Agglomeration of Measurement

Tickets £14 // Concession £11 // Under 30 £5
Advance booking required

Eugene Ughetti percussion

Liza Lim (Australia, 1966)
An Elemental Thing (2017) 13’

Alexander Garsden (Australia)
Tremolo (2019) 12’

Nina Buchanan (Australia, 1989)
(untitled) (2022) 10’

Martin del Amo (Australia)
Inaudible (2009) 8’

Thomas Meadowcroft (Australia, 1972)
March Static (2018/2022) 12’

Agglomeration of Measurement is a survey of work, spanning 15 years, articulating some of the creative relationships surrounding Eugene Ughetti’s percussive language and a 21st-century Australian percussion sound. The program features recent experimental compositions focussing on individual traditional percussion instruments including the woodblock, drum, cymbal, gong, and the body itself.

Situated within the remarkable white inflatable structure that also houses Speak Percussion’s installation Polar Force – Array, this solo percussion event unfolds as a choreographed, immersive, multi-channel sound experience. This touring version of the project has been directed by German-born, Sydney-based choreographer Martin del Amo and features his movement work for solo, silent percussionist, Inaudible.

Many of the works in Agglomeration of Measurement were the germ for larger-scale compositions and collaborations, forming some of the major works in Speak Percussion’s oeuvre. Sitting around these solo works are other percussion solos, trios, quartets, sextets, duodecets, mixed ensemble works and an opera. Featured composers also include some of Australia’s leading voices in new and experimental composition such as Liza Lim, Thomas Meadowcroft, Nina Buchanan and Alexander Garsden.

Produced by hcmf// supported by British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of UK/Australia Season 2021-22

Photo: Eugene Ughetti © Bryony Jackson