Beyond Time

Bass frequencies abound on the opening evening of Sonic Acts. Beyond Time presents an audiovisual spectacle with dubstep, subsonic minimal techno and avant-garde electronica. Roly Porter and Emptyset use the echo and low frequencies associated with dub music to create a sonic space that dislocates our perception of time. Live projections by Rod MacLachlan and Joanie Lemercier (from AntiVJ) reinforce the disorientating potential of the sub-bass. Mark Fell’s radically asymmetric beats ignore time signatures completely in an infectious computer-generated recuperation of the sounds of acid, timed to the millisecond. The evening opens with a homage to filmmaker Bart Vegter (who passed away in 2011). Films by Ian Helliwell and Ryohei Shimada will also be screened.

Bart Vegter
De Tijd
(2008, 9’00, colour, no sound)

A flat, monochrome image slowly evolves into a dramatic spectacle, where colour allows lines and conical forms to subtly dissolve and solidify. In the end, the colours lose their intensity leaving only the basic structure of the image ‘the skeleton’. De Tijd is an abstract, computer-generated film in which colour plays the principle role.

Ian Helliwell
Letratone Leader
(2009, 3’35, stereo sound, colour)

The image consists of strips of super 8 leader foot- age subjected to various colour inversions.

Ryohei Shimada
Garden
(2010, 9’00, video, stereo sound, colour)

Patterns of grass, trees and flowers are created using 8, 16 and 35 mm film. The film is a collabo- ration with the Samurai Jazz Quintet.