Keeping quiet is usually part of the deal when visiting an art gallery. Tomorrow, Lismore Regional Gallery is inviting a former Gerling musician and a banjo player to make some noise.
Musicians Andrew Tuttle and Darren Cross will bring their combination of acoustic instruments, electronics and recorded sounds to the gallery tomorrow, Thursday, October 29, for a free performance from 5pm.
The pair will perform material from AT/DC, their debut collaborative album, released earlier this month through Room40’s Someone Good label.
Cross first made his mark with Australian band Gerling in the 1990s, while Tuttle’s work combines five-string banjo with effects and processed electronics.
Their collaboration began early this year, with musical drones exchanged between the two musicians developing into a collection of eight tracks.
For Tuttle, who first encountered Cross through Gerling, working together offered a welcome change from the demands of making music alone.
‘I found making this album with Darren so freeing and liberating,’ he writes in the album notes.
The resulting music blends banjo and acoustic guitar with synthesiser, effects and manipulated field recordings. The gallery describes it as ‘as melodic as it is adventurous’.
The performance is part of the gallery’s Noisy Hour accessibility programme, which encourages visitors to experience exhibitions in different ways through sound and live performance.
That gives audiences the chance to encounter the artworks alongside music, rather than treating the gallery and a gig as separate outings.
The performance takes place at Lismore Regional Gallery, 11 Rural Street. Entry is free, everyone is welcome and no bookings are required. The gallery is wheelchair accessible.
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