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feint. (2020) [with Lizzy Welsh, 7 min.] Violin, harpsichord, synthesiser. 22 February 2020, Inland 20.2, Carlton.
sleep. (2019) [with Joy Lee, 9 min.] Clavichord, synthesiser. 14 October 2019, Inland 19.9, Carlton.
chalk. (2019) [with Rebecca Lane and Jon Heilbron, 9 min.] Quarter-tone bass flute, double bass, organ, synthesiser. 15 September 2019, Inland 19.8, Carlton.
trees. (2019) [with Joy Lee, 15 min.] Harpsichord, synthesiser. 11 March 2019, Inland 19.4, Carlton.
The Pathology of Boredom. (2019) [with Alexander Garsden and Oliver Mann and Erkki Veltheim, 110 min.] Violin, guitar, voice, organ, computer, recordings. 10 February 2019, Inland 19.2, Castlemaine.
visitants. (2019) [15 min.] [with Oren Ambarchi] Guitar, organ, electronics. 27 January 2019, Inland 19.1, Carlton.
wherewith knots are made. (2018) [with Anthony Pateras and Anthony Burr, 20 min.] Clarinet, piano, organ, synthesiser. 21 December 2018, AB+JB+RD+SD+AG+JH+AP+JR+EV, Carlton.
salt. (2018) [14 min.] Violin, clarinet, drums, voices, organ, synthesiser. 27 October 2018, Astra Chamber Music Society, Concert 4, Fitzroy North.
ink. (2018) [63 min.] Electronics. 25 October 2018, AFW, 2 Kerr St, Fitzroy.
that still inheres as clarity. (2018) [20 min.] Synthesiser, computer. 30 August 2018, An Evening of Musik #7, Westspace, Melbourne.
forward, still. (2018) [with Anthony Pateras and Anthony Burr, 18 min.] Organ, clarinet. June-August 2018.
distance bestows then takes right back. (2018) [with Anthony Pateras, 18 min.] Piano, organ, electronics. 29 June 2018, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.
Cedar-Plums Like. (2018) [15 min.] Digital oscillators and switching circuits. 14 June 2018, Inland 18.5, Erskineville.
therefore it's autumn there. (2018) [7 min.] Organ, synthesiser, voice. 4 March 2018, Aeso Studio, Fitzroy.
through the milk-glass panes of our eyes we see. (2018) [with Anthony Pateras and Anthony Burr, 25 min.] Organ, synthesiser, clarinet. 23 January 2018, MIUC, Fitzroy.
there is an index why and how they fell the tree. (2017) [3 min.] Organ, synthesiser, computer. 11 December 2017, Inland 17.E, Carlton.
strangely wet are the sleeves of the arm-pillow. (2017) [4 min.] Organ, computer, recordings. 5 November 2017, Inland 17.D, Northcote.
preserve something, almost sayable, light sifting silence. (2017) [6 min.] Archival recordings, computer. 9 September 2017, Astra Chamber Music Society, Concert 3c.
of which there are always many more, and cedars and rumour. (2017) [15 min.] Two organs, computer. 5 September 2017, MIUC #050917, Fitzroy.
and my thought is not heedless of the navigator. (2017) [with Jon Heilbron, 15 min.] Double bass, piano, electronics. 24 August 2017, lalala #4, Glebe Justice Centre.
and the flowers of deep feeling. (2017) [7 min.] Organ, computer. 14 August 2017, Inland 17.A, Carlton.
flax-wake the sleepiness of the hovering plants. (2017) [7 min.] Organ, synthesiser, computer, recordings. March-July 2017, for the film Soda by Hanna Chetwin
over the ruins of Baalbek the famous uneven sistrum. (2017) [12 min.] Organ, revox, violin, synthesiser, percussion. 14 July 2017, Moscow Stations: Part II, North Melbourne.
the traces of a mistake, the most simple one possible the reactions of even younger children. (2017) [with Anthony Pateras, 26 min.] Two organs, revox, violin, piano, percussion. 14 July 2017, Moscow Stations: Part II, North Melbourne.
