Super Critical Mass
SCM website is now online!
SUPER CRITICAL MASS is an ongoing sonic arts project. It explores spatialised, massed ensembles of performers all playing the same instrument. Instead of the more typical elements of melody and accompaniment, the project focuses on density, texture and architecture. The overall goal is to create super-large ensembles for over 100 performers -- these will become the SUPER MASSES. To this end, we are conducting research and development phases with smaller ensemble clusters through residencies and events -- these are the SUB MASSES.
To date we have worked with flutes, clarinets and brass, and we look forward to expanding our instrumentation in coming years.
Performers are sourced locally, both professionals and amateurs alike. Working together under the musical direction of Janet McKay, performers rehearse and perform simple algorithms (generative, memorisable scores) created by the project directors as well as guest composers and sound artists. These algorithms are designed to take into account the performers' interactions with their instrument, each other, and the surrounding space. Audiences can then walk around or sit within the resultant, evolving sound-fields.
DIRECTED BY: Julian Day, Luke Jaaniste, Janet McKay
PERFORMANCES
2008 - Sub Mass 1 "Critical Mass", Carriageworks - Sydney Children's Festival
2009 - Sub Mass 2 "Sculptured Sounds", Qld Conservatorium of Music
2009 - Sub Mass 3 "Silver Swarms", Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Festival "Under The Radar"
2010 - Sub Mass 4, Burnett Lane (Brisbane CBD), Brisbane City Council "Inhabit Fiesta"
2010 - Sub Mass 5, Shopfront, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
2010 - Sub Mass 6, ArtsHouse Meat Market, Melbourne
2010 - Micro Mass 1, 2High Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse
2011 - Micro Mass 2, Het Nutshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
2011 - Sub Mass 7 "SWELTER", Central Park Lake, New York City, USA
2011 - Sub Mass 8 "VAPORISATION", Old Museum Building, Brisbane - Qld Music Festival
PERFORMERS SINCE 2008
Kinsey Alexander, Lucien Alperstein, Taryn Anderson, Lina Andonovska, Yael Appelboom, Zali Arrivolo, Megumi Asanuma, Stephanie Bagala, Raylie-Anne Baldock, Lulu Barker, Amanda Barrett, Daan Bevan, Alice Backwell, Sophia Garlick Bock, Fotini Box, Gabrielle Buckle, Jarrod Butler, Maxine Byrne, Alder Cai, Gabrielle Carbon, Madeline Carey, Jeska Charlesworth, Jessica Chee, Emily Clarke, Sophie Clarke, Amy Clements, Nicole Clennar, Jen Clutterbuck, Courtney Coates, Lucy Coles, Sarah Collins, Carolyn Craig, Tessa Crawford, Luke Cronshaw, Jenny Davies, Tanaz Deboo, William Deeb, Rosemary Dixon, Sanja Domazet, Corinne Edgeworth, Elizabeth Egan, Jessica Farrell, Emilie Hoffmann Fattore, Bart Finnigan, Hayley Forster, Maddie Forster, Margot Fox, Rachael Francis, Olivia Ginman, Nicky Gluch, Eleanor Gojak, Zachary Goldberg, Eliza Goslett, Matilda Goslett, Michael Gow, Carolyn Grace, Emma Hall, Amelia Hartley, Andrew Haselgrove, Jessica Hateley, Michael Hayes, Emily Healey, Victoria Healy, Trea Hindley, Rory Hocknell, Latham Horn, Shoji Isomoto, Ella Judd, Felicia Kandalis, Joon Kim, Ingrid Kirchner, Jo Lagerlow, Rebecca Lane, Sungpil Lee, Ryan Li, Marina Lyshova, Megan Linke, Ella Lockett, Anthony Ma, Laura Mack, Christopher Marshall, Rhiannon Maynes, Anne MacAskill, Charles MacInnes, Keziah McIntosh, Brendan McKee, Caitlin McLaughlin-Walsh, Thomas Melton, Aniko Michaelis, Lily Millar, Stephanie Miller, Ray Moebes, Miranda Monagle, Sarah Monk, Beth Morgan, Liam Murphy, Nadia Myers, Ethan Newton, Jim Tsz King Ng, Marika Nuttall, Jasmin O'Donovan, Bridget Owens, Nathan Parks, Kirralee Parsons, Sophie Paterson, Anna Pavlakis, Jane Paxton, Tim Payne, Lloyd Pearson, Rhiannon Porritt, Cinzia Posega, Leonie Pringle, Hannah Reardon-Smith, Jacinta Reeves, Caitlin Reid, Alexandra Repetto, Lizzy Reynolds, Breanna Reynolds-West, Cynthia Richards, Adrienne Ringin, Ruby Roach, Stewart Roffe, Olivia Ronan, Anna Ross, Annaleise Ross, Margaret Ryan, Maja Salamon, Robert Savage, Jarrod Schindler, Joshua Schnerring, Georgina Seaman, Daniel Shepherd, Brian Shin, Dominic Steele, Bess Stewart, Laura Stewart, Sasha Stocken, Melanie Sun, Emilia Suryak, Emily Symmons, Isabelle Taylor, Cameron Tina Totaro, Hoa Tran, Crystal Tsai, Cass Van Heer, Ismet Vardar, Ben Vega, Sarah Walker, Vincent Wan, Bobbi Wang, Winnie Wang, Ben Waugh, Alice Webster, Sophie Weston, Erin Wilkinson, Sian Williams, Tristram Williams, Emily Wong, Rebecca Wong, Jessica Xu, Sandy Yao, Jack Zeng, Jason Zhang, Stephanie Zwi
COMPOSERS
Damian Barbeler, Erik Griswold, Julian Day, Luke Jaaniste, Janet McKay
SCM website is now online!
