https://encyclical.com.au Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:32:49 +0000 https://encyclical.com.au en https://encyclical.com.au/Information Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:38:35 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Information Danielle Kirby For research and communications work, see daniellekirby.com.au&nbsp; danielle.l.kirby@gmail.com KirbyWardMusic@gmail.com Recent Creative Projects(2017 - present) A fulsome aquifer swells imperfectly over the... The forty-eighth volume of Exquisite Corpse music from the sound art collective Little Songs Of The Mutilated. Created between October 11th - 16th 2021, released November 3, 2021. Created/composed by Kieran Ruffles, Sofie Loizou, Dan Mckinlay, Dani Kirby, Marcel Dorne, and Trevor Brown.&nbsp;Curated by Kieran Ruffles. Assembled/mastered by Justin Ashworth. Nocturne: Sonic Migrations. Curated work and performance, Constance ARI, 2021 Nocturne involves me as a vocalist, composer, and performer for a 1 hour experimental work with Sally-Ann McIntyre, Matt Warren, and Eliza Burke (curator), and is currently under development. The project will be performed live at Mawson’s Pavillion, Feburary 2022. Crone, Exhibition by Sally Rees, MONA 2021 I authored the companion essay to the exhibition, available in the Island Magazine #162. I also led pathfinding on Kunanyi with Sally Rees in the research and development stages of the work. UnTV, The Unconformity 2020 For UnTV, I composed and recorded expanded cinema work for the film ‘A Trip to the Moon’ piano and vocals, with Mat Ward (bass). Commissioned by Matt Warren. ‘La morte mi troverà vivo’, A Sound Installation by Mat Ward. Curated by Sarah Jones. Contemporary Art Tasmania, 2020 I authored a companion essay to Mat’s exhibition “Instrumental Logic and the Science of the Occult”. I also performed (vocals) in the closing performance with Mat Ward and Dylan Banks (intonarumori). Kirby/Ward Ongoing duo between myself (vocals and piano) and Mat Ward (bass). Extensive gallery performances, including MONA, MOFO, Dark MOFO, CAT, Visual Bulk, MAC, SAC, Percy Grainger Museum, and Small Black Box. Recordings include the 2019 album Joy as a Threat and Dissolute (2017). Intonarumori Trio Experimental trio led by Mat Ward with Dylan Banks and myself that explores the use of Russolo’s Intonarumori as both musical instruments and as occult tools for communicating with the supernatural. The events are usually long format improvised pieces that treat the venue as a fourth instrument. Most recently, we’ve ben focusing on an expanded cinema project soundtracking a series of Maya Deren short films, which was performed at the Rosny Barn on August 26th. The Unforgetting of Mary K The Unforgetting of Mary K was a project based around rescoring and adapting early unknown works of Mary Kiernan, a successful but now little-know Melbourne pianist from the mid 20th Century. Commissioned by Kieran Ruffles for Melbourne Music Week, I rescored and recorded works, which were distributed and adapted by a variety of musicians including myself and Mat Ward. Encyclical My ongoing solo recording project initiated in the early 2000’s exploring piano, vocals, in situ sound, and processing. A 2021 residency at Lisdillon Estate was undertaken for concept development for a new work. Three completed albums have been produced in this project to date. Studies in Attrition (2017) was originally composed for Radio 33, a micro broadcasting project by Tricky Walsh. It was also presented in installation for Hobiennale. The Mirrored City (2012) was predominantly an exploration of processed piano, and extracts have been performed at numerous venues. And her songs like bleeding...(2006) focused on more traditional song structures, and was recorded in collaboration with Lloyd Barrett. Sisters Akousmatia Sound Camp In 2017 I was one of seven female sound artists to participate in the Sound Camp residency, supported by funding from Arts Tasmania. Organised by Pip Stafford and Julia Drouhin, OI undertook the retreat with them alongside Camilla Hannan, Sally-Anne McIntyre, Sarah Mashman, and Georgia Lucy. https://encyclical.com.au/Index Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:38:35 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Index Music, Writing,&nbsp; Performances, and Projects https://encyclical.com.au/Nav Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:38:35 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Nav encyclical showcases the solo and collaborative projects of Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Kirby-Ward-Joy-as-a-Threat Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:08:40 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Kirby-Ward-Joy-as-a-Threat Kirby/Ward: Joy as a Threat No Mates Ensemble · New Album title track - JOY AS A THREAT Kirby/Ward (duo) Title track off our most recent album, Joy as a Threat, 2019. Buy the whole album on Bandcamp if you’re keen&nbsp;https://kirby-ward.bandcamp.com/album/joy-as-a-threat Check out more of Mat’s work at www.matward.net/Kirby/Ward is the collaboration of Dani Kirby and Mat Ward. Dani Kirby (piano/keyboards/voice) and Mat Ward (bass) perform improvised multi-genre soundscapes that incorporate elements of post-classicism, noise-art, minimalism and polyrhythmic experimentation. Their practice includes site-specific response, expanded cinema, field recording manipulation and collaboration with percussion and custom-designed instrument ensembles. Kirby/Ward have been performing regularly across Australia at festivals, museums and events since 2016. https://encyclical.com.au/Kirby-Ward-Album-Launch-Improv Wed, 12 Jun 2024 02:39:47 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Kirby-Ward-Album-Launch-Improv Kirby/Ward: Album Launch Improv Another damn fine musical moment. Me on a ridiculously beautiful piano, Mat playing gloriously as always. &nbsp;No Mates Ensemble · Kirby/Ward - Album launch Improv https://encyclical.com.au/Discontinued-Space-The-Cinema-of-Maya-Deren Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:19:23 