The Western Front

Blenders, hair dryers, electric drills, bicycle parts, turntables, and vinyl records, all come together in The Rotators, an improvised performance by Ujino Muneteru. Informed by the urban experience and domesticity fused with club and dance music, The Rotators is a spectacular showcase of hybrid musical instruments made from found and recycled objects.
Presented in partnership with Western Front Exhibitions and New Forms Festival

About Ujino Muneteru:
Ujino Muneteru is an acclaimed Tokyo based sound, sculpture and performance artist who is internationally regarded in the contemporary performing and visual arts. Ujino was born in 1964 in Tokyo, where he currently lives and works.
Ujino’s work has been featured in leading galleries and festivals around the world including: Super Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan; Artspace, Sydney, Australia; Galleria d’Art Moderna, Bologna, Italy; Barbican Gallery, London, UK; and at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Ujino has toured extensively with his Tokyo GlamRock band Gorgerous and had performed at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria; the Sound Madness festival at the Walter Phillips Gallery in Banff, Canada; and the Melbourne Fringe Festival in Melbourne, Australia. His project The Rotators was recently included in the Sydney Biennale, 2006.

Instrument Building Workshop:
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:00pm. Free, registration required, contact newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca or call 604-876-9343
Sorry, the workshop is FULL

Exhibition:
Thursday, September 6, 2007 9:00pm opening, runs through to October 11. Free