Friday 25 September 2026, 7.30pm
Day two focuses on the theme of 'composing inside electronics' and Tudor’s relationship to electronic composition through circuits, interaction and non-linear behaviours. The programme features Molly Davies' 1994 film David Tudor's Ocean documenting his electronic work alongside Takehisa Kosugi for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, as well as an archival excerpt of Tudor's 1992 Neural Synthesis composition a piece exploring comparative principles to the biological bodies' orchestration of consciousness - developed with Intel’s early 80170NX analogue neural network chip.
The evening will be interspersed with live performances addressing interactive sound, custom electronics, improvisation and transmission. Featuring electromagnetic and light sensing systems developed by musician and researcher Eleonora Oreggia, expressive self-made instruments and circuit designs by Dr John Richards performing as Dirty Electronics, and a group improvisation by The Control Unit bringing together various techniques and elements of Tudor's approach with accompanying live analogue visuals from Chris King.
The Control Unit is a collective consisting of Mats Lindström, director of the Swedish electronic music studio EMS and Joachim Nordwall from iDEAL Recordings, alongside Argentinian experimental bandoneonist Mercedes Krapovickas and artist and musician Paul Purgas of Emptyset. Developing from a shared interest in group improvisation through analogue and electroacoustic means, they will present their evolving performance Tudor Continuum implementing live electronics, found objects, transmission and feedback developed with the Moderna Museet and WELD studio in Stockholm.
Chris King is a conservator of time-based media art at Tate. He also works as an artist and curator with particular research interests in early electronic video & computer-based practice in Britain and beyond. This work is supported by a discussion list he runs and an extensive personal collection of early catalogues and archive material, alongside Vector Hack, an international festival devoted to the history & contemporary practice of experimental and analogue vector graphics.
John Richards explores Dirty Electronics focusing on shared experiences, social interaction and critical making. He is concerned with the performance of large-group electronic music and DIY electronics, and he has come to consider these activities as a holistic action. It is a fluid, live practice associated with the ideas of workshop-installation and performance-installation. He has collaborated and performed with, amongst others, Merzbow, Pauline Oliveros and Howard Skempton a founder member of the Scratch Orchestra.
Eleonora is an artist and writer exploring the intersection of art, music and technology. Her work consists of audiovisual pieces, software, sculptures, interactive installations and live performances with her current research exploring invisible interfaces and electromagnetic sensing systems for expressive interaction in electronic music, performance, and time-based media art. She is a lecturer on the Computational Arts programme at Goldsmiths University and was a recipient of the 2024 Oram Awards.
Paul Purgas is a London based artist and musician working with sound, performance and installations, exploring the intertwined histories of design, music and spiritual philosophy. He is one half of the electronic music project Emptyset and has developed several BBC Radio documentaries including Electronic India and Recording on the Nomads Trail, and is editor of the essay collection Subcontinental Synthesis. Recent exhibitions include In the Temple of the Earth (Southwark Park Gallery, 2024) and We Found Our Own Reality (CTM/Transmediale 2023)
Molly Davies, a film and video artist became well known in the 1970's for her innovative work with film and performance, collaborating with musicians and artists including John Cage, David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, Lou Harrison, Michael Nyman, Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Suzushi Hanayagi, Sage Cowles, Polly Motley, Jackie Matisse and Anne Carson. Her video installation work is in the collections of The Getty Research Institute, The Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon and The Walker Art Center.
