Ken Hollings and Mark Pilkington have been asked to co-curate an event for arts org Rational Rec, and we’re excited to present an evening that explores the common grounds between our numerous and divergent interests.
Unnatural Histories
An evening of experiment and worship, invoking the anomalous and the uncanny.
Tuesday 6 May 2008
At The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, London E2 6NB (map)
From 8pm. £5 door.
* Ken Hollings and Oort perform A Prayer to Gojira:
Ken will read a specially prepared text to appease the god lizard, backed by deep space resonance and Monster Island exotica from Oort (guitars, synths, theremin and electronics from Otto Amon, Richard Guest, Zali Krishna, Bruce Woolley).
*Chronicler of the esoteric Gary Lachman discusses the homonculus and the golem as mediaeval precursors to artificial life.
* Film screenings:
– Hibernator by London Fieldworks
– An Insidious Intrusion by Tessa Farmer and Sean Daniels
– Audiovisual archaeology from Ghost Box recordings.
– The Sound of Microclimates by Semiconductor
* Panel discussion on the evening’s themes with all our contributors.
* Stalls from Dreamflesh, English Heretic, Ghost Box, One Eye Grey, Strange Attractor and more
See you there!