A dawn spark

Hamilton-based multimedia ensemble DR. MESMER’S PRIVATE ARMY (Jeremy Mayall, Kent Macpherson, Yotam Levy, and Paul Bradley) will be bring their intricate tapestries of sound and visuals to Creative Waikato for SPARK 2017. Their collective approach to performance really exists in the colour of sound, the magic of the moment where, inspired by space and time, fleeting ideas can create new compositions based around musical fragments and field recordings. Through the compositional processes developed in through long-form improvisational practice, the participants have drawn upon the phenomenology of sound (and the nature of hearing being less concerned to distinguish fantasy and reality than sight) to create a performance (and final concert video) that matches the sound-making process with visual projections that also explore the boundaries between illusion and reality