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An evening with Matthew Herbert and friends With an Apple I will Astonish

6 March 2023 at 18.30–20.00
The artist sits in a chair in a music studio filled with sound equipment to advertise the event.

Matthew Herbert studio 2018, credit Manuel Vazquez.

Join us for an interactive evening creating sound from apples

Join rule breaker and renowned artist and composer Matthew Herbert to see how far you can get with an apple. This experimental evening of sonic exploration will draw on both Herbert's and Cezanne's fascination with the apple. You can expect to crunch apples, be sampled, make music and discover the social stories and significance of the apple. As the first thing Matthew Herbert ever sampled and a recurring motif in Cezanne’s work, this interactive evening will play with new forms of sonic language and promises to be full of bite!

‘With an apple, I will astonish Paris’ is a claim once made by Cezanne. This quote opens the exhibition currently on display at ºÚÁÏÉç. Through his paintings, many of which are still lifes of apples, Cezanne gave licence to a whole generation of artists to break the rules.

This event takes inspiration from Cezanne's practice but will not discuss his work.

Matthew Herbert will be joined by friends and collaborators Lee Patterson, Max Porter, Polly Russell and Hugh Jones.

The event will be filmed and livestreamed. Tune in below if you were unable to get a ticket:

Matthew Herbert

Matthew Herbert has made music from the life of a pig, a bomb exploding in Libya, an orgasm, someone swimming the English channel, a tank driving over a meal made for Tony Blair, 20,000 dogs, 245 shops in a shopping centre and countless thousands of other noises. He has scored Oscar-winning films, tv shows, plays, opera and games. He has written a book called The Music which is a description of an album he’ll never make and is currently writing the follow up.

Lee Patterson

Lee Patterson uses sound making and recording to devise performances with a selection of amplified objects, devices and processes, from rock chalk to springs, from burning nuts to vibrating metal. Based in Prestwich, Manchester, UK., he works internationally and has featured on UK TV, BBC Radios 3, 4 and 6, Resonance FM and on radio stations worldwide.

Max Porter

Max Porter is the author of four books. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages. He frequently collaborates with musicians, artists, theatre and filmmakers. His new book SHY will be published in April 2023.

Polly Russell

Polly Russell is a food historian, the Head of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and the founder and curator of the Library’s annual Food Season. Polly’s research subjects include the history of British food and the social, cultural and political connections between food and everyday life as well as women's history and feminism.Polly was the on-screen historian for BBC2’s Back in Time series and has a regular food history column in the Financial Times Saturday Magazine.

Hugh Jones

Hugh Jones is a musician and instrument builder who produces music under the name Crewdson. He is an associate lecturer in the department of music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has written music for fashion shows for prominent designers Paul Smith and Phoebe English and tours with Thom Yorke as his stage technician. His self-designed instruments include The Concertronica, The Eggiophone and The Sonic Bonnet.

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Starr Cinema

Bankside
London SE1 9TG
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6 March 2023 at 18.30–20.00

This event has sold out but will be livestreamed

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