Masquerade / / Murmuration exhibition and performances by The Penthouse at Sluice_ 2015. 

Masquerade // Murmuration

Is a two person show at Sluice_ by artists and founders of The Penthouse Debbie Sharp and Rosanne Robertson with an accompanying sound and performance program.

Masquerade / by Rosanne Robertson exhibits inner forces and discord that manifests in relationships with and between objects, assemblage, costume, sound and performance sculpture. Freedoms and limits are demonstrated against each other in compositions celebrating form among chaos and chaos among form. Interactions and improvisations with assemblage and performance sculpture punctuate the exhibition and roam Sluice 2015.

www.rosannerobertson.com

/ Murmuration by Debbie Sharp exhibits external forces of nature and physics with silent investigations via internal structures of sound and matter with works that are drawn from the darkness of existence in-between life and death.

www.debbie-sharp.com

Join us for the Reception Thursday 15 October 5- 8.30pm

Exhibition & Press Gang- 5th Floor Exhibition Space:

Thurs 15th 5-8.30pm

Fri 16th- Sun 18th 11am- 6pm

Performance, sound & assemblage- Sluice_ 1st Floor Performance Space:

Thursday 15th 5-8.30pm

Friday 16th 12-6pm

Masquerade//Murmuration is accompanied by an intermittent series of live works with sound making, installation and assemblage which will be housed in the performance space and will then roam between The Penthouse space on the top floor of The Barge-house and the outside spaces of Oxo Tower on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th during Sluice_ 2015 opening hours.

The Penthouse and artist directors Rosanne Robertson and Debbie Sharp featured in this month’s The Wire ‘The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era’ (Forced Exposure). With mention of our new sound art event Noise Above Noise- next happening 20 Feb x

2 Koi Karp- Open Studio. 17 January.

As part of the ‘From the Rooftops’ series at The Penthouse 2 Koi Karp have been residents of Suite 2 since November 2013- they will open up their world of magick, waterfalls, skreaks, tapes and hiccups to the public for one night only on Friday January 17th. 

tapes, screaks, muzak, magick…

2 Koi Karp create a conflict of sound using noise/melody, analog/digital, beat/ambience using tapes, kids instruments, vocals and objects.

Members: 
Neil Francis (ex-Gnod and recent addition to Terminal Cheesecake) and Louise Woodcock (AKA Her Majesty’s Pleasure, sound/visual artist and member of Poppycock with Una Baines, ex-Womb) began in earnest early this year with the acquisition of The Basement Room space in central Manchester. Woodcock is also one half of installation/performance duo Woodcock&Grundstrom; regular artists-in-residence at queer monthly party event Bollox.

2 Koi Karp describe The Penthouse as a place that has informed and inspired their performances; opening up collaborative projects such as Noise Above Noise;The Queer Art Show inspired new performative possibilities, using more concrete sounds and 'wearing’ sound makers. 2 Koi Karp recently represented The Penthouse at Sluice Art Fair, Bermondsey, London.

During their residency 2 KOI KARP have been exploring new audio/visual/performative ideas and turning their residency room into an immersive art work with new changing collections of objects, waterfalls, facepainting, balls, vegetables, tapes, toys and sound makers. As part of their residency they have invited collaborators such as Gary Fisher, Matt Dalby, Rosanne Robertson, Genius of Germs and Bratan and created a number of films, images and new sound works. 

2 Koi Karp work tirelessly as artists pushing at possibilities with humour and colour and do it with complete passion and direct powerful expression- because they have to. The Penthouse thrives off their energy and full on unapologetic creativity. Their open studio will be a glimpse into what has been an ever changing work of art- The Penthouse invite you to get up close to the many facets of 2 Koi Karp’s creations over the course of the open studio from 7pm with a live end of residency performance at 9pm. 

Open Studio- 7-10pm
Live Performances- 7.30pm and 9pm

Suggested Donation £2

Links:
https://2koikarp.tumblr.com/
https://soundcloud.com/2koikarp
https://www.facebook.com/2KoiKarp
https://twitter.com/2KoiKarp

The Penthouse
5th Floor Hilton House
26-28 Hilton Street 
Northern Quarter
M1 2EH

www.thepenthousenq.com

From the Rooftops is a series of artist residencies supported by Arts Council England. 

