Liquid Architecture 7

I got along to the Friday evening program of this sound art festival. The gig was in the North Melbourne Town Hall, where Outlook Communications had set up a fine sounding Funktion-One surround system to act as canvas for the aural expositions on display. Julian Knowles and Donna Hewitt kicked things off, with visually engaging e-mic and guitar work. Dean Roberts followed with some guitar and vocal work, which struck as slightly in the `acquired taste' category. A short interval and it was time for the collaborative efforts of the Swiss Australian Collectibles. This combination of Speak Percussion's live instrumentation combined with computer audio modelling from Martin Baumgartner, Myles Mumford et.al utilising every size of aluminium Powerbook was most enjoyable.