PIA VAN GELDER

Thanks for coming! 

Friday July 16th I will be performing at Hardware Gallery in the Sound Series event with my video harp. Other acts are Anomie, Afxjim, Tired Hands and Seaworthy. More details on this event are on facebook here

Should be a really good night.

Opening on Wednesday the 26th of May at Firstdraft is my show titled "Signauxß". I will be performing live at the opening with starts at 6pm.

Signauxß is an audio/video performance based around a prepared instrument for a multichannel audio/video composition. The instrument is called the Video Harp. The synaesthetic instrument allows the performer to mix layers of audio and video through performative gesture. The crude and stripped back electronics embrace broken, augmented and tormented signals inviting audio/video noise and glitched outcomes. The work discusses the ethereal qualities of electronic signal transmission and the concept of ‘machine vision’.

Signauxß – as part of the Firstdraft Emerging Artist Studio Residency Program supported by the Australia Council for the Arts

I am currently undertaking the FirstDraft Artist Residency at the new Wooloomoolloo Depot until the end of May. I am working towards a show that opens at FirstDraft at the end of May called Signauxß. Please stay tuned for more detials on the show here and for more about the work go here.

I am really excited to be performing along side Ross Manning at the D.I.Y. Instrument Night on 18th March at 7pm at Serial Space featuring performances by:

ROSS MANNING (BNE)
Ross is a instrument builder and media artist residing in BNE. He works with custom electronics, light and sound based installation, automation and optics. Ross has recently exhibited work in Primavera 09 and MONA FONA 2010.

Ross will be playing custom light sensitive electronics. This setup translates coloured light into sound, spewing rhythmic bleep and blurps of post post post techno.
http://www.myspace.com/rossfmanning

PIA VAN GELDER + MY ORCHESTRA OF MACHINES

I will be speaking about the future of art at the Tiny Stadiums Festival this Saturday the 27th of February at Erskineville Town Hall.

What: An exhibition of work by people doing strange things with electricity. Something between an art exhibition and a science fair featuring work by members of Dorkbot Sydney, a regular meeting for people doing strange things with electricity. Bringing together artists, musicians, engineers and programmers, presenting a collection of interactive installations, web art, generative art, sound art and electronic sculptures.

Where: Serial Space, 33 Wellington St, Chippendale (www.serialspace.org)

When: Opening 6-8pm, Wednesday February 10th. Open 12-5pm, Thursday 11th - Saturday 13th February

Who: Warren Armstrong, Tega Brain, Samuel Bruce, Amanda Cole, Melissa Hunt, Lukasz Karluk + Gentleforce and Gavin Smith. Curated by Dorkbot Syd ‘Overlord’ Pia van Gelder.

For more details go to the Dorkbot Sydney Website

My new experimental music performance collaboration with Sumugan Sivanesan  called Xno_MSG_X pounded the Locksmith stage this Sunday for the Difficult Music Festival. Full line up included: WT Nobert, X–NO MSG–X, Dominic Talarico, JUSTICE YELDMAN Vs DEFEKTRO. The festival has been running every night of the month of January at Sedition in Darlinghurst. So far it has hosted nights including Dale Gorfinkel, Daniel Whiting, Peter Blamey, Ben Byrne, Monika Brookes, Ivan Lisyak and many more.

For this duo, I perform with a stripped back version of the Voice Mask, using the wii-mote as a hand-held control interface for effecting live vocals.

They Live are very excited about playing at the monthly experimental music night at Serial Space called 'High Reflections'. It is curated by Caleb Kelly and Alex White. Also performing on the same night, our pals, Hochman and Hopkins. Come along to 33 Wellington St Chippendale on October 24th. Door open at 8pm.

"Contentious Cut & Paste" < a review of the Performance Space gig "Petty Theft" in RealTime Art's Mag. THEY LIVE multimedia music performance group including myself and Eden Falk performed "Here To Chew Bubblegum", a live cinema remix 'homaging' John Carpenter's classic capitalist sci-fi distopia "They Live".

Photo by Heidrun Löhr