Moscow Stations / Last Stop East / Part II: Continent of Sorrow. (2017) [with §, 90 min.] Instruments, films, actor, folk-singing, folk-dancing, food, alcohol. 14 July 2017, Lithuanian House, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne.
It's always the first time. (2017) [with Erkki Veltheim and Alexander Garsden, 180 min.] Violin, guitar, synthesiser. 3 June 2017, Inland 17.7, Hobart.
until their threads through the sight fields - blindly - end. (2017) [with Jon Heilbron, 12 min.] Double bass, synthesiser, organ. 19 May 2017, Inland 17.6, Moonee Ponds.
Three guesses: a coincidence, a connection outside, a connection inside. (2017) [with Erkki Veltheim and Alexander Garsden, 15 min.] Violin, guitar, synthesiser. 13 May 2017, Inland 17.5, Abbotsford.
Ellesmere--St Johns Wood--Harleian (2017) [with Anthony Pateras, 50 min.] Farfisa Compact Duo, Yamaha YC45D. Recorded February 2017, IMMEDIATA January 2018.
They are places hard to fix upon the memory. (2017) [16 min.] Synthesiser, computer. 7 February 2017, MIUC.
as children lying in blue sheets peer into memory. (2016) [7 min.] Piano, computer. 14 November 2016, Inland 16.A, Glebe.
at night the deep transparent skies. (2016) [with Joe Talia, 5 min.] Drums, synthesiser. 10 November 2016, Inland 16.9, Carlton.
against a gleam of nocturnal light that persisted in the west. (2016) [22 min.] Piano, computer. 16 October 2016, Astra Chamber Music Society.
And I grew up in patterned tranquility. (2016) [5 min.] Organ, computer. 29 September 2016, Inland 16.8, Newport.
which, unlike the heliotrope, turn timidly away from the sun. (2016) [6 min.] Computer, synthesiser, organ. 18 July 2016, Inland 16.4, Carlton.
of the brief time I was in love with the girl who looked like grass. (2016) [7 min.] Synthesiser, organ, computer. 7 June 2016, Inland 16.3, Carlton.
I bathed, so to speak, in golden light. (2016) [11 min.] Piano, organ, computer. 15 March 2016, Live at Peggy's #1, Paddington.
Through the broken light of day. (2016) [4 min.] Piano, organ, computer. 14 March 2016, Inland 16.2, Glebe.
Of pure crystal darkness transmuting into light. (2016) [9 min.] Synthesiser. 28 February 2016, Inland 16.1, Carlton.
The Lepidopters: A Space Opera: Part V. (2016) [§, 60 min.] Synthesiser, tenor, punk band, electronics.
As if the past of the trust in hearing. (2016) [5 min.] Piano, organ, digital delay, computer. 18 January 2016, Inland 16.0, Carlton.
al manner of thyng shal be wele. (2015) [5 min.] Piano, organ, computer. 30 November 2015, Inland 15.5, Kangaroo Point & 1 December 2015, Inland 15.6, Glebe.
Rough Ride / Soft Machine. (2015) [§, multi form] Two-stroke muffler machines, megaphone incantation, percussion, dancers, hooligans. November-December, 2015. Equator #3, Biennale Jogjakarta
Four suns and a whole sky on fire. (2015) [with Alex Garsden and Jessica Aszodi, 12 min.] Voice, organ, computer. 24 August 2015, Inland 15.3, Carlton.
An iridescent arc will appear to the east. (2015) [6 min.] Piano, voice, organ, computer. 20 July 2015, Inland 15.2, Church of all Nations, Carlton.
Three Paths to the Lake (II). (2015) [with Elizabeth Welsh, 11 min.] Baroque violin, electric organ, church organ. 25 May 2015, Inland 15.1, Carlton.
