Silent Sound
Silent Sound first took place in 2006 in Liverpool. There will be a
second performance on Sunday 7th March 2010 in Middlesbrough at the
gothic Town Hall.
Conceived by British artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Silent Sound
is an otherworldly experiment using controversial mind control
technology to transmit a subliminal message during a live music
performance. The artists joined forces with J. Spaceman from
Spiritualized, commissioning him to create a new composition for the
project to carry their subliminal message.
Sunday 7th March
Doors 6.30pm
Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Albert Street, Middlesbrough TS1
Tickets £8, £6 concessions
Available from 01642 729 729
or http://www.avfestival.co.uk/programme/10/events/silent-sound
Places are strictly limited.
Silent Sound sets out to warp your perception and stage a remarkable
experience loaded with potential which intensifies your experience of
being in the here-and-now. Drawing on the powerful psychological set-
up of 19th century Spiritualist public performances and inspired by
Victorian entertainers The Davenport Brothers who were famed for
attempting to contact the souls of the dead using their ‘spirit
cabinet’, the artists perform inside their own specially created
soundproof cabinet. From the stage inside their cabinet they
repeatedly broadcast a spoken 'message', this signal is fed into a
custom-made Silent Sound machine, which subliminally embeds the
message within the music and transmits it throughout the performance.
The event will be recorded live and a limited edition CD will be
available.
Silent Sound 2010 is part of the AV Festival
http://www.avfestival.co.uk