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    Baltic Triangle. SALA (OtO 2013) Review by Chris Whitehead ‘And the answer came from the sea, quietly howling and murmuring among the swaying shore grass: It is the wind, wind, wind.’ (M. K. Ciurlionis, 1875 – 1911) To successfully bring…

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    Five Introverted Machines. STEPHEN CORNFORD (2013) Review by Chris Whitehead Installation official video Five naked bodies against a wall, each obsessed with its own internal impulses, each needing no other input than itself, seperate, discreet, unknowing of anything outside and…

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    Only presence KOSTIS KILYMIS (2013) Review by Chris Whitehead Audiovisual installation -July 2 Hardy Tree Gallery, London- ‘A lot of it for me is about conditioning observation. Not about field recordings, not about minimalist video, but about how these can be…

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    Murmur. ATILIO DORESTE (Very Quiet 2013) Review by Chris Whitehead The dérive  as envisaged by Guy Debord is not a meaningless wander governed by chance. It is directed by decisions made by the participant who chooses the route according to psychogeographical…

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    Quies. PETER LENAERTS  (Very Quiet Records 2013) Review by Chris Whitehead As a boy I remember going down with a bunch of schoolkids into one of the Blue John caverns deep beneath the Derbyshire hills. The guide said “we’re now…

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    Unseen Terror. DAVID VELEZ (Echomusic 2013) Review by Chris Whitehead 1. Anticipation We live our lives on the planet’s crust between the forces of meteorology and seismology. Global warming aside, we can do little to control the weather, nor do…