An evening of experimental sound art, Indeterminacy and performance all over The Penthouse, studios and corridor project space. A Noise above the Noise of everything else. A selection of sound elevated. Everything made at The Penthouse flies from the rooftops. 

Artist’s ‘setups’ and performance space is not differentiated from audience/viewing space- there are no traditional concert setups. Artists perform from all parts of The Penthouse art studios and corridor project space- resulting in a sprawling and refreshingly direct way of experiencing new experimental live sonic art. The Penthouse is a place for making and sharing new experimental art- straight from the studio. 

Recording from Debbie Sharp, Gary Fisher and Matt Dalby at Noise Above Noise One> https://soundcloud.com/rosanne_robertson/noise-above-noise-one

NOISE ABOVE NOISE _TWO_

Artists: 

Debbie Sharp. https://debbie-sharp.com/

“My practice often works within a space of memory and mortality
im interested in the history of time the ancient and fragments
of life, within a public and personal place.”

For Noise Above Noise One Debbie carried out a live work using amplified surfaces, plaque making, TV static and her voice to create a looped composition and installed work which built into a layered and dark piece. 


2 Koi Karp (open studio). https://2koikarp.tumblr.com/

2 Koi Karp create a conflict of sound using noise/melody, analog/digital, beat/ambience using tapes, kids instruments, vocals and objects.

2 Koi Karp are currently in residence at The Penthouse and will open their studio doors for this occasion- who knows what will come out of it? 


Manoli Moriaty with Frances-Kay. https://metanast.wordpress.com/   https://vimeo.com/userfranceskay

Manoli Moriaty is a Manchester based sound artist, composer, and performer, working in the areas of noise & electroacoustic/acousmatic composition, whilst also producing techno, electronica, and IDM.

For Noise Above Noise One Manoli will be performing Symbiosis https://metanast.wordpress.com/symbiosis/ with Fraces- Kay. The sound is provided by a computer based system, involving eight separate modules generating sound through synthesis and live sample manipulation. Using motion sensors the sound will be affected by the movements of Frances-Kay’s live performative piece. 

Rosanne Robertson. https://rosannerobertson.com/

Is a live artist working with sound, objects and action. 

Rosanne Robertson is based at The Penthouse and will be opening her studio to share recent sound making with an immersive experience within her metal studio walls (METAL)! Rosanne is currently obsessed with improvisation, spontaneity, noise and deviance. And metal, vibrating devices and voice. 

Magpahi. https://myspace.com/magpahi

is the project of Alison Cooper with Sam Mcloughlin and friends with Falsetto fairytale folk songs and 16th century poems from the black and white birds nest. 

Alison and Sam have also recently performed Echo of Light
Folklore Tapes & the Strangest Thing at Edinburgh Anatomy Lecture Theatre…

“…It’s the nuance and quietly spellbinding tactility of the patchworked musical (and non-musical) ingredients which give flesh to the images whilst leaving so much to the imagination”
Record Flipper

Kelly Jayne Jones https://kellyjaynejones.tumblr.com/

Selected past projects include PROJECTS 96, Museum of Modern Art, New York - A sound commission in collaboration with Haris Epaminonda and TUSK Festival, Newcastle Upon Tyne- Commissioned to collaborate with US and NZ experimental musicians on an improvisation for Balinese Gamelan Instruments.


£3 entry - all entry money goes to artists

(this is actually far too cheap- donate more if you can). 

Donation bar/byob (donate corkage fee) - all drinks profit goes to help running space. 

The bar stocks Red Stripe and also a mulled Cider as well as a variety of soft drinks and chai. We will also be serving vegan curry and snacks so you can come straight from work and have your tea x (you can come early from 6pm and eat during set up if you like). 

We will play one after the other down and around the length of The Penthouse between 7- 10.30pm- more detailed running order and individual approximate start times tba. 

x

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