Ujino Muneteru Instrument Building Workshop (FULL)
September 5, 2007 7PMInstrument Building Workshop
Free Admission: Registration required, limited space. Contact newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca or call 604-876-9343 to register.
Sorry, the workshop is FULL
Internationally-renowned visual / sound artist Ujino Muneteru leads a hands-on instrument-building workshop, as a prelude to his performance of The Rotators the following night.
Presented in partnership with Western Front Exhibitions and the 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 Gorgereous 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 Biennale of Sydney 2006.
Live Performance:
Thursday, September 6, 2007 8:00pm. $12/$10 students and WF members
Exhibition:
Thursday, September 6, 2007 9:00pm opening, runs through to October 11. Free