SUPER CRITICAL MASS is an ongoing sonic arts project. It explores spatialised, massed ensembles of performers all playing the same instrument. Instead of the more typical elements of melody and accompaniment, the project focuses on density, texture and architecture. The overall goal is to create super-large ensembles for over 100 performers -- these will become the SUPER MASSES. To this end, we are conducting research and development phases with smaller ensemble clusters through residencies and events -- these are the SUB MASSES.
To date we have worked with flutes, clarinets and brass, and we look forward to expanding our instrumentation in coming years.
Performers are sourced locally, both professionals and amateurs alike. Working together under the musical direction of Janet McKay, performers rehearse and perform simple algorithms (generative, memorisable scores) created by the project directors as well as guest composers and sound artists. These algorithms are designed to take into account the performers' interactions with their instrument, each other, and the surrounding space. Audiences can then walk around or sit within the resultant, evolving sound-fields.
DIRECTED BY: Julian Day, Luke Jaaniste, Janet McKay
PERFORMANCES
2008 - Sub Mass 1 "Critical Mass", Carriageworks - Sydney Children's Festival
2009 - Sub Mass 2 "Sculptured Sounds", Qld Conservatorium of Music
2009 - Sub Mass 3 "Silver Swarms", Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Festival "Under The Radar"
2010 - Sub Mass 4, Burnett Lane (Brisbane CBD), Brisbane City Council "Inhabit Fiesta"
2010 - Sub Mass 5, Shopfront, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
2010 - Sub Mass 6, ArtsHouse Meat Market, Melbourne
2010 - Micro Mass 1, 2High Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse
2011 - Micro Mass 2, Het Nutshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
2011 - Sub Mass 7 "SWELTER", Central Park Lake, New York City, USA
2011 - Sub Mass 8 "VAPORISATION", Old Museum Building, Brisbane - Qld Music Festival
PERFORMERS SINCE 2008
Kinsey Alexander, Lucien Alperstein, Taryn Anderson, Lina Andonovska, Yael Appelboom, Zali Arrivolo, Megumi Asanuma, Stephanie Bagala, Raylie-Anne Baldock, Lulu Barker, Amanda Barrett, Daan Bevan, Alice Backwell, Sophia Garlick Bock, Fotini Box, Gabrielle Buckle, Jarrod Butler, Maxine Byrne, Alder Cai, Gabrielle Carbon, Madeline Carey, Jeska Charlesworth, Jessica Chee, Emily Clarke, Sophie Clarke, Amy Clements, Nicole Clennar, Jen Clutterbuck, Courtney Coates, Lucy Coles, Sarah Collins, Carolyn Craig, Tessa Crawford, Luke Cronshaw, Jenny Davies, Tanaz Deboo, William Deeb, Rosemary Dixon, Sanja Domazet, Corinne Edgeworth, Elizabeth Egan, Jessica Farrell, Emilie Hoffmann Fattore, Bart Finnigan, Hayley Forster, Maddie Forster, Margot Fox, Rachael Francis, Olivia Ginman, Nicky Gluch, Eleanor Gojak, Zachary Goldberg, Eliza Goslett, Matilda Goslett, Michael Gow, Carolyn Grace, Emma Hall, Amelia Hartley, Andrew Haselgrove, Jessica Hateley, Michael Hayes, Emily Healey, Victoria Healy, Trea Hindley, Rory Hocknell, Latham Horn, Shoji Isomoto, Ella Judd, Felicia Kandalis, Joon Kim, Ingrid Kirchner, Jo Lagerlow, Rebecca Lane, Sungpil Lee, Ryan Li, Marina Lyshova, Megan Linke, Ella Lockett, Anthony Ma, Laura Mack, Christopher Marshall, Rhiannon Maynes, Anne MacAskill, Charles MacInnes, Keziah McIntosh, Brendan McKee, Caitlin McLaughlin-Walsh, Thomas Melton, Aniko Michaelis, Lily Millar, Stephanie Miller, Ray Moebes, Miranda Monagle, Sarah Monk, Beth Morgan, Liam Murphy, Nadia Myers, Ethan Newton, Jim Tsz King Ng, Marika Nuttall, Jasmin O'Donovan, Bridget Owens, Nathan Parks, Kirralee Parsons, Sophie Paterson, Anna Pavlakis, Jane Paxton, Tim Payne, Lloyd Pearson, Rhiannon Porritt, Cinzia Posega, Leonie Pringle, Hannah Reardon-Smith, Jacinta Reeves, Caitlin Reid, Alexandra Repetto, Lizzy Reynolds, Breanna Reynolds-West, Cynthia Richards, Adrienne Ringin, Ruby Roach, Stewart Roffe, Olivia Ronan, Anna Ross, Annaleise Ross, Margaret Ryan, Maja Salamon, Robert Savage, Jarrod Schindler, Joshua Schnerring, Georgina Seaman, Daniel Shepherd, Brian Shin, Dominic Steele, Bess Stewart, Laura Stewart, Sasha Stocken, Melanie Sun, Emilia Suryak, Emily Symmons, Isabelle Taylor, Cameron Tina Totaro, Hoa Tran, Crystal Tsai, Cass Van Heer, Ismet Vardar, Ben Vega, Sarah Walker, Vincent Wan, Bobbi Wang, Winnie Wang, Ben Waugh, Alice Webster, Sophie Weston, Erin Wilkinson, Sian Williams, Tristram Williams, Emily Wong, Rebecca Wong, Jessica Xu, Sandy Yao, Jack Zeng, Jason Zhang, Stephanie Zwi
COMPOSERS
Damian Barbeler, Erik Griswold, Julian Day, Luke Jaaniste, Janet McKay
SCM website is now online!
