ARTS

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    Turn up the tiny guitar

    First published in The Brag, December 2008

    Attach it to a distortion pedal and it sounds like a wobbly, out-of-tune bass. Pitchshift it up with a delay effect and you’ve got steel drums. The humble ukulele played by electric ukulele lady, Rose Turtle Ertler, sounds nothing like Tiny Tim. ...

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    When artists reside

    First published in The Brag, October 2008

    How much energy do we devote to iconic figures? What public spaces would we sacrifice to live our personal dreams? Three artists will head to Newcastle in October to unravel the answers as part of Electrofringe’s first artists-in-residence program. A few weeks back, performance artists Martyn Coutts and Willoh S. Weiland were told that their Electrofringe 2008 residency project had been performed before – by ...

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    Soul-destroying fun: Electrofringe

    First Published in Music Feeds, September 2008

    Electrofringe 2008 kicks off with an event encouraging participants to banish their inner conservative. Fitting for a festival that pummels its audience with 80 weird, wonderful and wired events over five days and nights. Hands up those who have attended a workshop on animatronic penis masks. How about a gig where the musician boasts of playing hideous, brain-destroying noise? Ever roamed a gallery being attacked ...