Nivhek (Grouper/Liz Harris): ENGINE

silent green presents

Accompanied by a film by Takashi Makino, Liz Harris (aka Grouper) and her project Nivhek present a new live show called ENGINE. The work consists of field recordings of car and tractor sounds Harris has captured over the past decade at drag races at Portland International Raceway/North Portland track, layered with synthesizers and electronics.
ENGINE is the result of a decade-long obsession with engine sounds. The sound of excess, power, sex, destruction, capitalism, of oil becoming an air pollutant, of transformation, of life. Guttural basses and revs are a mirror of organic rhythms - imitating heartbeat, breathing, rush of blood. A spiraling ode to symbiotic decay.

ENGINE was commissioned by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, 2022.

Support act: Megan Alice Clune
Megan Alice Clune is an Australian musician, artist and composer whose work explores the dynamic relationships between music, technology, the body and temporality through composition, performance and installation. Described as 'visionary ambient' (Rockerilla), 'breathtakingly intimate' (Bandcamp Daily), and 'a pristine exercise in precise simplicity' (boomkat.com), Megan's music conveys emotional depth through minimal sound palettes that meander delicately balanced between rich and sparse textures.

Thursday, November 23
silent green Kuppelhalle
Admission: 7 p.m. / Start: 8 p.m.
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