cellF[Sydney]

@ ‘The Patient’ Exhibition

Curated by Bec Dean The Patient exhibition examined the embodied experience of the artist as medical patient and the medical patient as living subject in contemporary art.
The exhibition explored the ways in which artists engage with powerful human experiences in the fields of health, biological science and medicine, contributing to discourse on the representation of illness, disease, care, individual agency and what it is to be human.

The exhibition was shown in the UNSW Galleries in Sydney and there I installed the the prototypes and materials that documented the four years of research and development of the cellF, exploring and revealing some of the processes and theory that underpins the work.

In June 2016, cellF performed as part of the ‘Patient’ exhibition at the Cell Block Theatre, National Art School with:

Friday 10 June: Chris Abrahams (the Necks) (Keyboards)
Saturday 11 June: Claire Edwardes and Jason Noble (Ensemble Offspring) (Percussion and Bass Clarinet)
Sunday 12 June: Jon Rose, Clayton Thomas and Darren Moore (Violin, Double Bass and Drums)

Performance Videos

With Chris Abrahams



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With Ensemble Offspring



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With Jon Rose, Clayton Thomas and Darren Moore




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Performance Images

Pre-show at the Cell Block Theatre

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Process Images

Neurospheres seeded on MEA dishes

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Performers

Chris Abrahams
Chris Abrahams

Chris Abrahams is a pianist and jazz player based in Sydney, Australia. Together with Hammond and Tony Buck, Abrahams formed the improvisational trio The Necks. In 2008, he produced and arranged the music score for the film “The Tender Hook”, an Australian Film. His work on this film earned him a nomination for an AFI award in the category of Best Original Music Score.

Ensemble Offspring
Ensemble Offspring

Ensemble Offspring is a dynamic Sydney-based organisation dedicated to adventurous new music. Led by Artistic Director, acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwardes, the virtuoso team of musicians boasts broad ranging backgrounds and talents and a passion for performing the music of our time. Driven by open-mindedness, Ensemble Offspring promotes diverse and emerging music practices that expose audiences to new ways of experiencing sound.

Jon Rose
Jon Rose

John Rose is an experimental musician and violin player that has played in throughout Australia, China, Europe, Japan and North America. He has focused on the development of the Total Artform that focuses on a single instrument and has been involved in the design and creation of new instruments, including the double-piston triple-neck wheeling violin. He is featured regularly in the main festivals of New Music, Jazz and Sound Art (e.g. Strasbourg New Music Festival; New Music America; Moers New Jazz Festival; European Media Festival; The Vienna Festival; Ars Elektronica; The Northsea Jazz Festival; Dokumenta; Roma-Europa Festival; Festival D’Automne; Festival Musique Actuelle; The Berlin Jazz Festival)

Clayton Thomas
Clayton Thomas

Inspired by the sound, velocity and social movements of jazz, Clayton has dedicated his musical life to finding a personal truth that links his own cultural life as a white Australian, with the radical, far reaching pursuits found within the creative music. What he can’t find as a bass player, he searches for in the organisation of unreasonably large ensembles.

Darren Moore is an Australian drummer, electronic music based in Tokyo, Japan. He performs regularly on drum set and modular synthesizer in predominantly in the fields of jazz, experimental and improvised music styles. Darren has performed extensively in Australia, South-East Asia, Japan and Europe. He completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Griffith University in Brisbane Australia in 2013 which looked at the adaptation of Carnatic Indian rhythms to drum set.

Support

SymbioticA, The Centre for Excellence in Biological Arts
The University of Western Australia
Government of Western Australia, Department for Culture and the Arts 
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Australian Council for the Arts