Thursday 4 May
6 - 7pm
Gallery
free
Cristopher Ramos Flores, Dan Beban, Andy Wright and Blair Latham
Live Performance by Cristohper Ramos Flores (Electronics/mechatronics), Blair Latham(Sax), Dan Beban (Guitar) and Andy Wright (Drums)
As part of his exhibition Little Portals, Cris will be activating his sound installation of mechatronic letter boxes which will interact in real time with the musicians live in the gallery for this unique sound event. Little Portals is the creative result of what happens when a Postie by day moonlights as a musician/composer/designer/programmer by night in this delightful exhibition of ‘musical’ letterboxes.
Artist’s Biographies
Dr Cristohper Ramos Flores is a composer and instrument builder originally from Morelia in Mexico, now living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. His catalogue of works includes compositions for solo instruments, chamber ensemble, large orchestra, and works including electronics, as well as interactive installations. In 2014, he started the first laptop orchestra in Mexico. In 2021, he finished his doctorate in Music Composition at NZSM, for which he researched and designed hyperinstruments – musical instruments designed to be used with electronic sensors.
In partnership with Te Kōki New Zealand School of Music, Cristopher was the Toi Pōneke Sound Artists in Residence from Sept – December 2022.
Daniel Beban lives in Wellington, New Zealand. His interests and projects are many and diverse, ranging from composing and performing with internationally acclaimed touring acts, releasing recordings on NZ and international labels, creating sound sculptures and sculptural instruments, producing radio documentaries and experimental radio works, making field recordings, conducting oral history research, sound engineering, running venues and curating concerts and festivals.
Andrew Wright is a visual and sonic artist based in Wellington and has been active for over 15 years performing locally and internationally both as a percussionist and keyboardist.
As a percussionist he is an ex member of Full F***ing Moon, Orchestra of Spheres and Under the avatar of Fist Kisser he has performed keyboard shows at the Wellington National library, Dunedin Fringe Festival and Nowhere festival Auckland.
He is a regular performer at the Pyramid Club where in 2022 he also exhibited his first solo art show which explored free associative mark making techniques.
Blair Latham is a saxophonist, composer and multi- instrumentalist with a deep love of the bass clarinet. With a prodigious technique and an expansive creative vision inspired by the likes of John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Ornettee Coleman, he can be found lending his talents to a diverse range of projects around the capital city, ranging from Jazz, Blues, Latin and Funk to avant-garde experimental music.
