AN influential visual art collective dubbed one of the world’s weirdest bands is to hold its first-ever retrospective in Scotland.
Members of the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, established in the 1980s, will join students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design to perform new work tonight as Dundee further cements its artistic credentials.
Already home to the Dundee Design Festival and host to cutting edge works at the DCA centre, the Tayside city’s place on the art world’s radar was boosted by the opening of the V&A Dundee design museum last month.
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Sophia Hao, principal curator at Dundee University’s Cooper Gallery, which will host the Bow Gamelan Ensemble event, said the launch of the £80 million museum had helped attract the artists.
Hao said: “Bow Gamelan Ensemble were known for pushing boundaries with their work and their influence continues to resonate today.
“Having performed all over the world, to host the first-ever retrospective here in Dundee is a massive coup for us and highlights the high esteem in which Duncan of Jordanstone is held within the arts community.
“It also accentuates the effect that V&A Dundee is having on the city’s ambition in becoming an international hub of culture by attracting high-profile artists to the city.”
Titled Great Noises That Fill The Air, the show will include sketches and photographs, plus a soundtrack by “The Thundersheet”, a newly commissioned kinetic sound sculpture and acoustic instrument to be activated at the site.
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