The Terminal Quartet was originally conceived by composer/producer Andrew Garton and video artist John Power as a means to define software as instrument, both in an audible and visual context.
The Quartet performs structured improvisations. Performers research and arrange individual movements in isolation from each other as governed by the context and structure of Garton's compositions.
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A Fierce Throat Retrospective
Drawing from his spoken word operas, Black Harlequin and Auslaender und Staatenlose, Andrew Garton will perform a retrospective of works originally performed by his "screaming choir", Fierce Throat.
Vox Experimenta Cabaret will also feature Carolyn Conners, Una Munos Quorum, Graham Parker and Jezza.
From 9pm, 25 April 2004, at La Mama … Continue Reading ››Sound Design: Drowned World
In March 2004 I was commissioned to provide a small amount of incidental music, sounds and a song for Gary Owen's play, The Drowned World. Directed by Kate Wild, the play opened at The Storeroom, Parkview Hotel, North Fitzroy, on the 22nd of April.
It's a nasty piece of work, this play. Difficult to read as … Continue Reading ››
Son of Science - Launch 11 April
Join Secession, Toy Satellite and Melbourne Publishing at the official launch of the new avant-jazz ensemble, SON OF SCIENCE (SOS), along with the first screening of the video clip to SOS's "Space Radio" by writer/film-maker, Paul White.
Flyer - front
Flyer - back
Son of Science is a new ensemble … Continue Reading ››Floating Point
John and I will perform Drift Theory 2 utilising Epic Games' Unreal game engine in which we are creating an "instrument" of sorts.
Objects, which can be seen in this screen grab, have been assigned sounds which are set off when "nudged" by the … Continue Reading ››