Late at Tate Britain December
Extraordinary Voices
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by Mikhail Karikis
esimorP Whitstable Biennale 2008, as part of Oreet Ashery's Saint/s of Whitstable, photo by Marcus Kern |
18.00-22.00
Curated by innovative live art and performance company Home Live Art, Extraordinary Voices presents artists, performers, choirs and participatory singing, which explores the voice as an instrument of extraordinary physical and cultural resonance. Including Afrogroov, The Feral Choir, The Funk Chorus, Geoff Fazan, The London Bulgarian Choir, Maspindzeli, members of The Shout and Mikhail Karikis.
General Information
Main pay bar in Octagon 18.00-21.30
Pay bar in Gallery 9 18.00-21.30
Refreshments available in the café on Level 1 18.00-21.30
Restaurant Tasting Menu for 19.30 sitting £60 per head
Main Shop Level 2 opens until 21.40
Duveens café open until 21.40
Collection displays open 18.00-21.40
Half price entry to Turner and the Masters and Turner Prize 09
Throughout the gallery
The artist Geoff Fazan and his busking band attempt to play the entire Bob Dylan song book starting in the Manton Foyer and ending in the Rotunda at the end of the night.
Duveens
Experience a vibrant and diverse mix of music and performance including a sound work from the infamous choir, The Shout, in which members of the choir will be perched atop stepladders singing a haunting duet through megaphones. Also artist and performer, Mikhail Karikis who crosses the fields of experimental vocal, electronica, avant-garde and folk music, will be performing a work which tells the story of an office worker who transforms into a bird sends his voice skywards on the end of a balloon.
Plus live performances from The London Bulgarian Choir, who specialise in Bulgarian folk music and Maspindzeli, a choir devoted to singing songs from the ancient polyphonic tradition of Georgia. Both choirs will come together for a mass finale at the end of the night.
18.00-18.03 The Shout
18.10-18.20 Mikhail Karikis
18.45-18.55 Mikhail Karikis
19.00-19.03 The Shout
19.10-19.25 The London Bulgarian Choir
19.35-19.50 Maspindzeli
20.00-20.03 The Shout
20.10-20.20 Mikhail Karikis
20.25-20.40 The London Bulgarian Choir
20.35 21-00 Geoff Fazan's busking band
21.00-21.03 The Shout
21.10-21.30 The London Bulgarian Choir and Maspindzeli
Gallery 9
Expect a vibrant mix of music and sounds throughout the evening. Experience extraordinary voices from around the world with DJ Eric Soul from Afrogroov, one of the best Afro Urban DJs in the UK scene. Join the The Funk Chorus for some festive singing, lead by artist Barby Asante and performer Andrea Encinas, the Late At Tate audience will be invited to sing classic funk songs with a Christmas theme. Also hear The Feral Choir, a participatory project run by Phil Minton rehearsed and performed on the night.
18.05-19.00 DJ Eric Soul
19.15-20.00 The Funk Chorus
20.05-20.35 DJ Eric Soul
20.35-21.10 The Feral Choir
21.10-21.30 DJ Eric Soul
Coming next at Late at Tate Britain
Friday 8 January
Quiet Voices, curated by former Big Chill visuals resident John Rixon, is an ambient audio-visual feast. Featuring Roger Eno and Dom Theobald, Jon Hopkins, Laura B and Grainy, John Rixon and Simon Wild, Animat and Alucidnation. Together with a short film programme exploring the nature of 'quiet', expect an evening of beautiful aural soundscapes and lush cinematic projections.
