James Hullick Short Tour in Japan

Presented by Studio X[iksa]

James Hullick（composer, classical guitar, voice)
violin & harp duo X[iksa]
violin: Yaustaka Hemmi
harp: Takayo Matsumura

22 October, Wednesday: 19:30 (19:00 open)

Studio X[iksa]
Chime BLDG 1F, 97 Wadami-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-0005, JAPAN
TICKETS:  2,000jpy

http://x-iksa.com/

JAMES HULLICK (AUS)

As part of a new collaboration with Duo X[Iska], James Hullick will perform a new work with the duo. Hullick will perform on voice and classical guitar. The three musicians will also present an improvisation. Hullick will perform some solo pieces for guitar and for voice and guitar.

James’ creations are concerned with questions of our collective social life drawn from his work with community artists. Since 2006, he has worked with The Amplified Elephants – an ensemble for artists with intellectual disabilities.

A community worker, published researcher and artistic director of JOLT Arts and the BOLT Ensemble, James is an Australia Council for the Arts Creative Fellow 2015 and Michael Harvey Piano Scholar 2016. Through JOLT, James has co-directed large sonic events and festivals locally and in Asia, Europe and the US.

From the outside looking in, James’ creativity seems boundless, manifesting sound worlds from inventive machines, electronics, acoustic instruments, found objects, the human voice, sonic ensembles and the uncanny mergings of these things.

Critics have remarked on the visual, visceral, risky nature of his work: “shocks as much as electrifies the listener”; “Hullick is a social critic. He holds his people and the world of sound up to a mirror” (Reutlingen Press, Germany.) While art critic Ashley Crawford has summarised James’ aesthetic as “a decidedly fresh take on the Neo Gothic” (The Age).

SUPPORTED BY

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Japan Foundation.