Event overview
Me & My Whale is both symphony and theatre created by sound wizard and soon to be Sonic Arts Master Xavier Velastin about one submarine captain and her penchant for the cetacean ...
My unofficial degree show for my final work in Sonic Arts (i.e. music), Me & My Whale is a forty five minute sound play in three movements surrounding the journey of a solitary submarine captain and her burning love for a solitary whale.
Wednesday 14th September @ 6pm in Theatre Studio 3 (next to Laurie Grove/College Green entrance)
It's huge in scope and includes:
< a woman >
< a submarine >
< words >
< singing >
< warfare >
< cables >
< motion capture >
< overhead projection >
< more cables >
< gloves on the end of strings >
< gloves with cables on them >
< improvisation >
< max msp >
< an underwater microphone >
< live sound manipulation >
< quadrophonic surround sound >
< a love song to cetaceans (both toothed AND baleen) >
< graphic, aleatoric, complex musical notation >
< the spoken word >
< the printed word >
< political intruige >
< social commentary >
< a very lonely whale >
It's symphonic theatre where sound takes centre-stage alongside multitalented singer and actor Alice Rose Parr.
Entry is free with registration over at http://meandmywhale.eventbrite.com
And follow the event on Facebook (if you are so inclined) for updates, media and more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1762615164024539/
I hope you can make it.
Bring on the whale!
- Xavier
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Xavier Velastin (FB: "XVelastin") is a composer, pianist, computer musician, accidental poet or performance artist, depending on when/where you happen to find him. He's finishing a far too short one-year masters in Sonic Arts at Goldsmiths and is very keen on working with the voice as expression and medium, facilitating collaboration as a political process and using artistic practice to support pro-equality, pro-earth, anti-border principles.
https://vimeo.com/user11471805
https://soundcloud.com/xvelastin
https://www.facebook.com/xaviervelastinsound/
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2016 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
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