He will now think he hears her. (2015) [13 min.] Piano, organ, electronics. 2 March 2015, Inland 15.0, Carlton.
Three Paths to the Lake (I). (2015) [with Elizabeth Welsh and Aviva Endean, 13 min.] Baroque violin, clarinet, synthesiser. 27 January 2015, MIUC, Fitzroy.
From the east edge of the backyard looking west. (2014) [12 min.] Organ. 17 November 2014, Inland 14.3, Carlton.
How can the beginning go unnoticed. (2014) [6 min.] Organ, computer. 9 October 2014, DYAD, Conduit Arts, Fitzroy.
The center is between us. (2014) [with Alex Garsden, 16 min.] Guitar, organ, voice, electronics. 8 September 2014, Inland 14.2, Carlton.
And passed outside of time: Space Organ #6. (2014) [17 min.] Organ, electronics. 20 August 2014, Darwin Festival.
The Lepidopters: A Space Opera: PART IV [§, 60 min.] Choir, organ, piano, guitar, flute, punk band, electronics. 20 August, 2014. Darwin Festival.
To sound of reawakening. (2014) [12 min.] Guitar, electronics. June 2014.
Lived Together Alone. [12 min.] Organ, voice, electronics. 29 May, 2014. JR→, Conduit Arts, Fitzroy.
Ended Daylight in Silence. [18 min.] Organ, electronics. 24 April (Sydney) & 28 April (Melbourne), 2014. Inland 14.0 & 14.1.
Another Mind is Signaling You. [6 min.] Choir, instruments, electronics. Text by Philip K. Dick. April 12 & 13, 2014. North Melbourne Town Hall. Astra Chamber Music Society.
Autochthons (#1 — #5). [28 min.] Choir, instruments, automated gamelan, electronics, light box. Texts by Philip K. Dick. April 12 & 13, 2014. North Melbourne Town Hall. Astra Chamber Music Society.
The Lepidopters: A Space Opera: PART III [§, 90min.]. Choir, organ, piano, guitar, flute, clarinet, percussion, automated-gamelan, narrator, punk band & electronics. 12 & 13 April, 2014. ASTRA / ARTS HOUSE, North Melbourne.
The Lepidopters: A Space Opera: PART II [§, 90min.] Organ, piano, guitar, clarinet, gamelan ensemble, punk band & electronics. 21 & 22 March, 2014. YES NO WAVE, Yogyakarta.
A Sedimentation of the Mind. [§, 60min.] Lecturer, two organs, electric guitar, clarinet, automated-gamelan, electronics. 8pm Friday 28th February, NGV Australia.
We Are Each Parts. (Space Organ #4 & #5) [4 min.] Organ, electronics. 16 January, 2014. MONA/FOMA #6, Hobart.
The Lepidopters: A Space Opera: PART I [§, 45min.] Organ, piano, punk band & electronics. 16 January, 2014. MONA/FOMA #6, Hobart.
Robert Smithson: Displacements #1 — 8, #10 — 18 [95 min.] Javanese gamelan, electronics. November 2013. National Gallery of Victoria.
Sedulur Gamelan [§, Installation]. Mechanical gamelan & electronics. 22 Nov 2013 - 23 Mar 2014. National Gallery of Victoria.
See Hearer Clearer (II) [8 min.] Vibraphone, electronics, video. 16 March, 2013, Berlin. MaerzMusik
See Hearer Clearer. [8 min.] Piano, vibraphone & electronics. 23 October, 2012 at Melbourne Recital Centre. Speak Percussion / Melbourne International Arts Festival.
Guild∘Psaltery. (for AP, after LP). [8 min.] Electric guitar & electronics. 29 March, 2012. Monkey Bar, Melbourne.
and I suffered a complete collapse. [2 min.] Actor, piano, electronics, light box. Text by Nikola Tesla. Saturday 23 July, 2011. Monash University Museum of Art.
