Saturday 19 August 2023, 7.30pm
Steven Warwick is a performer, working as an artist, writer and musician. He constructs narratives and situations across different media such as performance, plays, films, music, writing, and sculptural/theatrical installations. Regulars will remember his 2 day residency where he premiered a play NEONLIBERAL and performed new tracks.
Warwick also makes music under his own name (previously as Heatsick) – the latest release, titled “MOI”, is out on PAN. He is currently working on a new record and will exclusively premiere some new tracks on this special evening which will be informed by his various practices.
He has performed music at Berghain, Issue Project Room, Trouw Amsterdam, Unsound Krakow, London Contemporary Music Festival, Mutek Mexico, Novas Frequencias Brazil.
His performances and artworks has been exhibited at Reading International, ICA London, Cleopatras NYC, KW Berlin, Schinkel Pavillion Berlin, Kunsthaus Glarus
His writing and criticism has appeared in Texte Zur Kunst, Urbanomic, Artforum and has co-authored a book “Fear Indexing the X Files” published through Primary Information (2017).
His new book “Notes on Evil” was published in Autumn 2022 on Floating Opera Press.
Native South Londoner Dale Cornish explores the edges of and similarities between experimental music, electroacoustic and dance music. Since being part of the London electroclash movement at the beginning of the 21st century, Cornish has carved out a singular path that both combines and distorts experimental and club music sounds and tropes into new and unusual forms. Cornish’s output includes five albums for Entr’acte and several editions for The Tapeworm. His most recent and celebrated work ‘Traditional Music of South London’ was released by Manchester’s The Death Of Rave in 2022.
Merlin Nova is sound, song and movement. Her work is conceptual and merges her music and theatrical background. At the moment she is asking questions and runs a play group for adults called the Players' Circle. Nova released her ‘creepy, funny and all out terrifying’ (The Wire) debut album BOO! (2020) and her energetic choral EP Big Heart, long time love (2021). She has worked with Slow Dance, NTS, Young Turks, Café Oto and BBC Radio 6 Late Junction and has performed across the UK and Europe.
https://www.instagram.com/_merlinnova_
https://www.merlin-nova.com
