1,000 Gongs

Curated by Michael Askill and Vanessa Tomlinson, 1,000 Gongs punctuates the Australian Percussion Gathering. Featuring new works commissioned specially for the event by national and international artists.

Foreign Objects - Australian Tour

Piano and percussion become sculptural installation in two new works by Clocked Out Duo. Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson use bowls, bottles, tiles, recycled materials, grand piano and toy instruments to create intricate sound textures that pay homage to two of their musical heroes: Terry Riley and Morton Feldman, both masters of intricate pattern and expanded space.

Beef, Bells and Bottle Tree Festival

Clocked Out heads to the bush once more, teaming up with the Dogwood Playwright Initiative to create live soundtracks for original radio plays, as part of the Beef, Bells and Bottle Tree Festival.

After the Kingfisher's Wing

"After the kingfisher's wing
Has answered light to light, and is silent, the light is still
At the still point of the turning world." - T.S. Eliot (from "Burnt Norton")

The mystical imagery of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets is the inspiration for composer Erik Griswold's major new work "After the kingfisher's wing," a labyrinth of intricate textures, mind bending polyrhythms, still points interrupted by sudden bursts of energy. Featuring Janet McKay - flute, Anthony Burr - clarinet, Graeme Jennings - violin, Liam Viney - piano, and Vanessa Tomlinson - percussion.

The Trilling Wire

A national series of innovative chamber music concerts at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts

Thu Oct 14 - Golden Fur (Melbourne trio) - http://goldenfur.com.au/
Oct 28: Ensemble Offspring (Sydney mixed ensemble) - http://www.ensembleoffspring.com/
Nov 11: Decibel (Perth mixed ensemble) - http://decibel.waapamusic.com/

Music of the Unexpected

Music of the Unexpected is an impulsive adventure story with a difference. It is surprising, bewildering and unpredictable. Without warning, as if from nowhere, astonishing things happen. It's an aural and visual rollercoaster.

PAST EVENTS

Clocked Out Duo with David Chesworth

In their first trio collaboration, David Chesworth and Clocked Out Duo combine modified field recordings, found objects, keyboards and percussion. Here they gradually strip back textures and rhythms of everyday life to reveal obscure presences lurking within. Live mixing, intricate cross-rhythms, and ritualistic improvisations uncloak the spirit world of the Other.

Clocked Out Duo with Zou Xiangping

Joined by their longtime collaborator Zou Xiangping, the trio discuss and demonstrate their ongoing investigation into traditional Sichuan music and contemporary culture.

The Wide Alley - Canadian Tour

The rich musical traditions of China's Sichuan Province meet the Australian avant-garde creations of Clocked Out in an innovative fusion of Chinese and Western sounds. Featuring street songs and jazz along with opera and folk, this cross-cultural collaboration draws focus from Chengdu's oldest neighbourhood The Wide Alley.

Dream Percussion

Clocked Out invites you to explore the sounds of everyday, as we transform ordinary objects into an extraordinary Dream Percussion Orchestra. Come and see a pendulum swinging across the stage, pouring rice into ceramic bowls as it whizzes from side to side. Create sounds and wave patterns with whipping ropes. Discover the bending tones of Chinese gongs dipping in and out of water, or have a jam on a kitchen percussion kit! Dream Percussion is created by Clocked Out's Vanessa Tomlinson and Erik Griswold in collaboration with designer Sulja Nezovic, with generous support from Brisbane City Council and Arts Queensland.