Cat will be making sound for a new installation by Kate McMillan, that will be installed on Cockatoo Island as part of the 17th Biennale of Sydney, NSW from the 12th May to the 1st of August. Following a similar concept to thier last collaboration, Lost, the work will be visible and audible day and night, and is reachable by ferry.
DECIBEL is a group of Western Australian musicians, composers, improvisors and
sound artists who are devoted to the realisation of music where acoustic and electronic instruments are represented in musical works. In each DECIBEL performance, electronic instruments are treated as just that: performed instruments in their own right with their own sound quality and presence. There is no traditional PA at a DECIBEL concert since placement of performers and instruments in the space is an integral element in the sonic design of every DECIBEL concert. DECIBEL encourage the creation of new works for this genre, and the representation of works by Australian and Western Australian artists, established and emerging.
DECIBEL have presented two programs to date, and featured 3 of Cat’s works. All reviews, audio samples and other information is on the DECIBEL website.
Decibel. Photo © KFord
A reworking of the idea in Drive (2001), tremor is currently on exhibition at the RMIT project Space, in Cardigan St, Melbourne, until the end of June. It features a pickled kangaroo skin that is gradually hardening, and a subwoofer vibrating it with some Abe Sada. Here is a picture of it at the opening, on June 4.
cat has created a low frequency pressure chamber/sound scape for photomedia artist Kate McMillan’s installation LOST. More information here
Cat has written a chapter in Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia
. More information and purchase available here.
Two new Japanese releases from Cat’s 4 bass improv band, Abe Sada. Go to Bloodstar Music for more info
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Cat was recently in Japan presenting at a conference on Low Frequency Noise and Vibration. Her paper is available here
