Sunday 5 February 2023, 2pm
The event will be supported by BSL interpreters.
Surface Area Dance Theatre shares elements of a recent residency in Ise, Japan. Surface Area's Director/Choreographer Nicole Vivien Watson and collaborator/Sound Artist Tom White share a short film documenting their visit to Ise and time spent with the Ise Ondo Folk Dance Society and members of Ise's d/Deaf community. The film offers a glimpse into participants' experience of feeling, for the first time, ancient sounds captured from live recordings of Ise heritage instruments then translated to vibration - via wearable technology, predominantly SUBPACS. The event will also include a work-in-progress sound piece by Tom White sampled from recordings gathered in Ise, the community, and natural heritage sites. This residency was made possible with support from British Council Japan and Ise City Council.
Surface Area Dance Theatre CIC, Est.2007, is a UK-based community interest company working across live and digital performances, interdisciplinary collaborations, and international cultural exchange. The company's award winning accomplishments have achieved significant developments in the presentation of live and digital performances, interdisciplinary collaborations, and international cultural exchange.
Tom White is an artist focusing predominantly on sound-based practices such as live performance, installation, recordings, composition for dance and film. He is interested in the physicality and phenomena of sound; how it can be felt by the body and experienced in architectural space. Past projects include commissions and appearances for Radiophrenia, Glasgow (CCA); BRAUBLFF (KRAAK & De Player); Whitechapel Gallery, London & Colour out of Space Festival, Brighton. Recent collaborators include Surface Area Dance Theatre, Maya Dunietz, Ben Knight, Renato Grieco and Lia Mazzari. He has performed extensively across the UK and Europe, travelled to North America and Japan and had work published by labels such as Takuroku (Cafe OTO), Glistening Examples, Vitrine, Chocolate Monk, Calling Cards Publishing and South London Gallery. He won the British Composer Award in 2014 (Sonic Art) for Public Address, commissioned by South London Gallery.
In 2016 he founded Apologies in Advance; a
platform for artists presenting work in progress performances.
https://tomwhitesound.com
http://tomwhite.bandcamp.com
