Open Frame: Akio Suzuki, David Toop

Overview

As part of the Mono15 Exhibition, the artists themselves will be taking you into their own work that examines the ever-changing landscape of sound by way of Open Frame, an annual celebration of music and media.

The first concert in the this year’s program, featuring two international sound artists, Akio Suzuki (Japan) and David Toop (United Kingdom) will be free to attend. This is a joint project with Room 40. On August 22 you can also attend the Mono Panel, hosted by Amelia Barkin and Greg Hainge (both from the University of Queensland) alongside David Toop to discuss this year’s Open Frame theme, and also celebrating the launch of Hainge’s book “Noise Matters: Towards an Ontology of Noise”.

This year’s Open Frame theme is “The Future is Noise”; the performers and speakers, who are linked through their own interpretations of the varying qualities of sound, will be responding to Italian futurist Luigi Russolo’s 1913 manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noises).

Immerse yourself in an art to be felt, rather than just seen, and gain a new appreciation of sound.