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A performer in a squatting position on a black platform wearing a mask of sensors in front of two large screens projecting red and blue abstract scenes. Two people look on, one directing the scene with arm outstretched toward the screens.
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Carrion

Justin Shoulder

Multidisciplinary artist Justin Shoulder will be in residence with support from the Australia Council for the Arts. Working with animation/virtual reality collaborators Sam and Andy Rolfes, the project Carrion aims to develop green-screen video content that the artist will manipulate live with a body sensor system.

International residencies organized by Australia Council for the Arts provide a unique opportunity for Australian artists to immerse themselves in a new international arts context, community and culture. The experience enables artists to articulate their practice within a global context and build knowledge, networks and partnerships that support future international arts activity.

Main Image: Justin Shoulder in Studio 1 as part of his residency with support from the Australian Council for the Arts. May 2019. Photo: Mick Bello/EMPAC.

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Production Residency

Klein

UK-based composer and playwright Klein is in residence at EMPAC developing a new performance to be presented at MoMA PS1’s VW dome. With references ranging from mythology to Pavarotti to defunct UK young-adult TV network Trouble, Klein uses collagist techniques to assemble recordings of her own vocals and instrumentation.

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A ring of light surrounding spore like dots of light in a dark room. A small group of three people silhouetted looks on
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EKO Artist Residency

Kurt Hentschläger

The New York-based Austrian artist Kurt Hentschläger will be in residence to develop a new audio-visual work for a custom-built LED wall and a multichannel surround-sound system. EKO is the third work in his ongoing series staged in complete darkness.

He will perform the premiere of this piece on November 14.

Main Image: SOL. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Martin Gross.

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A woman stand with back to the viewer in front of a strip of red light in a dark theater.
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EKO

Kurt Hentschläger

The galactic premiere of the audiovisual performance EKO will be performed in the splendid void of total darkness. Erasing the audience’s perceptual boundaries, this absolute absence of light is interrupted for only fractions of seconds with bursts of micro-animated geometric forms emanating from an LED wall display. Returning again to darkness, abundant retinal afterimage impressions unravel within each viewer’s eyes, slowly fading and fusing with the surrounding darkness until the eventual next eruption of light. Attuned to the fragile nature of these ghostly retinal afterimages, the piece’s ambient electronic soundscape gently diffuses through the space with occasional infra bass density.    

New York-based Austrian artist Kurt Hentschläger creates audiovisual installations and performances. Between 1992 and 2003 he collaborated with Ulf Langheinrich in the pioneering artist duo Granular-Synthesis. EKO is the third work in his ongoing series staged in complete darkness. Beginning with the 2017 installation SOL and the recently premiered 2019 installation SUB, EKO is a dedicated live performance within this body of work.

Main Image: SUB. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Nichole Stoddard / Mana Contemporary.

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