972-77, 16mm, 5 min)
- Medley for Christ Church Spitalfields (Lynn Loo, UK, 2010, DV)
- Punctures (Wanda Yu-Ying Hu, UK, 2003/10, 16mm)

Musicians:
- Sri R. R. Prathap, Ghatam, Mridangam and Kanjira (South Indian percussion instruments)
- Dilen, Electronic Instruments

M.A.D. Collective is a London-based non-profit organisation with founders from the fields of music, architecture and design. M.A.D. Collective aims to develop bridges between people from different cultures, backgrounds and creative disciplines through collaboration in fusion projects, creating a space for dialogue where creative individuals from different fields can exchange ideas and produce innovative work fuelled by new experiences.

Film Makers’ Biographies

Jonathan Gales works on architecture based projects using photography, film and animation. Jonathan graduated with a first class degree in architecture from University of Brighton in 2007 and is currently studying a masters degree at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. www.jonathangales.co.uk

Wanda Yu-Ying Hu is an architect and moving image artist based in London. Her video installations and short films explore new ways of perceiving architecture and the built environment, focusing on the experiential qualities of architectural space. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, including Galway Art Centre, Ireland, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, and film festivals in London, Rotterdam and New York as well as on television. Hu is part of M.A.D. COLLECTIVE. www.sweetpotato-archimedia.com

Esther Johnson is an artist, filmmaker, photographer and curator who works in Sheffield and London. Her award-winning films have been exhibited widely around the world in film festivals, galleries, cinemas and on radio and television. Her current work is focused on expanded and experimental forms of documentary across a range of media including film and video, audio, installation, photography and writing. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, The British Council, Film London, LAFVA, Yorkshire Arts, Skillset, BBC and the National Endowment for the Arts. www.blanchepictures.com

Lynn Loo is originally from Singapore and is currently based in London. Loo made a transition from a music background to filmmaking in 1997. Her films can be described as compositions of images and sound that suggest narratives or convey an event without text or words. A number of Loo’s films are held in the collection of the Asian Film Archive in Singapore and she is a recipient of the Anne Raymond Louis Foundation Fellowship in Chicago and a fellow artist at The MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. www.dewfields.co.uk

Emily Richardson’s films and installations explore landscapes and environments to reveal
the way that activity, movement and light are inscribed in place. Her films are distributed
by LUX and have been shown in galleries and at festivals internationally including Tate
Modern and Tate Britain, Danielle Arnaud, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart,
Uppsala Museum, Sweden, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland and
Edinburgh, London, Rotterdam and New York Film Festivals. She was recently awarded the
Gilles Dusein Prize, Paris in recognition of her films to date. www.emilyrichardson.org.uk

Tal Rosner’s work has been screened across the world and won him a BAFTA award for his title sequence for Channel 4’s series Skins (2008). As an artist and filmmaker he made his name with radical interpretations of musical compositions. His work has been described as ‘hypnotic’ and ‘strikingly different’, with his unique visual eye earning him the label of ‘choreographer of the moving image’. www.talrosner.com

Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in the late 1960s and taught film printing and processing at the London Film-Makers’ Co-op (now LUX) during the mid-70s. His films often use serial forms and live elements; recent works include performances with multiple projectors, optical sound (sounds made from light) and film installations. Sherwin’s films have been included in ‘Film as Film’ Hayward Gallery 1979, ‘Live in Your Head’ Whitechapel Gallery 2000, ‘Shoot Shoot Shoot’ Tate Modern 2002 and ‘A Century of Artists’ Film & Video’ Tate Britain 2003/4. www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/guy_sherwin/index.html

Dan Tassell is a multidisciplinary designer who uses photography, film and motion graphics to explore the built environment. Tassell graduated with a first class degree in architecture from the University of Sheffield in 2007 and is currently undertaking a masters degree at The Bartlett School of Architecture. www.capturedcity.com

Musician’s Biographies

Sri R. R. Prathap is a versatile artist from Bangalore, South India, who is a student of Vidwan K. N. Krishanmurthy of Bangalore. Prathap plays many South Indian percussion instruments and is also a specialist in rendering Konnakol (syllables) which is a unique feature of carnatic music. Prathap has been granted many prestigious awards including the 1995 Best Sahavadayam Award by Bangalore Gayan Samaj, one of the most prestigious music organisations in Bangalore. He has performed for a number of prestigious organisations in India and abroad including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Opera House, London, Poland International Music Festival, Jaipur Music Festival and Madras Music Festival. Prathap is part of M.A.D. COLLECTIVE. www.myspace.com/ghatambrothers

Dilen was born in the late 1970s in Lisbon, Portugal. His vast musical influences emanate from sources as diverse as the African subcontinent, South America, and from his own Indian heritage. Creating an innovative fusion of Indian music with the use of tabla percussion and electronic elements, Dilen has developed an alternative sound which incorporates both electronic and traditional instruments. A renowned live and radio DJ in Portugal in the late 1990s, and based in London since the early noughties, his recent musical endeavours have been enjoyed by BBC Radio and Resonance FM listeners. Current projects include producing his own album and collaborating with various artists on compilations to be released by M.A.D. RECORDS. Dilen is part of M.A.D. COLLECTIVE. www.myspace.com/dilen