water//music : performance by benjin
Thu 27 Jul
|The Margate School
benjin shares a music programme that explores the multiple ways that his music has been informed (and formed) through a lifetime spent on water and the sea
Time & Location
27 Jul 2023, 18:30 – 20:30
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
About the Event
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Specially curated for TMS, this music programme will explore the multiple ways in which benjin's instrumental compositions, song poems, and dense sound collage improvisations have been informed (and quite literally formed) through a lifetime of working on water and the sea. Drawing upon pieces written for cello, classical guitar, nyckelharpa and voice, he will highlight the importance of the sea to his minimalist compositional techniques and as a narrative device. Moreover, through explications of select field recordings, benjin will critically explore a broader relationship between sound art and water and also outline debates around the importance of immersed 'authentic' perspectives within folk music traditions.
benjin
benjin is a multi instrumentalist, artist and story teller who has toured and recorded with a number of experimental ensembles over the last 15 years. His solo compositions use classical guitar, cello,…