Ned McGowan performs with Hexnut

25 September 2013
Brigham Young University, Utah, USA

Performance with Hexnut

WRENCH, new music inspired by the photographs of Edward Burtynsky

WRENCH is a new project of the ensemble Hexnut together with the photographs of Edward Burtynsky. The performance consists of new compositions performed in a tightly versed integration of sound and projected image.

New compositions by Jan-Bas Bollen, David Dramm, Anthony Fiumara, Ned McGowan, Mayke Nas, Seung-Ah Oh, Steve Ricks and Felipe Waller are combined into a single set without pause. Each composer has created a musical work based on one theme of Burtynsky’s oevre, which will be incorporated into the live performance. The placement of photos is timed to best produce the dramatic effect.

WRENCH is neither a background slide show for the music nor background music to accompany the images, but rather an equally balanced choreography between the two, working together to tell a story, express ideas and emotions.

WRENCH/Hexnut website

Edward Burtynsky

Images copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicolas Metivier, Toronto & Flowers, London.