The third version of "Impromptu presents Late Works", the first incarnation of Late Works, where a group of musicians spontaneously improvised music in response to two painted folding dressing screens.
The musicians are asked to respond for a total of 30 minutes to each screen, with them being rotated midway. The screen itself stands in front of both the audience and the musicians, with everyone - including the musicians - experiencing it simultaneously, and for the first time.
/ɪmˈprɒmp.tʃuː/
• done without being planned or rehearsed
• a short piece of instrumental music, especially a solo, that is reminiscent of an improvisation
• The panels for the screens should be found by chance, on the side of the road, then assembled and given to the artists to paint. The artists then have exactly a month to finish the work.
• The musicians respond to the first side for roughly 15 minutes, with the screen being turned around at the end at an appropriate moment, allowing the musicians to respond for a further 15 minutes. The performance shouldn’t be interrupted by the turning of the screen.
Artists:
Alice Bloomfield
Fergus Polglase
Musicians:
Evan Abell
Tara Cunningham
Lluis Domènech Plana
Jordan Hadfield
Jesse Doniach Hughes
Billy Leach
Joe Maclaren
Musicians selected by:
Billy Leach
Concept:
Joseph Bradley Hill
With thanks to Chris Greenwood at Louie Louie!
Lend a Cig, 2018
171 x 185.5 cm
made in response to Alice Bloomfield's screen of the same name
36:15
I left a poem with the weapon, 2018
114 x 162.5 cm
made in response to Fergus Polglase's screen of the same name
31:52
Fergus Polglase is a British painter born in Cambridge, England in 1997. He currently lives and works in Falmouth, Cornwall.
Participant in Late Works:
3, By Ear
Participant in Late Works:
ONE, TWO, 3, 4