John Oswald: the westwardness of everything

20 October from 4:33 to 6:00 pm

Beaver Point Hall

Doors Open 4pm

Cost: $15.00 by e-transfer or cash at the door

Please RSVP or e-transfer $15.00 by Friday 18 Oct to soundminds@shaw.ca

John Oswald is best known as the creator of the music genre Plunderphonics, an appropriative form of recording studio creation which he began to develop in the late sixties. This has got him in trouble with, and also generated invitations from major record labels and musical icons. Meanwhile, in the ’90’s he began, with several commissions from the Kronos Quartet, to compose scores, in what he calls the Rascali Klepitoire, for classical musicians and orchestras, including b9 (2012-13), a half hour condensation of all Beethoven’s Symphonies. He also improvises on the saxophone in various settings, dances, and is a visual media artist and chronosopher, best known for the series Stillnessence. He’s a Canadian Governor General’s Media Artist Laureate.