eightprime.net » SWARM http://eightprime.net everything possible must be made real Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:06:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 project icons http://eightprime.net/2010/01/21/project-icons/ http://eightprime.net/2010/01/21/project-icons/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:11:55 +0000 eightprime http://eightprime.net/2010/01/21/project-icons/ heron

working on a project that needs some iconic emblems… here are some of them



floral




triceratops




]]> http://eightprime.net/2010/01/21/project-icons/feed/ 0 Cumberland solstice stage http://eightprime.net/2009/12/19/cumberland-solstice-stage/ http://eightprime.net/2009/12/19/cumberland-solstice-stage/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:52:53 +0000 eightprime http://eightprime.net/2009/12/19/cumberland-solstice-stage/ image

The setup for tonight’s SWARM show on the island looks very nice. I’m excited about the big pink cones.

]]> http://eightprime.net/2009/12/19/cumberland-solstice-stage/feed/ 0 walking with large animals http://eightprime.net/2009/11/20/walking-with-large-animals/ http://eightprime.net/2009/11/20/walking-with-large-animals/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:55 +0000 eightprime http://eightprime.net/?p=867 walking with large animals

For the past several weeks SWARM has been conducting a series of experimental sessions with an unusual collection of objects. Unusual even by our standards – which is saying something. The centrepiece has been a variant setup of Bill’s Strange Fruit tower assemblage. We’ve altered the configuration of instruments and added more contact microphones. The tower mics all run through a little 8 channel mixer which runs to the main board and through a set of powered monitors. We’re also using two sets of large cans, an assortment of pvc drums, a portable suitcase sized xylophone and a set of tuned tanks (of the sort used for holding pressurized gasses). Also rototoms, and at one point the floor.

This is the first release of that undertaking. Next week there will be video.

Walking With Large Animals

We encourage very much the disassembly, reconstruction, dismemberment, recontextualization and subversion of this work.

]]> http://eightprime.net/2009/11/20/walking-with-large-animals/feed/ 0 SWARM activity http://eightprime.net/2009/10/30/swarm-activity/ http://eightprime.net/2009/10/30/swarm-activity/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:08:56 +0000 eightprime http://eightprime.net/?p=579 On October 17th SWARM played a second Work Less Party party at the Japanese hall to an enthusiastic audience. The show was a variation on the full-scale multimedia performance we put together for Shambhala back in August. We scaled back a couple of aspects and put together some new material to keep things fresh and – despite the inevitable technical difficulties – things came together nicely.

We’re currently working on a show with a smaller footprint so we can expand the range of venues which can accommodate our show. The new instrumentation (including a handmade cylindrical stand-up bass!) and modified electronics will provide fresh ground for developing the repertoire.

The next public show is winter solstice in Cumberland, on Vancouver Island, December 21. I’ll put up more info as it becomes available.

]]> http://eightprime.net/2009/10/30/swarm-activity/feed/ 0