Hello!

Just a quick reminder that not is it your last chance to see 'In the Dark Times' this coming weekend but also that it will end with Sara Bowler's Sunday Saturnalia masked event on Sunday evening  (16 Dec) 6pm - 9pm, we do hope you'll all be able to join us.

This will be the culmination of 'In the Dark Times' and we want it to be festive and fun so please come join us; oh and of course - MASKS ARE COMPULSORY!!!

For those of you wanting to make a mask in preparation for this unique event can do so at CMR this coming Fri/Sat/Sun 12-5pm as well as getting a chance to see this wonderful show.

We hope to see you all Sunday if not before!!

Christmas Bauble - Express your feelings about Christmas

CMR invite you - whoever you are - to draw, paint ,collage a bauble - not bigger than A4 please as a flat 2D image - and deliver it to the CMR building for the ‘In the Dark Times’ show, starting 30th Nov, so deliver or post to us to arrive by Wednesday 27th Nov please. Put your name and e-mail on the back please or address.

The bauble can be any shape and within it you can use words or shapes and images. Your view of Christmas can be positive or negative.

CMR,
Royal Circus Buildings,
Back Lane West,
Redruth,
Cornwall
TR15 2BT

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CMR reserve the right not to exhibit all the work if there isn’t room and to reject any offensive or illegal images.

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Idea from Mary Fletcher

Performance of John Cage's 4'33" at Gaslights, Redruth on 22 September 2012, part of 4 Weeks 33 Hours, a series of artist's residencies devised and curated by Janet McEwan to celebrate Cage's centenary year.

Performance of John Cage's 33 1/3 at CMR, Redruth, on 22 September 2012 using 12 audio playback devices (turntables cd players). Part of 4 weeks 33 hours, a series of artist' residencies and events to mark Cage's centenary. Conceived and curated by Janet McEwan.

This music was played on the opening day of '4:33' project curated by Janet McEwan at Cornwall Media Resource, Redruth. Mary Fletcher had not seen the score of John Cage's 'Changes ' before and did her best outside on an old piano in the wind. Sept 15 2012

At the end she begins a performance of '4:33' which was not recorded but was very engrossing and much enjoyed. Stuart has given permission for Mary to upload this video.

Rob Gawthrop will introduce and perform a number of short
post- 4'33"  Fluxus related works including:

Introduction
Score as Instruction; Composition as Event: post 4'33" &  Fluxus.

Performances
DRIP MUSIC  George Brecht 1959
For single or multiple performance. A source of dripping water and an empty vessel are arranged so that the water falls into the vessel.
SOLO FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA OR CONTRABAS George Brecht 1962
Polishing
CINEMATIC EVENT Rob Gawthrop 2004
For 16mm film, projector, speaker and transducer

Janet will be talking to Sue Farmer about '4 weeks 33 hours' on Redruth Radio, on Friday 12th October, from 3.30 - 4.30pm.

Sue presents 'Do The Write Thing', a weekly show that is dedicated to the spoken word, whether it’s poetry, song, story, novel extracts, plays or film. Her aim is to enthral the listener and inspire other writers.

http://redruthradio.co.uk/schedule/do-the-write-thing/

Tomorrow is the first ever Pasty Festival Day in Redruth.. and to mark the occasion CMR has appropriated the window of the (sadly) empty former arts and graphics shop on Redruth high street, installing a work to link 4 weeks 33 hours to the festival. John Cage inserted screws, bolts and pieces of rubber between the strings of the piano to alter the sounds, and we have prepared our own piano strings specially for the festival by inserting pieces of pasty crust or 'crimp', instead.
CMR welcomes visitors tomorrow 2-5pm

Kane Baker, one of CMR's week 1 guest residents, gave a brilliant and illuminating lecture on John Cages; early years, punctuated with excerpts of musical compositions by Cage up until the groundbreaking 'silent' 4'33"