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Sean Arden

Through the use of transducers, pickups, solenoids and software, arranged instruments interact with each other and with the room. There are no performers or loudspeakers, but instead resonances.

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Opening Reception | Thursday November 1, 4:00-8:00pm

Things Resounding Things is a new installation by John Brennan and a continuation of his study on the agency and memory of musical instruments and other sounding objects

A kick drum, a snare drum and a floor tom.

An electric acoustic guitar.

A concert bass drum.

A modified oil drum.

Three cymbals.

A piano harp.

A zither.

A gong.

Through the use of transducers, pickups, solenoids and software, arranged instruments interact with each other and with the room in sonorous conversation and monologue.

There are no performers or loudspeakers, but instead resonances, feedback and sonic impressions that invite one to listen for sounds that might no longer be. How far can these sounds reach? How closely can one listen?

This project was supported by the BC Arts Council and the Basically Good Media Lab at Emily Carr University. Thanks to Maria Lantin and Sean Arden. Special thanks to Khan Lee for his support, generosity, advice and skills.

John Brennan is a sound artist, drummer, and new music curator living in Vancouver, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

In 2005, he received a BFA degree in Electroacoustic Studies from Concordia University and since 2008, he has toured extensively in Europe, Japan, and North America with different ensembles (eschatons, botfly/holzkopf, chansons d’amour/totems, atlanteans…) and solo projects. Among the artists he performed and collaborated with are: Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, William Hooker, Greg Saunier, Graham Lambkin, Aine O’Dwyer, Chris Cogburn, Peter Kutin, DJ Olive, Elisa Ferrari, Alexander Moskos, Josh Stevenson, Joshua Zubot, Ellwood Epps and JP Carter. Between 2012 and 2016 he founded and curated Destroy Vancouver (DV) an improvised music and sound art series produced by VIVO Media Arts Centre, co-produced by Vancouver Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, Vancouver New Music, Suoni Per Il Popolo. Since 2016 his work on performance and improvisation has expanded to include sound installations and sound sculptures that consider the relationship between the sonic memory of musical instruments, performance, and improvisation. His installation The Temporal Drum Set was presented at the NoIDea Festival 2018 in Austin (TX), and most recently at the Western Front (Vancouver) in conjunction with a concert feat. drummers Chris Corsano, Greg Saunier, Mili Hong and artist Rozie Jordan.