In this ongoing series, I translate music into drawings. Each drawing records impressions of live music made at gigs with a ball-point pen, which I later scan and invert on Photoshop. The descriptions record the musicians, venue and date.
I was inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ definition of aphorisms - “(the ear tells the eye where to look)” - to relate gesturally to sound, and notate the collective attunement these musicians carve into space.
Mü, 23/05/25
Mü, 23/05/25
Mü, 23/05/25
Kotsuguy, St Matthias Church, 11/06/25
Tomo Katsurada, St Matthias Church, 11/06/25
Josephine Foster + Louise Landes Levi, Café Oto, 05/06/25
Josephine Foster + Louise Landes Levi, Café Oto, 05/06/25
Josephine Foster, Café Oto, 05/06/25
Minor Conflict, Strange Brew, 19/04/25
Moor Mother x Shovel Dance Collective, Café Oto, 02/03/25
Contrafacts, Reference Point, 14/12/24 (California Dreamin')
Noel Art, Mü, 30/10/24
Contrafacts, Reference Point, 14/12/24 (Inflections on a drone)
"Sometimes I pee in the garden when we've got guests," AMP Studios, 21/07/24
Lost Duo, Mü, 14/10/24
Musicking, AMP Studios, 21/07/24
Shabaka Hutchings, Mü, 14/04/24
Loraine James, Café Oto, 28/02/24
Loraine James (Glitch this Bitch), Café Oto, 28/02/24
Sam Gendel, Barbican, 14/11/23
Stork Diet, Café Oto, 8/11/23
Studium P, Café Oto, 8/11/23
Augustė Vickunaitė, Café Oto, 8/11/23
Sholto Dobie, Café Oto, 8/11/23
Flanafi into Dean Blunt (not live), Home, 28/10/23
Aleksandir & Supu (ambient set), Iklectik, 25/10/23
Giant Steps (Mad Professor), Hackney Baths, 15/10/23
Salami Rose Joe Louis, The Victoria, 11/10/23
Xhosa Cole, Pat Thomas, Josh Vadiveloo, Gary Wilcox, Café Oto, 24/09/23