I’m pleased to announce the 16th in the series of my extended residency at Hundred Years Gallery – Mercury Over Maps.
The evening is a special audio/visual edition featuring 4 sound and video artists (Rob Flint, Blanca Regina, Ian Stonehouse and myself) following the score CROSSFADE PING-PONG by Rob Flint.
Expect lots of audio/visual works as artists respond to each other across two 40 minute sets.
More information: http://billthompson.org/aka_prof_lofi/mercury-over-maps-16
Mercury Over Maps #16
ROB FLINT – Live sound and image
IAN STONEHOUSE – Live visuals
Ian Stonehouse is a lecturer in Sonic Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, and was previously Head of the Electronic Music Studios there from 2004-2020. He originally trained as a visual artist at Wolverhampton College of Art with experimental filmmaker Guy Sherwin and visual artist Paresh Chakraborty. In recent years he’s performed as a member of noise-improv-playback group Rutger Hauser, and their splinter group Rutger Hauser Digest (with Lisa Busby). Rutger Hauser’s eponymous debut album was released on the ADAADAT label in 2016. Ian’s solo album, ‘Voyage en Kaléidoscope’ (made in 1995) finally escaped to the surface in 2016 thanks to the folks at Lumen Lake label. He was part of the ensemble who performed Bill Thompson’s ‘Gates 2017’ at Goldsmiths and contributed tape loops to saxophonist Colin Webster’s release ‘vs. Tape Loops’ on the Fractal Meat label in 2017. Ian’s albums ‘Synthesizer Experiments Volumes 1-3’ were self-released on Bandcamp in 2019, alongside several others.”
https://ianstonehouse.
BLANCA REGINA – Live sound and visuals
BILL THOMPSON – Live sound and visual
Bill Thompson is a sound artist and composer. He performs regularly as a soloist as well as in a number of groups including The Seen, zerøspace, and Airfield (with Ian Spink), and duos with Phil Durrant, Cath Roberts, Richard Sanderson and Yoni Silver. Past collaborations include performances with Keith Rowe, Faust, EXAUDI and others.
Although originally trained as a guitarist, Thompson has worked with live electronics for the better part of 15 years. In recent years he has returned to guitar using one built by Moog combining it with electronics with miscellaneous table top devices, found objects, flashing lights, and the occasional vibrator.
He has earned numerous awards and commissions including the PRS for New Music ATOM award, the GAVAA visual arts award, a PRS for New Music Three Festival commission, the 2010 Aberdeen Visual Arts Award, and was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Award.
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Mercury Over Maps is an extended residency by Bill Thompson at Hundred Years Gallery featuring performances, installations and talks with various collaborators and guest artists.