LIVE x EMPRes

Step into an evening of live performance, film, sound and experimentation as Oxford University’s EMPRes Collective takes over the gallery.

Inspired by Suzanne Treister: Prophetic Dreaming, LIVE x EMPRes explores the strange and shifting territory between music, art and technology. Across the building, artists, musicians and filmmakers from the University of Oxford’s Music Faculty and the Ruskin School of Art present new work spanning experimental music, sound art, film, installation and performance.

What To Expect

The evening includes a live tarot reading by Suzanne Treister, accompanied by an improvised response from the Music Faculty’s Free Improv group. New York-based interdisciplinary artistDevin Kenny will also perform a selection from No More Aggregatekeepers, a work for microphone, video synthesizer and skateboard.

Running across multiple rooms from 6–10pm, the programme features performances, screenings and installations from emerging artists including: Maliha Abidi and Saad Barcha, Naomi Benenson, Esther Bodkin, Thomas Bruges, Christopher Butler-Cole, Clara Hill, Olivia Hall, Se Lyn Lim and Moon Han, Qi Baiting, Naiya Ellis-Woodward and Scott Wearing, Mao Yao and Gustaw Szydlik.

Enjoy late-night access to the galleries, shop and café throughout the evening. LIVE at Modern Art Oxford is sponsored by Lavazza, and Friends of Modern Art Oxford receive 20% off in the shop and café during LIVE events.

About EMPRes

EMPRes (Electronic Music Practice Research) is the University of Oxford’s research group for experimental and electronic music, bringing together artists, composers and researchers to explore new ways of making and thinking across disciplines. EMPRes Collective

About Devin Kenny

Devin Kenny is a multimodal artist, writer, musician, and intermittent curator from Brooklyn, NY currently based in London, UK. Kenny received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and a Master of Fine Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, in addition to attending the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. Kenny has exhibited, performed, or lectured in the United States, and in galleries and institutions abroad. Select venues include MoMA PS1, Performance Space NY, REDCAT, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Queens Museum NY, Hammer Museum, The Warehouse, Dallas, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Bonner Kunstverein, and the IMT Gallery in London.

Accessibility

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