Super Critical Mass

17/01/2024

i've been far too sad about this to post until now - but i'm experiencing a brief dopamine spike so here you are

Making music with no melody or rhythm and films with no plot, he became a darling of New York’s experimental underground.

12/09/2019

Super Critical Mass opens Soft Centre | 2019 this Saturday at 12pm

a transitory choir occupies the Turbine Hall of Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, with a new composition co-directed with Sonya Holowell

set times are below for the full festival which features the legendary Jannah Quil, Lucas Abela, Shoeb Ahmad, Gail Priest and Tralala blip

😈 Soft Centre | 2019 SET TIMES 😈

Come early !
There's too much to see !!

Sydney Park busses are mostly sold out, but we have added an additional bus, departing at 11.50am. Only 40 spots left:
https://events.humanitix.com.au/soft-centre-2019/tickets

Final Release Tickets still on sale : www.softcentre.com.au

SEE YOU IN 2 DAYS !!!

11/09/2019

reminder - join us this Saturday to perform at Soft Centre!

we'll sing a new 30-minute work in the incredible Turbine Hall at Casula Powerhouse. it's a simple memorized piece using basic vocal techniques, no training required. in return you'll receive free all-day/night entry to Soft Centre | 2019

Sat 14 Sep
10am-1230pm
Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
wear simple, neutral colours

https://www.softcentre.com.au/apply-super-critical-mass

04/09/2019

amazing session last weekend at Casula Powerhouse!

join us this Saturday for our second workshop as we build a spatialized vocal mass for Soft Centre | 2019. the incredible vocalist Sonya Holowell will guide you through simple vocalising and listening exercises, no experience needed

Sat 7th Sep, 10am-12pm
refreshments provided
1 Powerhouse Road, Sydney, NSW, 2170

(performance Sat 14th Sep)

www.softcentre.com.au/apply-super-critical-mass

27/08/2019

come raise your voice at Casula Powerhouse's Turbine Hall!

over the next three Saturdays we will create a spatialized composition for untrained/trained voices for Soft Centre | 2019

it's part of Super Critical Mass, which brings people together to create rich sonic experiences in public places using simple instructions

you don't need any prior experience - just enthusiasm to articulate this unique space and to meet a new community of friends and artists

simply come to either or both workshops (with refreshments!):

* Sat 31 Aug, 10am-12pm
* Sat 07 Sep, 10am-12pm

and the performance:

* Sat 14 Sep, 10am-1pm (incl. performance and break)

you'll then have free entry to the entire all-day/night festival

all sessions at Casula Powerhouse:
1 Powerhouse Road, Sydney, NSW, 2170

let us know your interest here:
https://www.softcentre.com.au/apply-super-critical-mass

08/09/2018

today (Sun) from 130pm!

the latest Super Critical Mass work will unfold in the stunning town of Tyalgum in Northern NSW

up to 100 crisply tuned handbells will be deployed across Tyalgum's oval by Voices Of Birralee and members of the local community to create an organic web of sound

you can join - meet at the oval from 12pm to learn the simple instructions - or listen from the shade from 130pm

part of the incredible Tyalgum Music Festival

www.tyalgumfestival.com.au

24/11/2017

"standouts include ... LOUD+SOFT (Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste)’s installation of seven turntables modified to play concurrently and out-of-sync the 1981 cover version album Hooked on Classics"

great review of Cover Versions in un magazine

at Shepparton Art Museum until January

Artists: Arthur Merric Boyd and Neil Douglas, Michael Candy, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Marco Fusinato, Percy Grainger and Burnett Cross, Yuki Kihara, The Kingpins, LOUD+SOFT (Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste), Frédéric Nauczyciel, Soda_Jerk vs. The Avalanches, Super Critical Mass, Christian Thompson, and…

16/11/2017

our work Moving Collected Ambience just opened the exhibition Cover Versions at Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria. we also made the cover! we've also installed a new version of our ongoing adjunct turntable project using seven copies of ace disco throwback Hooked On Classics

it's a fantastic show, also featuring Jemima Wyman, The Kingpins, Michael Candy and Christian Thompson. 'til Jan 19

http://www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/event-details/!/488/event/cover-versions-mimicry-and-resistance

31/10/2017

how's your voice? join me and dozens of singers next week to use our voices to read Shepparton Art Museum's collection as a score. it helps open Cover Versions featuring work by The Kingpins, Christian Thompson, Marco Fusinato, Jemima Wyman and more ..

Frid 10th November / 6-8pm

Rehearsals
Wed 8th and/or Thu 9th / 530-730

Shepparton Art Museum
70 Welsford St, Shepparton, VIC

http://www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/event-details/!/488/event/super-critical-mass-choir-session

02/09/2017

24 HOUR CHOIR now happening! pop up to Observatory Hill in The Rocks, Sydney, and help us make it though to 1pm Sunday ..
https://maas.museum/event/24-hour-choir/

19/05/2017

“'Common Ground,' by Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste, a collaborative performance team from Australia, utilizes cups, saucers and audience participation to transform a gallery floor into an interactive sonic game board; operating at the crossroads of art, architecture and archeology"
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/the-impermanent-architecture-at-california-pacific-triennial

Architecture may imply buildings and homes lasting decades, or even centuries, but the second California-Pacific Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) shows that it can also be a lens to understand history, obsolescence and memory.