Sunday, June 12, 2022; 8pm
Artist chat at 7:15pm
ANNEX, Vancouver
Roxanne Nesbitt (installation, voice, piano)
Ben Brown (ceramics, percussion)
Parmela Attariwala (viola)
Moon Bells / Symbiotic extends Roxanne Nesbitt’s ongoing explorations of sonic timbre and texture through handmade ceramic percussion and altered instruments. Part installation, part performance, audience members will enter into a space that is shaped by the suspended ceramic sculptural pieces. The visual suggestion of weightlessness and levity blends with sound layers coaxed from the sculptural instruments creating a subtly shifting sonic and material translucency.
The performance installation features two new distinct bodies of ceramic instruments made by Nesbitt. The moon bells are hanging spinning translucent resonant panels designed using ratios from just intonation and warped through the ceramic process in the kiln. Symbiotic Instruments is an on-going project exploring interactions between traditional and experimental instruments.
Hanging ceramic bells were made by Roxanne Nesbitt at the European Keramic Work Centre in Oisterwijk, Netherlands. Bells used as piano preparations were made at the same facility and at Vancouver Ceramics Studio.
roxannenesbitt.com
parmela.com
benbrownsounds.com
Video documentation: Eva Brownstein
Audio documentation: Jaewoo Lee
Video and audio editing: Roxanne Nesbitt
