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10th October 2009 BBC Radio 3 programme Hear and Now features highlights from the improvisational live concert: Shuffle, and a brief interview with Zhu Tiantian. 6th September 2009 Zhu Tiantian is invited to join in a live performance of Shuffle I: Postcards with Peter Wiegold's innovative ensemble Notes Inégales at Kings Place Festival. Date: Sunday 6 September Time: 14:30 Venue: Hall Two, Kings Place Price: £4.50 "Six Sound and Music shortlist composers have submitted musical ‘postcards’ around the theme of ‘shuffle’ or ‘swing’. Some are score-based, some are audio files. These will be fed in to notes inégales’ improvisation, directed by signals from Peter Wiegold to create a spontaneous performance. Composers and composer/performers may join the improvisation. The performance will start with soloists from notes inégales (Torbjorn Hultmark, trumpet/electronics, Melinda Maxwell, oboe, Martin Butler, piano, Christophe Fellay, percussion) building back to the full group." more info and tickets June 2009 Zhu Tiantian is one of nine artists to be selected this year by the Sound and Music organization for their prestigious Shortlist. Four organisations - British Music Information Centre (BMIC), Contemporary Music Network (CMN), Sonic Arts Network (SAN) and Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM) – have combined to create the UK’s first national development agency. Sound and Music is the UK’s landmark agency for new music and sonic art, working in partnership with complementary organisations to raise awareness of this vital and inspiring art form. The Shortlist is a collection of composers and sonic artists including some of the freshest emerging talent in the UK, who are selected for promotion and professional development over the course of three years by Sound and Music. Each year a large panel of judges representing a diverse range of musical tastes selects composers and sonic artists to join the Shortlist. Since 1943 many of the UK’s leading composers have been ‘discovered’ and have received some of their earliest professional performances through The Shortlist. The Shortlist will develop into a programme, where outstanding creative talent in the UK can be developed into world-class creators of new music and sound. 26th May 2009 Short film Memories Of Home was selected to screen in Evenings of Delight event presented by Shoppinghour, at Candid Art Trust, London. It’s a collaboration between Zhu Tiantian and film director Tianqi Kiki Yu. The film is part of Tianqi’s autoethno-graphic filming project in which she explores possible ways to represent the complexity of the construction of her cultural identity in the cross-cultural understanding. 5th October 2009 Audio-visual work Between the Lines was screened at the Opening Festival of Kings Place creative art centre. It is a work commissioned by SPNM exclusively for the event: King’s Cross In Sound And On Film. Animation director Ann Xiao created the visuals for the piece. “Chinese animation director Ann Xiao and sound designer Tiantian Zhu collaborated to create an audio-visual film Between the Lines about the London King’s Cross area. The audience can recognise the gate of the British Library, the King’s Cross Station Sign and the Clocks of St. Pancras, all images Ann has incorporated into her surrealistic scenes, alongside Tiantian’s subtle, ambient sound. The film celebrates the unique diversity of the King’s Cross area; while richly historical it is also a recognised hub for experiencing the exciting and modern. Between the Lines effectively captures the industrial edge brought by transportation and trade, alongside the elegance and academia of the universities and libraries.” Opening Festival Brochure 27th June 2008 Interactive sound installation Sound Message Board is exhibited at the V&A Museum as part of the French Connection Friday Late – Beijing event. Graphic designer Shi Yuan collaborated on the visual programming. French Connection Friday Late Beijing celebrated the exhibition China Design Now. A dynamic mix of Chinese talent from the UK and China presented live music, short films and animations, interactive installations and exhibitions tours, plus DJs spinning alternative music from China and a late bar. Sound Message Board India, Room 44 18.30-22.30 Live performance at 19.00, 20.00, 21.00 "What does the sound of writing convey? Write your message on these textured message boards with improvised writing instruments and hear your ideas resonate. Devised by sound artist Zhu Tiantian, she will create live soundscapes in response to your aural messages." more info |
