2 Sound Performances - Lawrence English, Greg Davis and Jeph Jerman on the 8th of July and James McCarthy (right) and Jenny Gillam on the 11th of July.

The Physics Room brings together three sound artists Lawrence English (Australia), Greg Davis (USA) and Jeph Jerman (USA), in a one night only sound performance event. Lawrence English is writer, musician and media artist based in Brisbane, Australia. Working across a broad range of art forms, English's work is eclectic. For over a decade, English's audio explorations have sprawled a range of areas. Sonically, the work calls into question the established relationships between approaches to sound and structure - traversing experimental soundscapes and free improvisation to processed beat works and concrete-influenced compositions ... 8 & 11th July 2006,his back catalogue spans a dynamic array of frameworks. In recent years English has performed and improvised with the likes of David Toop, Ami Yoshida, Oren Ambarchi, Marina Rosenfeld, DJ Olive, Philip Samartzis, Toshio Kajiwara, Scanner, Tetuzi Akiyama, Janek Schaefer and KK Null.

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Greg Davis is a musician based in Chicago. As an undergraduate at DePaul University in Chicago, Davis studied classical and jazz guitar alongside composition and jazz studies. In 1997, he started his own label, Autumn Records, in order to put out his music and that of others. At this time Greg was attending the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he received his master's degree in composition in June 2001. www.autumnrecords.net Jeph Jerman became interested in sound at an early age, experimenting with the first tape recorder he was given as a birthday present. What followed was many years of playing commercial music in a large number of bands and orchestras as well as working for several college radio stations and absorbing as much sound from around the world as he could. In 1983 he founded the first of what would become many 'more experimental' groups and began seriously working on his own sound work. In 1986 Jerman began recording under the name 'Hands To', eventually releasing far too many cassettes, albums and CDs as well as founding the band 'Blowhole'. He believes that this is where he learned to listen, becoming less and less interested in music as a medium for self-expression.

8th July 2006, 8pm The Physics Room $10 / $6 members

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Transposition of a mountain James McCarthy and Jenny Gillam Tuesday 11 July 2006, 7.30pm The Physics Room FREE James McCarthy and Jenny Gillam come together in this one-night only performance event at The Physics Room, in an exploration of relationships between sound, image and location. McCarthy maps a lineage of drawing and performance with the aid of a rock climbing harness and tensioned wire. During the performance the sketch is animated by the artist as he 'plays' the wires, exploring pitch modulation. Gillam's live video mix creates an evocative counterpoint. By sampling and deciphering images she further explores the mechanics of representation at play.