Goolugatup Sounds - Shoeb Ahmad (CBR), Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi
Schedule
Sat Jun 15 2024 at 04:00 pm
UTC+08:00Location
Goolugatup Heathcote | Perth, WA
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GS No. 19featuring
SHOEB AHMAD (cbr / ngunnawal country)
SOPHIA HANSEN-KNARHOI (boorloo / ldn)
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dj WETPUDDLSS
Saturday 15 June 2024 / Free entry from 4pm
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GOOLUGATUP SOUNDS returns for its Makuru '24 edition with two bright-minded composer/songmakers at the top of their game, creating dense sound-worlds inside Goolugatup's newly minted project + performance space.
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1. Canberra-based composer, artist, songmaker and organizer Sia Ahmad has been a vital player in Australia's underground music scene for a decade or more. Keen curator of DIY events, prolific recording artist and erstwhile member of electronic jazz outfit Tangents, she's collaborated with the likes of Liars, Gwenno and the Australian Art Orchestra. Here, performing under solo-music moniker SHOEB AHMAD, Sia interlaces the sounds of familiar pop and rock instruments in idiosyncratic ways to create richly personal, indelible soundscapes.
https://shoebahmad.bandcamp.com/
“…the kind of understand, bedroom-spun vocal that slips down a treat – and a knack for delicately wrought, sampladelic soundscapes to compliment it” - FACT Magazine
“Delightful smoked-out pop music, distilled into a romantic, original vision” - Bleep.com
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2. SOPHIA HANSEN-KNARHOI has her roots in composition and sound design for dance, theatre and multimedia - putting her skills as a cellist, singer and guitarist to good use against the moving image. With her debut EP 'Wildflowers' (out via Kentucky label Ba Da Bing), Sophia fosters an interplay between patient, lush atmospherics and pared-back pop, delving into themes of nature of womanhood. Elsewhere - as in a recent collaboration with Liam Downey for Audible Edge - she dives headfirst into pure sonic experiments, exploring extended techniques and "sustained and corrupted sound through electronics and cello." Currently, S. H-K is the Musician-in-Residence at Goolugatup Heathcote; the inaugural artist to take part in the Felix Burrows Music Residency Program, co-presented by WAM and Fremantle Foundation. Goolugatup Sounds #19 is her final show in Australia before she relocates to London, making it a precious set swirling in creative culminations and future possibilities.
https://sophiahansen-knarhoi.bandcamp.com/
"An instantly recognisable mood [...] one of vast spaces but at the same time intimately warming." - Record Turnover
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Before, after and between, be swept up in the exuberant selections of dj WETPUDDLSS, aka past Goolugatup exhibiting artist Ailsa Waddell. The elastic, unpredictable, gently psychedelic qualities found in Waddell's visual art practice are echoed in their mixing style - but with a big extra splash of futuristic giddiness and playful whimsy.
https://soundcloud.com/user-456645916
PLUS - food from local providores, full bar and the opening of Oliver Hull's 'Confusion Matrix' and Rebecca McCauley and Aaron Claringbold's 'Here's what we know.'
[www.goolugatup.com/exhibitions]
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We acknowledge the Bibbulmun as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we stand and pay respect to the Whadjuk people, and Elders past, present, future.
ACCESS –
Physical access: Goolugatup gallery is wheelchair accessible via footpaths / low-incline ramps, and ACROD parking is available nearby. Main entry is 1.4m wide, and accessible toilet doors are 0.9m wide. Toilets are unisex. Performances will take place in the outdoor courtyard.
Audiovisuals: Lighting and sound levels are of moderate intensity. Dynamic projected visuals may be used, but no strobes or intense fast-flashing lights.
If you require an AUSLAN interpreter please contact us and we'll facilitate wherever possible. Goolugatup Heathcote does not currently have Hearing Loop facilities.
Transport: Goolugatup Heathcote is a cultural precinct comprising heritage buildings and a nature reserve, located on the shores of the Derbal Yerrigan in the suburb of Applecross, just south of the centre of Boorloo Perth, WA. It is a 10 minute drive from the CBD, and ample free parking is available onsite. The closest train station is Canning Bridge, and the closest bus route the 148.
goolugatup.com
Image: Lyndon Blue
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Where is it happening?
Goolugatup Heathcote, 58 Duncraig Rd, Applecross WA 6153, Australia,Perth, Western AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
