Thursday 6 September 2012
Brick Wall, Waterfall
Rob Carter, Le Corbusier, Edgard Varèse & Iannis Xenakis, Maya Deren & Alexander
Hamid, Max Hattler, Post-Works and Jan Švankmajer
Curated by graduating students on the MA Curating Contemporary Art (Inspire)
at the Royal College of Art
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
Thursday 6 September 2012, 7.30 – 10pm
Hackney Downs Studios, Amhurst Terrace, E8 2BT, London
Le Corbusier, Poème électronique (1958), photographer: Philips.
Image courtesy of Le Corbusier Foundation. © FLC/DACS 2012
Brick Wall, Waterfall, an evening programme of screenings and discussion,
explores the construction and deconstruction of physical spaces through the
manipulation of sound and image.
The evening’s point of departure is Poème électronique (1958) by Le Corbusier, Edgard
Varèse & Iannis Xenakis, a unique performance that merged visual projections, musical
score and the structure of a pavilion. Presenting the rarely seen film version, Brick Wall,
Waterfall explores the challenges of re-capturing this ephemeral and site-specific event.
Installations of historical and contemporary film and video will continue this
investigation of sound and image in dialogue with the space of Hackney Downs
Studios. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) by Maya Deren and Alexander Hamid is a
journey through physical and dream-like space. Fantasia in G Minor (1965) by Czech
filmmaker Jan Švankmajer and Rob Carter’s Stone on Stone (2009) use combinations of
filmed footage, collage and animation to create a constantly shifting narrative of
architectural form.
Specially commissioned for Brick Wall, Waterfall, Nidden Partikel (2012) by Max Hattler
is a video work inspired by the seashore, which shows swathes of sand particles being
translated into visual and acoustic ‘noise’. Architectural collective Post-Works will
present their film No Stop, Statue, Machine (2011) and participate in a discussion with
the curators that considers the relationship between sound, the moving image and
physical spaces.
For further information, please contact:
Ruth Lie (tel: +44 (0) 7841115575) or Melanie Pocock (tel: +44 (0) 7849736387)
brickwallwaterfall2012@gmail.com