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Discontinued-Space-The-Cinema-of-Maya-Deren Discontinued Space: The Cinema of Maya Deren An Expanded Cinema Event Live at The Rosny Barn 26/08/21 Dani Kirby Piano/Voice Mat Ward Bass/Intonarumori/Percussion Dylan Banks Intonarumori The performance by Kirby, Ward and Banks showcases the 7 major short films Deren produced from 1943 to 1958. These are three of the seven soundtracks performned on the night. A Witch's Cradle (1943 Maya Deren) - Kirby/Ward/Banks LIVE 2021 from mat ward on Vimeo. At Land (1944 Maya Deren) Kirby/Ward/Banks LIVE from mat ward on Vimeo. A Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946 Maya Deren) - Kirby/Ward/Banks LIVE from mat ward on Vimeo. Maya Deren (1917 - 1961) is considered one of true pioneers of experimental film yet unlike many of the film makers she influenced ( Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch) her work is rarely experienced outside of academic and film school environments. As part of Kirby and Ward’s continuing investigation into the important (and often overlooked) role of women in the history of Contemporary Art Discontinued Space: The Cinema of Maya Deren will present several of Deren’s short movies with original live scores written by Kirby, Ward and Banks. Deren employed a vast array of cinematic devices (looping, reversing, overlaying and time manipulation) to create vignettes that focused on graphic and kinetic form rather than straightforward narrative. Conceptually the work examines rhythm, isolation, social constructs, movement and ritual, all of which is underpinned by the notion of the inner world and its disconnection from the space of everyday life. It is the conceptual framework of Deren’s cinema that informs the scores produced for this project. Rather than compositions that ‘soundtrack’ the action and the visual imagery the music reflects and explores Deren’s philosophical beliefs and her desire to immerse her audience in a world that is barely hinted at in everyday life yet sits just under the skin of reality. https://encyclical.com.au/Opening-Remarks-Sarah-White-s-Patience Wed, 12 Jun 2024 02:17:43 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Opening-Remarks-Sarah-White-s-Patience Opening Remarks: Sarah White's PatienceSarah White’s exhibition Patience is a collection of experimental works on paper that recompose the motif of the natural history specimen into something intimate, enigmatic and a little bit mystical. I was honored to be able to open the exhibition with some brief discussion of the nature of sacred time and the interiority of patience. The full text of On Sacred Time is provided on her site.&nbsp;Further details and works from the exhibition are available at https://www.sarahwhiteart.com/patience-2024 <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ddcc275503e4ac16d55fb0365bbfdfe05af263053391bda04ff80ddb8b503c8/Detail-from--Holy-Tree-.jpeg" data-mid="212742840" border="0" alt="Detail from 'Holy Tree'" data-caption="Detail from 'Holy Tree'" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ddcc275503e4ac16d55fb0365bbfdfe05af263053391bda04ff80ddb8b503c8/Detail-from--Holy-Tree-.jpeg" /> https://encyclical.com.au/Kirby-Ward-Mill-Lane Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:32:49 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Kirby-Ward-Mill-Lane Kirby/Ward: Warehouse Drone #1 at Mill Lane Live performance at the Mill Lane warehouse, 2023 Warehouse Drone #1 from mat ward on Vimeo. https://encyclical.com.au/Book-Fantasy-and-Belief Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:55:16 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/Book-Fantasy-and-Belief Fantasy &amp; Belief Kirby, D. Fantasy and Belief: Exploring the relationship between fiction, media and alternative religion London &amp; New York: Routledge, 2014 The book explores fiction-oriented beliefs, their situation within the western tradition, and how they work in digital worlds. It’s prohibitively expensive, but it is a really good book. Pretty academic, though, just in case that wasn’t clear. <img width="279" height="424" width_o="279" height_o="424" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0ccea456fd4cf946577db8e1c19adcbd674c918e776d5fb2728625cddbe2fdd/Fantasy-and-Belief.jpg" data-mid="83621451" border="0" alt="Book Cover" data-caption="Book Cover" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/279/i/b0ccea456fd4cf946577db8e1c19adcbd674c918e776d5fb2728625cddbe2fdd/Fantasy-and-Belief.jpg" /> Religion and spirituality are being transformed in our late modern and secularising times. New forms of belief proliferate, often notable for not being limited to traditional systems of reference or expression. Increasingly, these new religions present worldviews which draw directly upon popular culture - or occulture - in fiction, film, art and the internet. Fantasy and Belief explores the context and implications of these types of beliefs through the example of the Otherkin community. The Otherkin are a loosely-affiliated group who believe themselves to be in some way more than just human, their non-humanity often rooted in the characters and narratives of popular fantasy and science fiction. Challenging much current sociological thinking about spirituality and consumption, Fantasy and Belief reveals how popular occulture operates to recycle, develop, and disseminate metaphysical ideas, and how the popular and the sacred are combining in new ways in today's world. https://encyclical.com.au/The-Smiling-Madame-Beudet-MONA-FOMA-2021 Sat, 01 May 2021 05:43:19 +0000 Encyclical - Music, Writing, Performances, & Projects by Dani Kirby https://encyclical.com.au/The-Smiling-Madame-Beudet-MONA-FOMA-2021 Kirby/Ward:The Smiling Madame BeudetMOFO 2021, Main Stage at the Museum of Old and New Art A small excerpt from a recent Expanded Cinema project by Dani Kirby ( Keyboards/Voice) and Mat ward (Bass), presented Live at MONA FOMA festival 2021 in Hobart, Tasmania.Project Synopsis/Media release.... The Smiling Madame BeudetGermain Dulac, 1923 No Mates Ensemble · The Smiling Madame Beudet LIVE Dani Kirby/Mat Ward