An adapted bagpipe with sympathy II, 1979. Photo © Phill Niblock
Archive Images. Courtesy the artist.
Yoshi Wada at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, 2011. Photo: Mat Fleming
Archive Images. Courtesy the artist.
Part of the American minimalist music and Fluxus scenes in 1960-70’s New York, Wada was influenced by George Maciunas, La Monte Young and Pandit Pran Nath. This debut UK commission continues his pioneering practice of making musical instruments from plumbing pipes and electronics. The immersive sound installation is constructed from organ pipes, sheet metal, steel pipe, sirens, foghorns, alarm bells and a ship’s ventilator. Tuned to the architecture of the Great Hall, the work produces sustained, long drones reverberating through space.
Commissioned by AV Festival. World Premiere.
FREE
Preview: Fri 2 March 9am-3pm
Fri 2 March – Sat 31 March
Mon – Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 2–5pm
Blandford Square
Newcastle NE1 4JA
discoverymuseum.org.uk
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