Speak Percussion takes percussive art to its physical and conceptual extremes. They shape the sounds of 21st century Australian percussion music through the creation and presentation of ambitious arts projects. Internationally recognised as a leader in the fields of experimental and contemporary classical music, Speak redefines the potential of percussion. From solo concerts to massed sound events, interdisciplinary projects to sound installations, participatory work to album releases, Speak Percussion has been responsible for 220+ commissions and premieres of new percussion works, contributing new 21st Century masterworks to the global percussion repertoire.
For their creative development at Critical Path, Speak Percussion will focus on their project – AirSticks for Dancers.
AirSticks convert movement into sound. In the form of small wireless devices that can be worn or attached to objects, the instrument celebrates the different ways we move and feel sound. For this event, three performers – Tra Mi Dinh, Azzam Mohamed and Oliver House – will create new short dance works in collaboration with composer and instrument inventor Alon Ilsar, and choreographer Martin del Amo. Alon and Martin will also present new works developed on the AirSticks.