The Gift - Redaction and Decontamination [§, 42 min.]. Actor, mechanised piano, control console, wall plotter. Saturday 23 July 2011, 3.30 - 4.30pm. Monash University Museum of Art.
The Execution Protocol (III). [§, Installation] May - July 2011 at Monash University Museum of Art.
Another in Another Dark. [8 min.] Clarinet, viola, 'cello, electronics. February 13, 2011 at Fairfax Theatre. Golden Fur, Robin Fox, Bionics Institute, ANAT/Synapse
Afterglow: performance art and photography. [§, Installation] 28 January 2011 to 3 April 2011. Monash Gallery of Art
Byzantium. [4 min.] Four choirs, 'cello, double bass, piano, electronics. Texts by W.B. Yeats and Samuel Beckett. 5 December, 2010 at Northcote Town Hall. Astra Chamber Music Society.
Aš Šarāţān. [3 min.] Piano, trumpet, electronics. July 1 - July 17, 2010 at Red Gallery, North Fitzroy. Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, Liquid Architecture, New Music Network.
NOTE C. NEW CATHAYSIA AND GONDWANALAND. [§, Lecture and demonstration] Friday 18 June 2010, 8pm. Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington.
The Fatal Score. [§, 50 min.] Soprano, actors, instruments, military band. 3pm, Sunday 16th May, 2010, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, NSW. Biennale of Sydney.
Penalogical Pianology. [§, Installation] May 12 - August 1 2010. Biennale of Sydney.
The Execution Protocol (II). [§, Installation] 6 December 2008 - 28 February 2009. The Institute of Modern Art.
Archival Materials and Catalogue. [§, Installation] 11 September - 16 November 2008. QUT Art Museum.
Piano, Electronics [4 min.] Piano & electronics. February, 2008. Leonardo Music Journal (Vol. 18).
Drum Machine [20 min., with Neil Kelly and Graeme Leak.] Mechanical drum machine, machine listening & computer controlled mechanised piano. 26 October, 2007. Federation Square, Melbourne. Melbourne International Arts Festival.
The Execution Protocol (I). [§, 45 min.] 22 October, 2007, 8:30 -- 11:00pm. Melbourne International Arts Festival, National Gallery of Victoria.
Never Forever. [§, 35 min.] Actors, choir, instruments. 28 September, 2007. Art Forum Berlin / Kunstlerhaus Bethanien / House of World Cultures.
Wedding Sentences [8 min.] Choir, celeste, organ, cello, electronics. 26 May & 27 May, 2007. Lithuanian House, Errol Street, North Melbourne. Astra Chamber Music Society.
Dissident Consonances. [§, 90 min.] Actors, choir, instruments, electronics, film. 26 May & 27 May, 2007. Lithuanian House, Errol Street, North Melbourne. Astra Chamber Music Society.
Futen Rojin Nikki (Extracts). [9 min.] Four organs, harpsichord, four-part choir, electronics. Text Rohan Drape after writing by Junichiro Tanizaki. Unperformed.
A Schema and Historo-Materialist Pro-gnostic [§, Lecture demonstration] Overhead-projector, whiteboard, audio-cassette machine, computer operated piano. Sunday 22 October 2006, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Untitled, August 2006. [11 min.] Percussion, computer generated sound, computer operator. Unperformed
As Far East as Bemm River. [13 min., with Tom Hall] Four instruments, amplified narrator, electronics. Text by Tom Hall and Rohan Drape after writings by Gerald Murnane. December, 2005. Rout Ensemble, London.
CMS-PMI [23 min.] Computer generated image, computer generated sound and computer operator. Text by A. Schoenberg. 29 September, 2005. Articulating Space, Brunswick, Melbourne.
Two Lives in Flux: And Vice Versa. [§, 47 min.] Acoustic theatre for soloists, choirs, folk ensemble, instruments and electronics. Text by Slave Pianos after writings by George Maciunas, Vytautas Landsbergis and colleagues. First performed on September 6, 2004 in Vilnius. Vilnius Festivals.
