Public lecture: Jon Rose, VIOLINS TO FENCES – A Life of #Experimentation in #Music (July 27) #Melbourne #geekgirl

Jon Rose, VIOLINS TO FENCES
A Life of Experimentation in Music
At one end of the continuum is the violin – iconic, an instrument of perfection, a bastion of western culture; at the other end is the fence – metaphor for duality, the instrument of our species’ desire for control, ownership, and exploitation.

For most of the last forty years, Jon Rose has explored the musical possibilities of the string and the wire in all sizes and situations. In this lecture he connects the radical with the traditional, and the unique experience with the commonplace, in a practice of music that has led him into previously unexplored sonic worlds and sometimes into confrontation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Jon Rose performs on the global stage at the sharp end of experimental, new and improvised music. Central to that practice has been ‘The Relative Violin’ project, a unique output, rich in content, realising almost everything on, with, and about the violin – and string music in general. Most celebrated is the worldwide Fence project in existence since 1983; least known are the relative violins – over 20 home experimental string instruments, created specifically for and in Australia.

DATE AND LOCATION:
Date: Friday 27 July 2012
Time: 6.00pm
Location: Village Roadshow Theatrette – State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne (Australia)
Cost: This is a free public lecture.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please register through this link

Presented by the Faculty of Humanities and the Centre for Creative Arts, La Trobe University: http://www.centreforcreativearts.org.au

FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Alix Austin a.austin@latrobe.edu.au