Each Morning of the World #05
Oceanian PhoNographic Mornings #01/20
~ Various remote locations ~ Australia
« epilogue a frontier approached, its retreat a mirror »
Robert Curgenven
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A very physical negotiation of territories voided by history, rendered via carefully detailed field recordings gathered while living in remote areas of Australia, covering over 10 years and over 30 remote locations, alongside pipe organ, guitar feedback, dubplates, turntables and low frequency oscillators. Revealing unseen worlds within remote Australia but also a colonist’s feeling of being physically and psychologically trapped within its’ vast deserts and endless savannahs.

This extract was part of live audio and audiovisual performance toured in Europe & Australia as (2013-2015). Exhibited as part of a 3 channel audiovisual installation from the album was exhibited at Wandesford Quay Gallery, Ireland (2017) & Blindside, Australia (2016). Also appears as a bonus track for “They tore the earth and, like a scar, it swallowed them” – LP and digital editions robertcurgenven.bandcamp.com/album/they-tore-the-earth-and-like-a-scar-it-swallowed-them

"Imagine you have found a new country. To you and your fellow countrymen & women this new country appears empty. Perhaps there are some people living there, but you decide their culture is, perhaps, "unsophisticated". These people have had a long relationship with this seemingly empty country – for thousands of years – they understand and care for the country and in turn the land cares for them. So, you decide to invade/colonise this country. You need to clear this empty land to make it your own, ready for you to inhabit, maybe even make it more like where you‘re from. The place you left behind. This not only changes the land but also vastly changes the nature of the long relationship of those you’ve displaced. But this story isn't really about "them". It’s about you. As you colonise this new country, moving further into the interior, you soon discover that you are very ill-prepared for what turns out to be a harsh and hostile land. This story doesn‘t end well for anyone."


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Robert Curgenven
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Robert Curgenven is an Australian composer, artist and performer based in Ireland with critically acclaimed releases on LINE, The Tapeworm, Dragon's Eye, Winds Measure, Another Timbre, Kaon, Gruenrekorder, Compost & Height, Touch Radio and his own Recorded Fields Editions. He has performed internationally at festivals including Maerzmusik (Kraftwerk Berlin), Sonic Acts (Paradiso Amsterdam), Helicotrema (Palazzo Grassi Venice), Ultrahang (Budapest), Todays Art (Den Haag), Lausanne Underground Film Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival. He’s given guest lectures at universities and Conservatoriums of Music across Australia, Ireland, UK & Europe. He's exhibited sound, audiovisual and sculptural work across Europe, Australia and the Americas including Transmediale Berlin, Modern Art Museum of Medellin Columbia, National Gallery of Australia plus solo exhibitions at Centre for Contemporary Art Torun (Poland) and CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork.

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