On The Edge Of Wrong - 2012

“Conversations on the edge of wrong”

Artists, musicians and the audience meet in an exploration of expressions on the edge of wrong. Each day of the festival, the audience will meet one or more artists in conversation on stage, sharing and discussing their work and ideas. Click on the “programme” link for more info.

The conversations are lead by Andreas Delsett, co-founder of the Norwegian art publishing house Feil Forlag and a staff member at the House of Literature, Oslo.

(in association with On The Edge Of Wrong 2012) Guitarist, saxophonist, composer and artist Maxim Starcke collaborates with percussionist Ronan Skillen for a second show at THE FORGE after a successful performance and live recording in November 2011. Maxim and Ronan explore both composed pieces and improvisation incorporating elements of classical music, musique concréte, jazz, minimalism, soundscape composition and diverse, global influences. This performance, curated by Maxim Starcke, will be a rare and special live recording event presented in association with On The Edge Of Wrong 2012.

Maxim Starcke – classical guitar / electric guitar / soprano saxophone / sound design / electronics / visuals / etc
Ronan Skillen – tabla / udu / hybrid percussion kit / slide didgeridoo / cymbals / kitchi gbo / thunder sheet / etc

is Mandla Mlangenis brainchild, concieved during his third year at UCT College of Musics Jazz Composition study. The band consists of Keenan Ahrens (gtr) Brydon Bolton (b) Claude Cozens (dr) and Mandla (trp) with Jazz and collective improvisation in common. He claims that ”One of the driving forces in our ensemble is the endeavour to recreate, evaluate and interrogate our rich South African musical heritage and to rise up to the challenge of not merely subscribing to conventional modus operandi, instead we express ourselves in voices that define us within incessant fervor, hysteria, third world traditions and melancholic chants that add richness and vitality to the developing voice that we are.”

“The Oslo Experiment” is a piece about the human condition in our modern techno-crazed time. We meet the cyborg-avatar1 Me-Me as she is brought to life in a laboratory: there she is on the concrete floor, safely behind a glass, with all the wires still attached to her body. She looks human, she is human, at the core, but her limbs and her body are that of a machine. Because of technological limitations she has no verbal language. The only way she can communicate is through her gestures and even that is rudimentary. Her problem is that her brain knows only this body, but her soul wants to express so much more. She is trapped, with limited means and modes of being. Then, through her Internet connection she finds some sounds online, sounds she can use to express herself, and that she can mould and shape into her own. A new language develops from a fusion between body-movements, dance and music. It turns out this cyborg has a lot on her mind. She wants to meet you, to connect with you. But she’s just an infant by human standards, so be kind to her, help her – aid her in this attempt to communicate, because she has a message, for you.

”Telepylos”
In 2011 he made contact with the late Orson Welles (via a psychic, and later presented in my work Telephone Voice) to speak with him about a range of topics. One of the things he said to James was that he should try film. He did not elaborate. With this in mind, Telepylos is an ongoing work of sonic science fiction inspired by cinematic mythology and mythological cinema. //// James has participated in numerous international exhibitions and events including the 3rd Marrakech Biennale, the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival and the 9th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. He has collaborated with composers such as Halim el-Dabh, Francisco López and Brandon LaBelle, and his work has been released on the Room40 and Störung record labels. Webb is the subject of a survey exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2012.

The duo consists of Switzerland’s prominent under-ground artists. Balancing on the edge where sound turns into music. A provocative morph between impro and music concrète. A choice of archived field recordings are put up against improvised guitar, organ and electronix and together form an intriguing and humorous musical conversation. The result, varying from droney to bumpy and lightweight to gloomy, is surprising, tumbling from completely free into small arrangements and back.

Performing with guest Dizu Plaatjies, Errol Dyers and Asa.
Rolf Erik Nystrøm (NO) A Norwegian saxophonist (1975), performs in various constellations around the whole globe, has had over 100 works written for him by contemporary composers. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras too numerous to mention. His focus on “weird music” stems from his carelessness in what he likes to do; an immense study of both alternative techniques on his instrument and of traditional musical genres from around the world. He will perfrom a solo concert, give talks about contemporary and exploratory music as well as conduct the “eXpole” in a workshop with focus on alternative approaches to playing and perfroming music.