LUKE MUNN

20.12.09

100 Circles / 100 Tones



A social / performance project at Centre for Endless Progress, in collaboration with artist collective, Gruntwork.

100 Circles is a graphic score for multiple surfaces, performed on this occasion on concrete wall with chalk. Focusing on slowly shifting variations and physical gestures, the work leaves a visual trace of the transitory sound and movement that once created it.

100 Tones interacted with gallery visitor's, assigning each a number according to their entrance order. This number could be redeemed for a unique ring-tone from a set of 100. Each file was transferred to a willing visitor's mobile phone via Bluetooth at a station in the gallery, becoming the site of a range of successful and failed interactions both socially and technically.

View 100 Circles score (PDF)
Luke Munn is a Berlin-based New Zealander whose work incorporates sound composition, performance and new-media. In his live performances he utilises small objects such as glass pieces, activating and manipulating them through electronics, with a focus on a physical, visual set of movements. His work explores composition, playback and interaction in a series of contemporary pieces that mine NASDAQ data, human DNA, or moods taken from Facebook Updates to generate unique soundscapes. Projects have been included in the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, the Venice Biennale Eventi Collaterali, Something New Chicago, and other festivals and exhibitions.

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