Maintenance

Join composer Ethan Braun, pianist Hermione Johnson, and bassist Darryn Harkness for maintenance. In this exhibition the term maintenance is used to name the practice of integrating live sound with electronic sound. Maintenance references practices of care offered by a living person.

Booking is encouraged but not essential.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This event is free.This event is held in the gallery at Artspace Aotearoa.This location is accessible.Seating is available. Light refreshments will be available.

BIOGRAPHIES

Ethan Braun is a composer known for experimental approaches to sound and live performance. Braun’s work braids improvisation with algorithmic and computer-assisted compositional models, as well as sampling, in music that harmonizes the conceptual, formalistic, and emotional. A frequent collaborator in transdisciplinary contexts, Braun has worked with choreographers, visual artists, and musicians across various media, with projects presented at venues such as Kampnagel Hamburg, CalArts REDCAT, Rewire Festival, Swiss Institute NYC, and LUMA Arles. Braun’s concert music has been performed at Roulette Intermedium and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Dutch National Opera.

Hermione Johnson is a pianist and composer from Tāmaki Makaurau. She is best known as an improviser, and with this, she has been a significant force in the Aotearoa experimental music scene. Her playing centres largely on extended and prepared piano techniques, focusing on the timbral qualities of the instrument. 

Darryn Harkness is a music producer, song writer, multi-instrumentalist, prominent member of the improvised music scene, and band leader from Aotearoa. Harkness has toured internationally and released over 25 albums with his various bands including Serafin, New Telepathics, Loud Ghost, King Ketchup, and Snuffer. Harkness is also a member of Hallelujah Picassos, The Andrew Fagan band, and the seminal New Zealand percussion ensemble From Scratch. Harkness currently lives in Tāmaki Makaurau running Tone Exchange, a recording and rehearsal studio collective.