Layering Buddha
German sound-artist and musician Robert Henke -- he also records pretty great minimal techno as Monolake -- is in the midst of a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
At 9pm on Friday night he is doing one of his famous Layering Buddha performances at the Adam Concert Room, at VUW. There will also be an address by Henke at 6pm the preceding night, at the same venue.
During the performance the audience is placed in between a ring of six speakers with the performer sitting in between them in the center. The layers of sound are dynamically distributed in space, providing an experience of being really placed in between the sonic cloud where the acoustic result depends on the position of the listener.
More after the break, including audio! Electrons! Downloads! Joy!
You can download a recording of a Robert Henke Layering Buddha show from his site. In glorious binaural sound (mixed down from six channels).
Robert Henke Artist Talk
6pm, Thursday February 28 2008
Adam Concert Room
Entry: koha
Robert Henke: Layering Buddha
9pm, Friday February 29 2008
Adam Concert Room
Entry: $10/8
Told you I had lost my Google mojo! Erm.. right.. so is it at the Gallery, or the Concert Room? Looks like the latter, but.. geez VUW.
Thx Robyn x
(updated post to reflect info)
The Adam Gallery site says "hosted by the Adam Art Gallery", but the location for the performance is "Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus, Gate 7 Kelburn Parade".
I googled to see if he was doing an Auckland performance, and discovered it was tonight. Not only that, but I was waiting for my bus home right outside the venue, around the time of the performance. :(
But, FYI, the Auckland show was $20 so that may be the same for the Wellington one.