Phenomena

PHENOMENA "Abstract art is propelled by ... hope and hunger. It reflects the urge to push towards the limit, to colonise the borderland around the openings onto nothingness, where the land has not been settled, where the new can emerge" - Kirk Varnedoe, Pictures of nothing: Abstract art since Pollock Oxford Improvisers present PHENOMENA, a multimedia event where we examine relationships and borderlines between video art, free improvised music and abstraction. The audience will be invited to take a leap into audiovisual abstract worlds created live by Oxfordshire based artists. Oxford Improvisers: Bruno Guastalla /cello/ Chris Dammers /keyboard/ Dan Goren /trumpet, flugelhorn/ Dariusz Blaszczak /electronics/ Elisabeth Spight /voice, dance, flute/ Jill Elliott /violin/ Lawrence Casserley /signal processing instruments, assorted sounders/ Lisa Reim /flute, voice/ Martin Hackett /autoharp/ Mark Browne /saxophones, flute/ Max Reinhardt /guitar/ Philipp Wachsmann /violin/ Rosalind Bleach /viola/ Video from: Aurelija Karaliunaite Beppe Giacobbe Bruno Guastalla Dark Projects Hassina Sakhri Hugh Prior Maciek Piatek Max Reinhardt/Helen Craig Sarah Catterall