Sean Dower: Artworks and information
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Prehistory: Beached percussion, Basque country 1982 |
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| ......................Self released cassette tape by Death Magazine 52. 1983 Far from killing music, the cassette revolution allowed bands to distribute their own material. Dower began experimenting with electronics and percussion and joined the Midlands based band Death Magazine 52 in early 1983. Listen to: 'Definite' by Death Magazine 52 (3min. excerpt from 14min.) Excerpt of a live performance at Queen Mary's High-School for Girls, Walsall. 28.9.83 |
Flyer for the infamous Equinox Event, London Musician's Collective 1983. |
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| ..............................................Curfew recordings 1984. Dower was living in Newcastle in 1984 and made the Curfew Recordings with John Smith and John Mylotte (from the band Metgumnerbone). The acoustic recordings were made at night in a disused industrial storage silo in Derwenthaugh (above: 2nd container from the left). The ambient quality of the space was exceptional and the resulting recordings had no effects added to them. Made using a range of unusual instruments, including human thy-bone trumpet and the structure itself. Listen to: 'Curfew Recordings' (3min. excerpt from 23min.) |
Curfew Recordings, Video reflection with sound 2004. 23 min. The Curfew recordings had been made by candlelight and in this video, an array of speakers cause a candle to flicker as the air around it is displaced by the sound. The candle dances about unpredictably and acts as as a kind of visual correlate, or meter to the music. Viewed in a dark space with stereo speakers. |
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| A Damn Near Run Thing at London’s Jubilee Gardens in 1988. In 1988 Dower began working with the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, a performance art group based in London’s East end. Richard Wilson, Anne Bean and the percussionist Paul Burwell formed the ensemble in 1983 and Dower worked with them from 1988 to 1992. The Bow Gamelan toured internationally, fusing performance, pyrotechnics, sculpture and sound into large-scale, chaotic live events. |
A Damn Near Run Thing 1988. Archive image of the performance. |
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| The Ketford barge at Waterman's Arts centre on the Thames at low tide 1989. Dazzle painting design by Sean Dower (after Norman Wilkinson). The Ketford was restored for The Navigators, a series of live performances by the Bow Gamelan on the Thames, from Bow in the East to Richmond in the West. The performers lived and worked on board for several months. |
Basle 1991. Dower experimenting with a kinetic sculpture. See also Video page: |
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Body music suit 1993 (left: front of suit, right: back of suit) |
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| Dick Donkeys Dawn 1997-1999... See separate page on the band: |
Dick Donkeys Dawn - the DVD... Videos & More info on band | ||
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| Performance at Netwerk Centrum, Aalst (Belgium) with Guy Bar-Amotz 2004. The performance accompanied the exhibition Scahbbernak. In the exhibition, Dower presented videos filmed in Sri-Lanka with the intense sound of a tropical forest playing through the 'Mochilero' backpack sculptures of Bar-Amotz. |
Video of live performance and exhibition at Netwerk Centrum, Aalst. November 2004. 8 min. Also viewable here: |
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Sonofapup is a name given to solo electronic music projects realised since 1995. Sonofapup: 2nd Generation. |
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Sonofapup: Double CD of electronic music tracks made between 1995 & 2004. |
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| 20 Pieces of Silver - Performance at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 26.07.07 Collaboration with Richard Wilson. Presented at Ikon East Side, as part of the exhbition, 'How to Improve the World'. |
Other Collaborations: 7x7 took place on Richard Wilson's Slice of Reality with seven performers choreographing seven sequences. Audio Addiction took place at Delfina Studios, London with Guy Bar-Amotz, Sean Dower, Natsuki Uruma, Richard Wilson and z'ev. |
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 Break it Down - A performance 2006. Collaboration with the Artist Richard Wilson at the Timothy Taylor Gallery, London. Live performance with percussion and visual effects. Limited edition DVD produced by the Timothy Taylor Gallery. More information and images: |
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| Ghost Drummer performance at the exhibition Brown Noise on 18.10.08. Visible from the street, Ghost Drummer performed for two hours for passers by. Video excerpts - 4 min. (Warning: contains strobe lighting) |
Ghost Drummer, 2008 (photograph) |
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| For other Music related projects: see also Video & Photography |
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