Revivification is an extraordinary immersive exhibition combining sound and cutting-edge biological innovation to bring to life the musical genius of a deceased composer. Four years in the making, Revivification delivers a historic first: the in-vitro (external) ‘brain’ of the late composer Alvin Lucier (1931-2021) creating a new work in real time, as a live performance over the duration of the exhibition. It is developed by artists Guy Ben-Ary, Nathan Thompson and Matt Gingold with neuroscientist Stuart Hodgetts based at the University of Western Australia (UWA), who have individually spent 25 years pushing boundaries in the biological arts. The physical realisation […]

Tone List is partnering with the Politics of the Machines conference to present two avant-sundowners in the cosy nook that is Astral Weeks. Riffing off the conference theme of synthetic sentience, this little program delves into the sounds of field recordings, machine animism, swarming and simulacra. A solo set from E Millar explores rich textures produced by amplifying tiny sounds made by kinetic sculptures made from recycled consumer electronics. Bearing an uncanny resemblance to field recordings, E’s works often engage directly with this parallel, foregrounding both the earthiness and strangeness of these mechanical constructs. Visiting artist Robbie Avenaim is a […]