Untitled, March 2003. [24 min.] Electric guitar, computer operated piano, electronics. 24 March, 2003 Articulating Space, Footscray, Melbourne.
As Far South as Kettering. [13 min., with Tom Hall] Four instruments, amplified narrator, electronics. Text by Tom Hall and Rohan Drape after writings by Gerald Murnane. 2 & 5 November, 2002. Rout Ensemble, Cambridge & Dartmouth.
Foreign Knowledge: I Have Made A Heap of All That I Could Find. [§, 40 min.] Documentary monodrama. Soprano, narrator, computer operated piano, electronics. Text by Slave Pianos after writings by Peter Tyndall. 27 September, 2002. Old Court House Building, Ballarat. The Kunstlerhaus Bethanien / The University of Ballarat.
Choir, Piano, Electronics [1 min.] Text by I-Hsuan Lin-chi. 4 & 5 November, 2001. Gasworks Theatre, South Melbourne. Astra Chamber Music Society.
The Strange Voyage of Bas Jan Ader. [§] Hörspiel. Six voices, six instruments, electronics. Text by Slave Pianos after writings by Bas Jan Ader and Donald Crowhurst. 14 & 16 Sunday October, 2001 Klangbrucke, Aachen / Malkasten, Dusseldorf. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein.
The Broccoli Maestro. [§] Chamber opera. Six voices, six instruments, electronics. 22 & 23 June, 2001. North Melbourne Town Hall. Chamber Made Opera.
Layers [8 min.] Electronics. 28 June, 2001. Collingwood, Melbourne. Andrew Byrne.
of dissociation [12 min.] Electronics. Text by Rohan Drape after writings by Stefan Wolpe and Milton Babbitt. 16 April, 2001. Articulating Space, Footscray, Melbourne.
A long tale with many notes. [§] 15 July, 2000. RMIT Gallery, Melbourne.
Aperto. [§] Percussionist, interactive computer display and turntablist. 17 July, 2000. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Non-Objective Brass. [§] Five works for Brass Choir. 26 July, 2000. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Non-Objective Labour. [§] String quartet, computer operated piano. 15 & 19 April, 2000. Baltiyski Dom Theatre, St Petersburg / The Contemporary Music Centre, Moscow. Sergey Kuryokhin International Music Festival.
The Compromised Economy of Desire and Fear. [§] 26 February, 2000. The Public Office Carpark, Melbourne China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles.
¡¡Emancipate the Dissonance!!. [§] 2,4 & 9 December, 1999. Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York.
Percussion, Piano, Electronics [8 min.] Four percussionists, computer controlled piano, electronics. 10 October, 1999. Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne. Astra Chamber Music Society.
Music of the City. [§] Five works for string quartet and piano. 6 August, 1999. Darren Knight Gallery, Waterloo, Sydney.
An Evening With Slave Pianos. [§, Installation] Four works for computer operated piano. 15 May, 1999. Moore St Gallery, Melbourne.
Slave Pianos (of the Art Cult). [§, Installation] Ten works for computer operated piano. 9 March, 1999. Stills Gallery, Edinburgh.
Recitals of Artist's Music and Sound Works. [§, Installation] Fifteen works for computer operated piano. November, 1998. Museum Fridericianum, Kassel.
Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano [11 min.] 5 October, 1997. Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne. Astra Chamber Music Society.
Viola, Cello, Clarinet, Piano [8 min.] May, 1997. Latrobe University, Melbourne. Perihelion Quartet.
Six Part Choir [4 min.] April, 1997. Trinity College Chapel, Melbourne. Victorian Chamber Singers.
Choir, Clarinets, Piano [12 min.] Four part choir, two clarinets and piano. Text by W.B. Yeats. 13 October, 1996. St Mary's Anglican Church, North Melbourne. Astra Chamber Music Society.
§ ≡ with Slave Pianos