Who: Neil Luck

When: October 3, 13:00

Where: Art Academy of Latvia (Kronvalda Boulevard 4, former University of Latvia Biology Faculty), auditorium 2

Topic: “Corpsing – the fallible performer in a mediated landscape”. Composition with multimedia and live performance

Attendance: Free of charge

Neil Luck, composer and teacher of experimental music in London, will discuss composition with multimedia and live performance. The discussion will look at the landscape of hybrid practices in the fields of new and experimental music, and broader performance practices, as well as examples from Luck’s own work including some live experiments from recent body of works Sensible Activities, and a new collaborative video work and installation – Almanach – for Survival Kit festival (Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art).

Luck’s work often explores the pathos and interaction between live human performance and multimedia. It attempts to frame the act of music-making as something curious, weird, helpful, or spectacular in and of itself. Neil’s work takes various forms, from music theatre to concert works, radio, public projects, and recordings. He is the founder and director of the music-theatre ensemble ARCO, an experimental music-theatre company. Independently, he has also worked with and written for people and ensembles in the UK and abroad and presented work at music venues, festivals, and galleries internationally, including Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Venice Biennale, ICA, Whitechapel Gallery, Palais de Tokyo (Paris), and BBC Proms. He is currently a professor of Experimental Music Performance at the Royal College of Music, London.

Neil Luck will be performing live in duo with Jennifer Walshe at the Skaņu Mežs festival for experimental music on October 4 at concert hall Hanzas Perons. 

Supported by: Culture Ireland, The State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, project “tekhnē”, co-funded by the EU and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, and the Art Academy of Latvia.