The John Cale program for MOFO 2010 in Hobart, Australia. He is the Excellent Artist in Residence:
With some 3O recordings to his name
across the genres of drone, noise
and classical music, John Cale is
globally acknowledged as one of the
most influential and prolific forces in
recent music history. First coming to
attention as a founding member of the
experimental rock group The Velvet
Underground, Cale's solo career has
been no less distinguished.
In a career that spans several decades
and effortlessly traverses genre, Cale
has produced or collaborated with artists
at the highest level: Lou Reed, Nico,
John Cage, Nick Drake, Brian Eno and
Patti Smith, and now, Cale visits Hobart
as MONA FOMA’s Eminent Artist in
Residence. Over 14 days, MONA FOMA
will explore Cale’s massive contribution
to the rock, classical and experimental
canon in a programme of masterclasses,
intimate solo performance,
stripped back and sprawling acoustic
improvisations, full-band electric art rock
experience.
The residency is underscored with an
installation of a new film/music work by
Cale, Dyddiau Du/Dark Days (featured
in PW1). Other highlights include:
masterclass-style rehearsals with
Hobart artists toward a public showing
of an excerpt from the gorgeous,
string-drenched Ballet for Nico; a rare
solo piano performance in the intimate
Theatre Royal; and a candid Q&A session
providing an insight into an inexhaustible
creative force.
The residency closes in a soma-sonic
overload with a festival-style electric
set featuring
Besides the Hobart residency Cale is performing in Sydney:
- 01/13 Town Hall - showing of Dyddiau Du/Dark Days, Hobart, Australia
- 01/15 Seymour Centre, Sydney, Australia
- 01/16 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
- 01/19 Town Hall - showing of footage form the Nico Ballet, Hobart, Australia
- 01/20 Town Hall (acoustic w/ band), Hobart, Australia
- 01/21 "In Conversation", Hobart, Australia
- 01/22 Eight Hands: variations on the theme 'piano'
- 01/23 Mona Pavilions (electric w/ band), Hobart, Australia
» mofo.net.au (download PDF)
» John Cale tour dates
(Thanks: Nolan)