Sounding The Whau from melissa laing on Vimeo.
Video documentation courtesy of Hank Snell, Arts Whau, and the Whau Local Board.
From 5.00pm on Saturday 9 April the Te Whau River Pathway through Archibald Park will come alive with musical sounds starting a short performance by Kelston students created during a workshop on the day led by PHIL DADSON before going onto a sound walk involving five different experimental music works by Auckland musicians. The performances will be spread out along the walkway so you can walk from one to another, listening to the music they create in response to the river’s edge and enjoying the park in the early evening.
The musicians will use a wide variety of instruments to create their performances, ranging from traditional instruments like mandolin, classical recorder, electric guitar and Taonga Puoro as well as experimental tools like cassette recorder loops and home made tubular bells made using lengths of pipe. Each station along the Pathway will be a different musical experience where you can choose to stay and listen or walk on to the next station to get a different audio experience.
The sound walk will be a fun and interesting way to get out and celebrate the river, experience the pathway and listen to new sounds weaving into the natural environment.
Artists include ROSIE LANGABEER (NZ/USA), MALCOLM DUNN, ANDREW McMILLAN/CHRIS O’CONNOR, KEVIN KIM / RUI INABA / PHIL DADSON, and SINGULARITY – MATT REECE / JEREMY HANTLER / TRISTIAN HANCOCK / JOEL VINSEN.
This project is organised by KINSTRY SMYTHE, AUDIO FOUNDATIONÂ and the WHAU COMMUNITY ART BROKER with support from the WHAU LOCAL BOARD and KELSTON SCHOOLS.